[X4U] iPhone vs Android for Mac users, and iPhone 5 soon?

[Joe Sporleder]

On Jul 29, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Allan Rube wrote:

> Really, I hate for this thread to take up space. Both types of phones are very good. They are just a different experience. I like Android more than iOS. There aren't enough apps on the tablet side but there are many apps for the phones. Neither the iPhone nor Android phones should be trashed.
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> Allan Rube'
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> On 7/29/11 3:13 PM, Jim Warthman wrote:
>> Also, it's generally believed that there is much more malware in the Android store than in Apple's App store.
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>> Enjoy,
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>> Jim
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>> On Jul 29, 2011, at 10:55 AM, Aron Spencer wrote:
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>>> Yes, though not nearly as many (and often not nearly as well written) as for the iPhone.
>>> I haven't checked recently, but last year, looking at the top 10 apps for each platform was ... telling.
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>>> On Jul 29, 2011, at 4:08 AM, Allan Rube wrote:
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>>>> When I decided to buy a tablet I looked long and hard at the 10.1 Android ones. However, there were so few apps I went with the iPad 2.  There are many, many apps for Android phone though.

I should have stated my primary reason of asking a smartphone question on a MacOS X forum is how well does Android sync data with Macs. Allan, since you use a Mac and an Android phone, do you exchange data with your phone - iCal, Address Book, etc, and how well does that work for you? Do you use an intermediary, like a Google account to do so?

Joe