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Operat ing Google, Open Handset Alliance (most ly Propriet ary t o Apple.
Syst em (OS) cellphone manuf act urers), and t he Open
made by: Source communit y. Android is st ill being Only Apple can make changes
released by Google. It is open source but t o t he iOS.
it is st ill under st rong guidance f rom
Google. It is not t he wild wild west like
open source Linux t hat has no cent ral
cont rol. Android has t he advant age of
BOT H open source and cent ral cont rol of
a powerf ul and innovat ive company.

Phone carrier / Depending on phone manuf act urer: You
net work: can now choose Android phones f rom
ALL 4 major U.S. networks: T-Mobile
(GSM), Sprint (CDMA), Verizon (CDMA),
AT &T (GSM) or by a prepaid carrier such
as Criket by Leap Wireless (coming in
2010). By February 2010, Android was
support ed by 60 phone carriers
worldwide.
Click here to see what is available in
the U.S. market now.
One choice: AT &T (GSM).
Unless you are t echnical
minded enough t o hack/root it .
St ill, you are limit ed t o GSM
only net work and wit h slower
Edge only connect ion wit hout
3G. How about CDMA
net works like Verizon? No
possible way.

4G dat a Yes. No.

net work. If you are wit h Sprint 4 G “Wi-Max” Many conf used t he new iPhone
4th generatio n cellularnet work. Veriz on will have its 4G “LTE” network 4 wit h t he 4G net work. T he 4
standard fo r digital by summer 2011. No word about AT&T. T- has not hing t o do wit h 4G. T he
data that is much Mobile uses a high speed HSPA+ (4G 4 just indicat e t he 4t h
f ast e r t han curre ntequivalent) network and it is available now. generat ion iPhone int roduced
3G ne t wo rk . This since 2007 and it is only 3G
give yo ur 4G device a First cellpho ne to utilized the 4G capability is the capable. AT &T does NOT have
full bro adband speed HTC EVO 4G (WiMAX) “Superso nic” . (4.3” screen, t he 4G net work.
similar to ho me’s 1GHz).
Cable-Mo dem o r DSL
Seco nd pho ne 4G pho ne will be the upco ming
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co nnectio n.
Samsung Galaxy S Pro (4” screen with slideo ut
keybo ard) fo r Sprint.

Hardware design: HT C, Sony, Mot orola, Samsung, LG, Only one choice: f rom Apple.
Garmin, Dell, Archos, Acer, Asus, Kyocera,
and t he list is growing. Click here f or t he
list of some t he older Android phones
(pict ures and specif icat ion).
T his is one signif icant advant age over
t he iPhone: CHOICES.

Number of 2007: Number of Android phones = 0 2007: 1 (June 29 , 20 0 7) iPho ne.

phones make and
models t o 2008: Number of Android phones = 1 2008: 2 (July 11, 20 0 8 ) iPho ne 3G .
choose f rom
(cumulat ive 2009: Number of Android phones = 8 2009: 3 (June 19 , 20 0 9 ) iPho ne 3GS.
t ot al):
2010: Number of Android phones = 25 2010: 4 (June 24, 20 10 ) iPho ne 4.

9 new Android models were int roduced in Tot al: 4 dif f erent phones
t he past t wo mont hs alone (June and July int roduced since 2007.
2010).
Above t ot al does not include t hose
models t hat come in dif f erent colors or
any dif f erent models sold out side t he U.S.
4 largest net work.
Android is really doing well.

St ock Price: Google (GOOG): $4 59.61 Apple (AAPL): $249.90

(July 15, 2010)

Where can I run Everywhere. Limited.

my apps?
Manuf act urers are making many devices Limit ed t o only one phone and
not limit ed only t o cellphones. Android OS one t ablet made by one
is now running in cellphones, t ablet s, company.
Android cars, HDT V, deskt op phones,
microwave oven, washing machine,
set -t op boxes f or sat ellit e and cable T V.
Hopef ully in t he near f ut ure, we will see
t his in specialized f ield such as medical
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equipment , manuf act uring, scient if ic,
aviat ion, et c. Pictures and articles here.
Even DARPA is seeking Android apps f or
milit ary usage.

