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I'm confused by most of this list really. - A few of his complaints are about apps on the store (1Password, Tweetbot, Circa, Reeder). I'm not sure how these a
by timwoj 14y ago
I'm confused by most of this list really.
- A few of his complaints are about apps on the store (1Password, Tweetbot, Circa, Reeder). I'm not sure how these are "Android" problems.
- Ads in apps are the responsibility of the app author to provide a free/pay model to remove them. Again, not an "Android" problem.
- The settings menus make complete sense to me, but I will agree with him about the toggles-as-buttons thing. That had me wondering where wifi settings were for a few minutes.
- Keyboard vibrate is an option in the keyboard settings in every single version of android I've ever used, and every single third-party keyboard too.
- Jumping to a specific screen (the "home" screen) is usually an option in the settings. I'm not sure about on 4.2, but I know that it is on CM10, which is based on 4.1. It might be their third-party launcher that provides this though. It's in Settings -> Launcher -> Homescreen -> Default Screen.
- perbu 14y agoHe is referring to Android the platform, as opposed to Android the OS. Any WP8 review will be pretty harsh on the lack of decent apps.
- nicholassmith 14y agoTerrible apps in the Android store is kind of a problem with the Android platform, even if they aren't a problem with Android directly. So for a user going "Why can't I just pay for this?" that's distinctly an Android platform problem.
- OriginalSyn 14y agoI can't think of an instance that I've had an app that is ad supported that doesn't have a "pro" version that often does nothing more than removes the ads.
- nicholassmith 14y agoWell, apparently this guy did. Also, if I remember rightly Angry Birds original is ad supported only, but I've not had an android device for a while so I could be wrong.
- OriginalSyn 14y agoThat's because Amazon locked Rovio into an exclusive deal, you could only get the Ad free version from the Amazon App Store.
- OriginalSyn 14y agoProof for the downvoter: http://www.amazon.com/Rovio-Mobile-Angry-Birds/dp/B004SBQGHS/ http://www.amazon.com/Rovio-Mobile-Angry-Birds/dp/B004SBQGHS... and http://phandroid.com/2011/03/30/after-brief-amazon-exclusivity-angry-birds-rio-enters-the-android-market/ http://phandroid.com/2011/03/30/after-brief-amazon-exclusivi...