I had always heard that the iPhone didn’t have cut and paste, but because the phone is so sexy, I was going to buy one anyway. I ended up going with a G1 despite the negative reviews and to my surprise the G1 seems pretty near perfect. I’ve played with an iPhone (my sister owns one), but I had no idea that so many features were missing from it that have been in my G1 from the start.
Here’s a run down of the new features. Cut and Paste. Check. Using landscape mode in apps other than the browser. Check. MMS. Check. Search. Of course Google’s OS has search already, and there’s even a dedicated search button on the keyboard. Spotlight. Got us there. Shake to shuffle, got us there. Note sync, got us there. No G1 notes without a third party app. Wi-fi automatic login. Seriously. I don’t even notice the transition to wifi because its so seamless. Stereo bluetooth support. Got us there. Youtube login. Got us there. › Continue reading…
surprise, it’s related to the same problems that occur in every new Windows version. That’s right, its driver support, and its a problem that unfairly plagues Microsoft. The problem is that manufacturers don’t do their job and support the new versions of Windows before it comes out and therefore the average consumer gets upset at Windows when their shiny new peripheral doesn’t just work. This is a point at which Apple succeeds with their iron fist rule of the platform, but Microsoft continually fails by relying on OEMs for support.
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