Hello, and welcome to another post here at Accessories for iPhone.

As we always do here, we like to comment, write, and speculate on all things iPhone, from its OS, to devices or accessories connected to it, to the competition of the iPhone.  Hence, this piece today is about the answer of Google to the iPhone, and why we firmly believe that while Android is an amazing piece of open source OS, it cannot replicate the ecosystem of Apple’s iPhone; not while it is open source and modified by so many handset manufacturers.

At Accessories for iPhone, we firmly believe that one of the many reasons for the runaway success for the iPhone is not just because it is a “sexy” looking smartphone as many critics will have you think, but because of the amazing ecosystem that Apple has created around the iPhone from device, to OS, to Apps.  PC World recently wrote a piece called Six Reasons to Not Like Like Google’s Nexus One.  We especially have to agree with point Six (which many criticize Apple for), and that is the controlled ecosystem that Apple has created around the iPhone with the App store, one form factor (manufactures handset), and the ease of publishing your Apps to fit one form.  Fitting one form, this is a huge one we believe because unlike Android App developers, iPhone developers really need to only adhere to one screen size, one resolution, and only recently can make certain apps run faster/better in the 3GS models.  When you take a look at the Android Market, the developers there are forced to choose: Will they make apps for the Droid by Moto, Droid Eris by HTC, G2, MyPhone, HTC Hero, or the new Nexus One with the SnapDragon CPU by Qualcomm?  If you have been following Android news, you will see that HTC is coming with a multitude of Android handsets, as is Acer, Motorola, SonyEricsson, and much more.  You would think Android is set to take over the world, and that is indeed what some Android fans believe.  We are not denying that it is indeed a possibility that Android OS may very well become the de facto OS for smartphones.  But, and this is a huge but, will Android be able to deliver the same integrated ease of use, amazing user experience across the board not only for customers purchasing Android handsets, but also giving Android developers an even bigger reason to develop more Apps for Android?   We firmly believe that as it is right now, the answer is no.  Here is a list of why we believe it will not stack up against Apple’s iPhone:

1. 1. Different screen sizes (because different manufacturers trying to outdo the others)
2. 2. Different hardware inside each phone (difficult for App developers to choose from/less success)
3. 3. Confusing Android Market because not all Apps work for all Android handsets
4. 4. Not all Android handsets will run same OS version (Droid 2.01, Droid Eris 1.5, Nexus One 2.1)
5. 5. Restrictions set by Wireless carrier (Verizon forces Bing)
6. 6. Most important of all – Features that need to be enabled makes it a lose for customers!

Point six is actually one that David Pogue wrote about in his NY Times column and got tons of unjust and ridiculous criticism for from rabid Android fans.  If you want a more in-depth analysis and reason for why Android falls short next to the iPhone and its OS, please read Charlie Wolf’s report.

Until next time, thanks for reading, and please send in your comments, rants, or praises.

Hello and welcome to a new year.  It is now 2010 already!

So, to start off the new year we would like to talk about what other blogs have predicted for the coming year.  Does the new iPhone still hold the buzz it always has had? Or has it been surpassed by Android?  The answer we believe is yes and no.  iPhone still hold the buzz, but a little less so perhaps, but it certainly has not been passed by Android (at least not yet).  True the Droid has made some waves across the smartphone industry, but they are being plagued by something we have always thought would be their achilles heel.  Namely when there are too many manufacturers competing with the same OS platform (Android), the consumer ends up losing because not all Android users have the same OS, nor will they be able to when the telecoms and handset manufacturers control the entire sphere of pushing out new updates.  What has gained immense buzz though is another (rumored) forthcoming Apple product – the MacTablet, or iSlate or whatever name they will end up giving it.  You may ask yourself why we are commenting on a device that is not an iPhone.  The answer is simple.  It may use the iPhone OS, or a variant of it, and thus we are interested in knowing how they will utilize it.

According to MacRumors, there are some claiming that it will have two different casings.  If that is true, will the Mac Tablet/iSlate come in a white casing like the current MacBook?  Will that mean that the other casing will be in aluminum a la MacBook Pro series?  Only time will tell.  But the most interesting tidbits we have heard so far is that the OS will be able to download from the App Store, and thus some developers have been asked to optimize their graphics and looks of their apps.  It will be interesting to see what happens.  Especially if launching with connection to the App Store, that would give the new users of the coming Apple product immediate access to 100K+ applications.

What are your thoughts? Send your comments in, and as always thanks for reading.

AccessoriesforiPhone Team