So much for the claim that more apps are better
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| caitlyn Aug 31, 2012 12:27 AM EDT |
One of the reasons people tell me I should replace my two year old Blackberry (which I'm quite happy with) is that there is somehow a lack of apps, even though I've found apps for just about everything that was important to me. (Disclaimer: I don't play Angry Birds and have no interested in ever doing so.) Well, the iPhone has more apps, but most of them are never, ever used. Is a choice that nobody makes really a useful choice? I also wonder how many of the plethora of Android apps out there would really be of interest to me. Would I really find wonderful new uses for an Android phone or would I essentially do just what I do now perfectly well with the Blackberry? Methinks probably the latter. |
| CFWhitman Aug 31, 2012 10:26 AM EDT |
I completely agree. Until you actually go looking for an app to do something and can't find it, while you know it exists on an alternate platform, you're not suffering from a 'lack of apps.' I have a feeling that none of the top several phone platforms genuinely suffers from a lack of apps, including not only iOS and Android, but Blackberry and Windows Phone as well. |
| tracyanne Aug 31, 2012 6:13 PM EDT |
It's interesting that ordinary people can't use Linux because there are too many choices, yet an app store with "too many" choices is apparently a great reason the buy an ithingy or an Android device. |
| caitlyn Aug 31, 2012 7:01 PM EDT |
Well said, tracyanne. We had another article posted yesterday telling us having a choice of desktops was a bad thing and Linux would have more traction on the desktop if KDE was all there was. Really? Sorry, not buying that one. |
| BernardSwiss Aug 31, 2012 7:47 PM EDT |
Quoting:It's interesting that ordinary people can't use Linux because there are too many choices, yet an app store with "too many" choices is apparently a great reason the buy an ithingy or an Android device. QFtT |
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