Android platform WTF!??!

[Aeson]

Jrabbit... when you're dealing with fanboys and anti-fanboys teh mere mention of the industry makes it an X vs Y thing.

For rational people you can address a specific issue with a specific product or product line and not make it an X vs Y thing, but finding those people online is a very difficult thing and you should have known better

[-Jrabbit]

Sigh. Yeah, I guess you're right.

My bad.

[Asher]

Jrabbit... when you're dealing with fanboys and anti-fanboys teh mere mention of the industry makes it an X vs Y thing.

For rational people you can address a specific issue with a specific product or product line and not make it an X vs Y thing, but finding those people online is a very difficult thing and you should have known better

Am I crazy here?

His post blatantly and repeatedly and specifically mentions only Android. That is not the way to open a discussion on the industry as a whole. That's a way to open a discussion about Android.

[Imran Siddiqui]

While we're on the general topic, why does Google maps need to make phone calls? Also, wtf is a near-field reader, and why would Google maps want to interact with one?

What if you search for a business and then want to call them?

[-Jrabbit]

Am I crazy here?

His post blatantly and repeatedly and specifically mentions only Android. That is not the way to open a discussion on the industry as a whole. That's a way to open a discussion about Android.

It was a piece of news, nothing more. The OP is virtually all quotes, and it's A STORY ABOUT ANDROID. Observant people will note that my commentary in the OP doesn't mention Android. Or Apple. Jeez.

Admit it: you're just being a thread title nazi.

[The Mad Monk]

What if you search for a business and then want to call them?

You see, apps need to be more clear about this in their descriptions.

[Asher]

It was a piece of news, nothing more. The OP is virtually all quotes, and it's A STORY ABOUT ANDROID. Observant people will note that my commentary in the OP doesn't mention Android. Or Apple. Jeez.

Admit it: you're just being a thread title nazi.

It's not just the thread title. The whole OP as well.

The title & OP portray this as an issue irrelevant to Apple.

PS: This observant person most certainly noticed you mentioning Android in your very first sentence...

[-Jrabbit]

mentioning Android in your very first sentence...

I was just commenting to my wife how odd it is that the new Motorola Droid ads tout their phones as "self-aware" as if that's a good thing.

Nit-picker. Besides, it was a simple setup to the article I was quoting. The title and OP don't mention Apple because THAT'S NOT WHAT THE ARTICLE WAS ABOUT.
B1tch.

[Imran Siddiqui]

To be fair, I had the same reaction Asher did and saw it as an implied attack on Android.

[Fve Crathva]

"Sure seems evil" is a pretty obvious dig at Google. That might be warranted in other cases but it's not easy to pin this on Google, considering that IQRD is not in vanilla Android.

SP

[Aeson]

An attack on Android doesn't have to be a justification/endorsement of Apple/anything else.

[Fve Crathva]

The addition of relevant information that was omitted by the article, viz a reminder that Apple had a similar issue publicized recently, doesn't have to be seen as an attempt to start an Apple vs. Android fight.

SP

[Asher]

I also didn't even read the articles quoted, as I'm familiar with the issue.

[giblets]

I'm just saying it's industry standard practice. Saying it's only Android is what makes it an Apple vs Android thread.

Uhh.... what...

[Asher]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entailment