Mobile OS comparison: Windows Phone 8 vs iOS 6.0 vs Android 4.0
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25. bigdawg23 posted on 17 2
People with Smartphone are on the going most of the time. You need to keep several different documents and also download them from Websites. I can do this with my Android but very very limited with iOS. With an app like Docs to Go you can keep MS documents and PDF's but that's it. At times I have a zip file to send to people with several documents. iOS doesn't allow for that. Also I get sent links from customers to download a file from a Website. Also that is not available on iOS.
Allowing a person to browse files doesn't hurt anything.
30. hepresearch posted on 14 6
Android 4.0, having a real file browser, is now the only legit system left for me. I simply cannot function on a device where I am prevented from global file management and folder organization, although Windows 8 or RT will probably be more in line with my needs and budget than a Mac when I go to replace my old PC. Of course, I suppose I could let go of such needs on a future mobile device, but it would still annoy me to no end to be unable to micro-manage my own files on any device...
36. hepresearch posted on 7 10
Furthermore, even Symbian had a great Windows-like file manager, and it was quite powerful and useful... and then people complained that they hated the folders and menus in S60... none of the new devices can do with file management what S60 3rd could even five years ago, and I am not really all that much of a fan of Android, either. iOS is simply insufficient and too expensive, Android is too raw and buggy for me in my **potential** budget range, and Windows 8/RT/Phone 8 is not much better than iOS, except in terms of interoperability and compatibility, and is probably going to be at the higher end of my **potential** affordability range. It is just a little frustrating...
130. OptimusOne posted on 7 3
why are we all thumbing that down
symbian is actually really really really advanced I used to have one
If nokia had a strong precense in the US and a lot of people were using it I would still be using it
149. VJo003 posted on 1 1
Looks like cell phones are not for u
167. hepresearch posted on 0 0
Pretty much these days... sold all of my smartphone collection, and some other collected feature phones I still had, when I filed for bankruptcy last year, so now I use the phone I pulled out of my parents' junk pile... a Sony Ericsson Z300a. Now I have no money to buy anything new, and neither do my parents. If I can get a job, perhaps I will have a little money to do something about that, but replacing this old failing Win XP SP2 Pentium III PC from 2003 that I'm still using will likely be higher on my priority list.
28. baldilocks posted on 5 6
It does if you jailbreak it. But, that seems to be a rare thing nowadays.
39. hepresearch posted on 4 8
Well, it is definitely discouraged when getting a file browser on your phone also happens to involve voiding your warranty and making your device a pariah at the "Genius Bar" for the rest of its life...
93. jaoowolabi posted on 3 3
if you've ever jailbroke an idevice you know you can always restore. so you can always have your warranty
118. hepresearch posted on 1 3
Well, okay, I've never owned one to jailbreak, and I have never met any friend or neighbor or family of mine who have tried to jailbreak one... but still, I guess if you are willing to play that devious game of "I'll jailbreak my iPhone and then restore it to fool the warranty guys," well, then you would seem to fit right in at Apple in some way, already. I could not do that... not because I would be incapable, but because I believe in being honest. Apple's warranty on the iPhone IS violated by jailbreaking... and restoring your phone just so you can take it in is deceitful enough on its own, and also fool-hardy at worst if you actually get busted for doing that.
151. Deicide posted on 1 1
It's Apple's fault for not allowing more customisation. If Apple cared for it's customers more, it would have enabled their users more freedom like Android. I don't feel bad at all for deceiving us since they rip things straight off of other companies, trying to rip us off w/ their insane prices, not listening to us users about what we want, and trying to sue everyone all over the place.
153. Mittal posted on 5 0
u dont like it, u dont buy it!
168. hepresearch posted on 0 1
I would feel bad about deceiving people, even if they tried to deceive me first. Just because they do it doesn't make it right for me to do it. So, I don't care if people jailbreak their iPhones... more power to them... but I would never recommend restoring the thing just so you could pull the wool over the eyes of one of the "Geniuses" at the "Genius Bar" because that is a deceitful (a.k.a. a LIE) and just plain wrong.
I mean, sure, everyone lies at some point, so it's like I just became the biggest hipocrite in the forum by saying what I did... but seriously, are we going to sit here and say, "Aw... crap... well, I know I lie sometimes even without trying to, so I may as well lie more often to get more stuff for myself," or are we going to reject the idea of embracing the bad part of our nature... and say "Aw... crap... well, I know I lie sometimes even without trying to, but I'm trying harder every day to fix that."
187. taco50 posted on 0 0
That's stupid. If its a warranty issue you're not cheating anyone by restoring and taking advantage of the warranty you paid for.
182. Lucas777 posted on 0 0
okay so u comment constantly on apple articles, yet u dont even own an iphone nor have ever tried one? and your trying to give jailbreak advice without ever trying it? seriously?
and its impossible to "get busted" jailbreaking isnt even illegal… there is absolutely nothing wring with it… yes downloading apps is illegal, but thats not the point of jailbreaking anyways…
2. kanagadeepan posted on 37 5
Looks like WP8 has smoked iOS as a whole!!!!
More the choices, more the merrier.... But still some basic things are missing in WP like BT file transfer, File manager, that will prevent Android users to jump to WP8...
But as some analysts predicted, it may start eating iOS shares from now...
But friends, DO NOT RUSH TO GET A WP7.5 DEVICE NOW AS IT IS NOT GOING TO GET WP8 ANYWAY...
