On the 10th of November 2011, everything changed. Well not everything, just the belief that Android was as good as it could be and be the best OS to meet my needs as a geek, a consumer and a human being.
What is the cause of this discourse I hear you ask, well its the Meego toting Nokia N9 and yeah I said Nokia!
I love Android. Not because of openness or choice of handsets or modding capabilities, just because it works for me.
I don't play games on my phone (although I'm hooked on R-type at the moment).
I don't create music or take and edit fancy pictures, not because I can't I just don't and have no desire to.
I'm a productivity person, email, notes, todo lists. I read twitter, reader and browse the web. My must have apps consist of Gmail, Evernote, Google Docs, Dropbox, Twitter and Root Explorer. I need eBay & paypal too, but I can live without them.
My issue isn't with Android its with how bad Meego makes it look as an OS and a Design statement.
Meego and Android are essentially the same OS the only difference is that Android runs in a Virtual Machine and Meego doesn't and that is the kicker. Being built directly on top of Linux, rather than a VM powered by it make Meego smoother nicer and *swallows a big chunk of humble pie* more polished.
Granted I only used it for a while but you get the feeling of being part of an OS when you use Meego rather than the abstracted feeling you get going back to Android.
Andy Ihnatko said once that Android was a framework that OEM's had to "build out" I scoffed at that then but really get it now.
Both Mr Ihnatko and a certain Mr John "Apple is the bestest best company in the whole wide world" Gruber have also spoke about Android being lightweight and not solid. I now wholeheartedly get that. Its like walking through a corridor of fire doors using Meego and when I immediately got back to Android it felt like a corridor of bedroom doors.
Andy Rubin started work on Android way back in 2003, I think, and to get around licenses and the like, "hacked" his way around Linux and the use of Java hence the Dalvik VM. Android has since found a home at multi billion Dollar company Google. Google don't need to "Hack" their way around and should pay the licenses to run Android natively to kill all that "jankyness" you can see in Android and add a bit of heft!
I still love Android, its not the end of an affair but using Meego has really opened my eyes to its shortcomings.
Lastly I just want to say to my cousin Dean (@DeanDMX on twitter) I hear you. I get it. Design and polish is as important as function. *Don't ever bring this up in public as I will blank you and deny everything*
Thanks for reading.
What is the cause of this discourse I hear you ask, well its the Meego toting Nokia N9 and yeah I said Nokia!
I love Android. Not because of openness or choice of handsets or modding capabilities, just because it works for me.
I don't play games on my phone (although I'm hooked on R-type at the moment).
I don't create music or take and edit fancy pictures, not because I can't I just don't and have no desire to.
I'm a productivity person, email, notes, todo lists. I read twitter, reader and browse the web. My must have apps consist of Gmail, Evernote, Google Docs, Dropbox, Twitter and Root Explorer. I need eBay & paypal too, but I can live without them.
My issue isn't with Android its with how bad Meego makes it look as an OS and a Design statement.
Meego and Android are essentially the same OS the only difference is that Android runs in a Virtual Machine and Meego doesn't and that is the kicker. Being built directly on top of Linux, rather than a VM powered by it make Meego smoother nicer and *swallows a big chunk of humble pie* more polished.
Granted I only used it for a while but you get the feeling of being part of an OS when you use Meego rather than the abstracted feeling you get going back to Android.
Andy Ihnatko said once that Android was a framework that OEM's had to "build out" I scoffed at that then but really get it now.
Both Mr Ihnatko and a certain Mr John "Apple is the bestest best company in the whole wide world" Gruber have also spoke about Android being lightweight and not solid. I now wholeheartedly get that. Its like walking through a corridor of fire doors using Meego and when I immediately got back to Android it felt like a corridor of bedroom doors.
Andy Rubin started work on Android way back in 2003, I think, and to get around licenses and the like, "hacked" his way around Linux and the use of Java hence the Dalvik VM. Android has since found a home at multi billion Dollar company Google. Google don't need to "Hack" their way around and should pay the licenses to run Android natively to kill all that "jankyness" you can see in Android and add a bit of heft!
I still love Android, its not the end of an affair but using Meego has really opened my eyes to its shortcomings.
Lastly I just want to say to my cousin Dean (@DeanDMX on twitter) I hear you. I get it. Design and polish is as important as function. *Don't ever bring this up in public as I will blank you and deny everything*
Thanks for reading.
