One Photo And One Video About Innovation
The Photo: Apple 2005-2013
2005. I was still in college. The phone I had was just a “pure” phone to call and text people, and even didn’t have a camera.
2013. Now I have Macbook, iPhone, iPad, Kindle, all “rich” devices. With 3G network I can connect to Internet anytime anywhere. Life’s been changed so much.
The Video: Samsung GALAXY S4
I never had a Samsung GALAXY phone, but after watched this video I was surprised by some of the new features. I’ve been using iPhone for 3 or 4 years, I’m so used to it and sometimes it makes me blind to see other innovations.
The video is 4:30 long, please take a look when you have time.
I like your new header :)
I've been using an Android phone (Nexus 4) for the last week or so. I put the simcard from an iPad 3G in it, so I can't use it as a phone (make calls or send SMS), but I could use it the same way as I usually use my iPhone (email, maps, facebook, twitter, etc). I must say that I'm very surprised by how much I like it! Actually, I now think that Android is a "better" OS for advanced users. For example, I really like that when I want to post a photo to Instagram, I have the option of selecting a photo from Dropbox, instead of just from the phone photo album. Of course, I also like to have a mobile hotspot without paying more money to Softbank :)
The problem though is that there aren't very many good apps — for example, I use DayOne journal a lot on my iPhone, and there's no Android version or any other app that's just as good.
About the Galaxy S4, I feel from this video like there seems to be lots of innovations, but it also kind of looks like Samsung is trying to lock users into a Samsung-specific life. If your next phone after the S4 is not a Samsung, even if it's still Android, you can't use that "dual shot" app anymore, or use the health apps, etc. I realize that Apple does the same thing, but I'd much rather live an Apple life (they have a history of making my life better) than a Samsung life (the feeling I have about them is that they don't care about people at all).
That being said, I really like my Nexus 4!