Text Ent ry: Both: Touch-screen or slide-out No choice, only a t ouch screen
(Touch-screen or keyboard. virt ual keyboard.
keyboard?)
All of t hem have t ouchscreen virt ual on-
screen keyboard but several phones also
have a slideout physical keyboard as well.
Some people love t he physical keyboard
while ot hers don’t . With Android, you
have the choice and that choice is
yours.
Android support s Swype (see video
here).

Switching f rom Newsweek: Sayonara, iPhone: Why I'm Swit ching t o Android (May 20, 2010).
iPhone to
PC World magazine: Why I Swit ched f rom iPhone t o Android (May 24,
Android:
2010).
Comput er World: Swit ching f rom iPhone t o Android (June 9, 2010).

Processor or CPU Depending on manuf act urer, f rom 500
(Cent ral MHz ARM Cort ex A8 t o 528 MHz
Processing Unit ): Qualcomm processor t o 1 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon processor wit h
512 MB of processor’s RAM (f ound in
Nexus One and many ot hers). T his is
almost t wice t he power and speed of t he
iPhone’s processor.
June 10, 2010, Motorola announced that there
will be a new 2 GHz phone by Christmas 2010.
Samsung S5PC100 ARM
Cort ex-A8 clocked at 600 MHz
wit h 256 MB of processor‘s
RAM.
iPhone 4 has a ARM Cort ex-
A8 clocked at about 800 MHz .

New upcoming HTC Scorpion is rumored to

have either a Qualcomm 1.5GHz , or perhaps Ads by Go o gle
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GPU (Graphic Samsung i9000 Galaxy S running Android 28 million t riangles per Buy Iphone
Processing Unit ): can comput e 90 million triangles per Iphone Downloads
second.
second.
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Adobe Flash: Yes. No.
Iphone España
Apple banned any Flash New Iphone
Full support f or lat est Adobe Flash 10.1
Iphone Software
on Android 2.2 (Froyo). t echnology on it s iPhone, and Android on Iphone
iPad.
Here is a short 6 minut e video showing
the importance of Flash technology Ads by Go o gle
when browsing t he web. Wit hout it , web Prada Phone VS Iphone
Broken Iphone
cont ent will look very dif f erent and not
Jailbroken Iphone
f unct ion t he way like it is supposed t o be.
Iphone Service
Free Iphone
Syncing Android devices can sync wirelessly, "Aut omat ic syncing" f or t he
(synchronizing): continuously, and to multiple services. iPhone is misleading. Syncing
It could also sync by plugging in should t he iPhone is a cumbersome
you choose t o do so. process t hat requires plugging
in.
Example, Apps are available t o allow user
t o sync t heir Android phone t o an older
Palm Deskt op sof t ware or Microsof t
Exchange server.

Camera Most older Android phones support a 3.2 iPhone and iPhone3: 2 MPix.
resolut ion: Megapixel camera. It varies f rom 2
Megapixel (LG Et na) t o 5 Megapixel iPhone 3GS: 3 Megapixel.
(Mot orola DROID) t o 8 Megapixel (HT C
iPhone 4: 5 Megapixel.
EVO 4G, HT C Incredible, Mot orola DROID
X).

Take pict ure in Many phones now come wit h a built -in All previous iPhones: No choice,
t he dark: LED f lash. Some wit h 2 built-in LED f lash No built-in f lash.
like t he HT C Incredible.
iPhone 4: f inally comes wit h an
T he new Mot orola Milest one XT 720 LED f lash (copy Android
(coming) will have a more powerf ul Xenon hardware st art ing June 24,
f lash f ound on real cameras. 2010).

Phone T hickness: 9.9 mm (Samsung Galaxy S) t o 11.5 mm iPhone 3GS: 12.3 mm.
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Phone T hickness: 9.9 mm (Samsung Galaxy S) t o 11.5 mm iPhone 3GS: 12.3 mm.
(HT C Nexus One) t o 11.9 mm (HT C
Incredible). iPhone 4: 9.3 mm.

Screen size: Depending on manuf act urer, f rom 3.2” t o
4.3” on a cellphone t o 4.8” on a media
t ablet t o 7” or larger on t ablet s /
net books.
Phone: One choice, 3.5”
iPhone 4 st ill uses 3.5” screen.
Tablet : One choice, 9.7”

Screen resolut ion: From (480 x 320) pixels t o (854 × 480) Two choices:
pixels. T his is almost twice the
resolution of iPhone 3GS. Android (480 x 320) pixels f or t he 3GS.
support s mult iple screen sizes and New since June 24, 2010: (960
screen resolut ions. A f ew phones support x 640) pixels f or iPhone 4.
t he new OLED (Organic LED) which is
bright er and has a much more vibrant
display.

Contrast Ratio: T he Samsung i9000 Galaxy S Android iPhone 4 = 800:1

phone has a cont rast rat io of 50,000 : 1

On-demand Yes. No.

Mobile T V or live
T V: ‘Sprint T V’ f rom Spint net work or

‘V CAST ’ f rom Verizon net work.

Soccer f ans using Sprint can wat ch 2010
FIFA World Cup Soccer Matches Live
with ESPN Mobile T V on Android’s HT C
EVO 4 G.

Verizon cust omers’ will get t o wat ch all 64

mat ches via live st reams f rom Univision
(a Spanish-language broadcast s) of t he
2010 FIFA World Cup soccer mat ches.

GPS: Yes, since t he f irst Android phone. Yes.

There is a free Android app that allows you to Navigat ion sof t ware is not as
do voice recognit ion turn- by- turn GPS advanced as Android.
navigation using Sat ellit e and St reet View.
You can simply use voice command and say
“Navigate to the museum with the King Tut

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it out for you. Don’t need specific address or go
through Point- of- Interest list.

Click here to see the video demo .

NYbreakingnews.com article comparing GPS
navigation between Motorola DROID and the
iPhone:

“The Droid gives smooth navigation experience

which the iPhone doesn’t manage to do.
TomTom's 3D map images are simple but
Droid has higher resolution display. The Droid
defeats the iPhone in giving the right refreshing
directions and also compensates for wrong
turns. In the end, Android’s navigation tool was
simply superior giving better count on the price
range too. While both devices offer voice
directions, Droid's directions to the iPhone's,
had much more clarity. Droid was also miles
ahead in pronouncing street names than the
iPhone”. Full article here.

Even Garmin (famous GPS manufacturer) came

out with their own GPS/Smartphone running
Android.

Elect ronic Yes, since t he f irst Android phone, t he Yes, only on t he newer iPhone
compass HT C G1 in 2008. 3G model (st art ing f rom June
(hardware) 2009).

Copy and Past e Yes, since t he original Android version 1.0
f eat ure: in 2008.
T his f eat ure is so basic and essent ial
t hat even t he original f irst generat ion
Palm Pilot PDA (small pocket device)
f rom 1996 (yes, over 14 years ago)
support s it .
Finally on newer iPhone OS
version 3.0 release in June 17,
2009. Anot her copy f rom
Android. Apple was so proud of
t his f eat ure t hat it was
included on t heir press release
present at ion.

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Mult it asking Yes f rom day one (since 2008), on all No. It can only mult it ask on
(abilit y t o run applicat ions and background services. built -in int ernal applicat ions.
mult iple apps at See below f or specif ic example.
t he same t ime): New iOS4 on iPhone 4 (starting
June 24, 2010) finally supports
multitask in a limited way. Another
copy from Android. It is not a true
multitasking like Android. User can
only multitask certain aspects of
each application. Some apps may
suspend if switched, unless if its
hardware related such as
microphone, audio, GPS, etc. Apps
does not truly run in the
background.

Not if icat ion: Background services allow apps t o have Only way t o check if Twit t er or
access t o t he not if icat ion background Flickr is updat ed is by opening
services. Not if icat ion bar can alert you if each individual apps and check
you have new e-mail, new Tweet s on t he it manually.
Twit t er page you have been f ollowing, or
new images been added t o a part icular
Flickr account . Not just not if icat ion, you
will have inst ant access direct ly t o t hat
new inf ormat ion. All t hese made possible
because Android is can f ully mult it asked.
T his one minute video will
demonstrate this f eature.

Int erchangeable Yes, depending on manuf act urer. No.

bat t eries:

Apps Easier, according to this article (July 2, More dif f icult t han Android.
development : 2009.
“Apple’s developer t ools are
Art icle above is about comparing Android shockingly bad by comparison”
- see art icle on t he lef t .
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 Art icle above is about comparing Android
and iPhone development wit h a f ocus on - see art icle on t he lef t .
t ools, plat f orm, and t he developer’s
experience.
New evidence has shown more
developers are int erest ed in developing
f or Android. See graph here.

Applicat ion Open. More t han 50,000 apps (May 2010) Open. About 4 t imes more t han
sof t ware: and rapidly increasing as more phones Android at t his t ime. Apple had
are being int roduced and more adopt ion a 2 year head st art wit h t he
by t he public. T his is incredible iPhone.
considering t hat most Android phones did
not even come out unt il Oct ober of 2009.
Just look at the timeline.
This comparison should not even be listed.
Microsoft’s Windows platform has perhaps
billions of apps. Do Windows user install all
these apps on their PC? How about a thousand
of these apps? Not even close. It is better to
have a few quality apps than thousands of junk
apps.

Apps. St ore Not limit ed t o t he ‘Android Market ’ (an Only one choice: iPhone App
App St ore creat ed by Google). A f ew st ore.
ot her independent app st ores are
springing up f or Android plat f orm as well.

Apps. Inst allat ion: Inst alling apps is easier t han iPhone. Free Easy, but not as easy as
apps don't require a password each t ime Android. Need iTunes t he f irst
you t ry t o inst all anyt hing. You don't need t ime you act ivat e t he iPhone.
iTunes. Wit h paid Apps, you are only
required t o ent er your inf o on Android
Market once.

Web browser: Android support s mult iple web browser,
like Opera Mini and Dolphine. Android's
def ault browser support s Flash (like older
YouTube videos done using Flash. New
videos uses H.264 inst ead of Flash). It
also loads pages f ast er t han Saf ari. No
separat e apps needed t o view YouTube
video. Dedicat ed YouTube app. do exist
iPhone's Saf ari web browser
does not support websit e
using Adobe's Flash
animat ion/video or Flash apps.
For Flash cont ent iPhone
needs t o rely on dedicat ed
apps.

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on Android. Flash enable browser is an
import ant since it allow user t o run Flash
apps. Web t raf f ic dat a has increased
exponent ially f or Android (see graph).

PC connect ion: No propriet ary sof t ware needed. Dependent on Apple’s

propriet ary sof t ware iTunes
just t o connect and managed
your iPhone. T his is t he same
problem wit h iPod, and iPod
Touch.

Turning ON and Just one page t o t urn ON or OFF Use set t ings screen and
OFF dat a bluet oot h, WiFi, GPS, 3G cellular net work. navigat e t hrough mult iple
connect ion: Fast way t o conserve bat t ery if you are layers of opt ions t o access
not using t hose specif ic connect ions. T his dat a connect ion st at us.
is good f or securit y prot ect ion as well.
One of Android Apps also allow you t o
aut omat ically t urn of f Wi-Fi connect ion
when none is available.

Deskt op: Uses Widget s t o perf orm specif ic t ask Icons clut t er t he ent ire deskt op
like t he abilit y t o inst ant ly read your e- of iPhone.
mail in a single click. Support s 3 “home
screens”, essent ially 3 deskt op space.
Android 2.1 support s 5 “home screens”
and an int eract ive live wallpaper.

Personalizat ion: Allow user t o conf igure t he deskt op look Limit ed t o how Apple dict at es
and behavior t he way you want it . You can it .
have an ent irely dif f erent deskt op if you
want ed t o.

Google Well, somewhat an unf air comparison Not so good.

Int ergrat ion: since Google creat ed Android. Nat urally
all Google's applicat ion are seamlessly
int egrat ed.

Mult i-t ouch Now: Yes (of f icial) since Feb 2, 2010. Yes
screen:
Bef ore: Yes and No. In January of 2009, Apple was
planning to sue Palm over multi-
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disabled f or t he U.S. market . Has t his
somet hing t o do wit h Apple’s copyright or
is it because of t he cozy relat ionship
bet ween Google’s t op execut ive sharing
Apple’s board of direct ors? T his mount s
t o a conf lict of int erest t o Google’s share
holders and t hat relat ionship is also being
invest igat ed by t he Federal Trade
Commission on ant it rust issues (T he New
York Times, August 3, 2009).
T he FT C inquiry begun on May 4, 2009.
See Timeline as event unf olded bet ween
May 4, 2009 t hru Oct ober 12, 2009.
Video of Android’s multi- touch in
action.
touch patents. Just like in the 1980s
Apple sued Microsoft over the “look
and feel” of Windows. At that time
Apple had no merit because the
Graphical User Interface (windowing
environment) was first invented by
Xerox not Apple. Turned out that
Apple patent for the multi- touch is
also in question because they are
now on the receiving end of the
lawsuit by Elan Microelectronics of
Taiwan for patent infringement of
their multi- touch technology (The
New York Times, April 8, 2009).

Google Voice: Allows user t o make a Voice over IP (VoIP) Google Voice app for iPhone was
phone call over t he net work connect ion. rejected by Apple's iPhone app
T his means you can make f ree long store. It was rejected on July 7,
dist ance and ext remely low Int ernat ional 2009 (Wired Magaz ine).
calls using local cellular or simply using a AT&T claim that it played no role in
Wi-Fi connect ion. If you rely solely on Wi- this app getting rejected. Apple
Fi, you don't even have t o pay f or cellular disagree.
phone bill t o make phone calls. In addit ion
t o VoIP, Google Voice allows you Apple rejected it because "it
managed your voice mail and t he rout ingappears to alter the iPhone's
of your phone number. distinctive user experience by
replacing the iPhone's core mobile-
Here is an art icle f rom one person’s telephone functionality and Apple
perspect ive: How I Learned To Quit T he user interface with its own user
iPhone And Love Google Voice interface for telephone calls, text
messaging, and voice mail".
(August 9, 2009).
Apple insinuate that AT&T is not
just an innocent by stander when
Apple made a statement that
"There is a provision in Apple's
agreement with AT&T that obligates
Apple not to include functionality in
any Apple phone that enables a
customer to use AT&T's cellular

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terminate a VoIP (voice over
Internet Protocol) session without
obtaining AT&T's permission".

Why the FCC wants to smash open

the iPhone (The Washington Post.
August 1, 2009).

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Weird but int erest ing T V commercial f rom Mot orola/Verizon
comparing t heir Android phone wit h t he iPhone. Playing wit h words
t hat Apple’s used t o market it s product such as iMac, iPod, iTune,
iPhone, and iTouch, Mot orola decided t o poke f un at Apple by calling
it s iPhone as iDon’t . Meaning if you own an iPhone, iDon’t do t his and
iDon’t do t hat showing t hat it lacks t he capabilit y of an Android
phone. T he Mot orola’s Android phone called DROID does what ever
iPhone doesn’t . T his was a promo prior t o t he launching of t heir
DROID phone in November 2009.
Click here f or a second Mot orola DROID video commercial.

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