software Dear Mobile App Developers Obviously Apple and Google have done a good job building out the IP stack for mobile devices (I still can't believe Steve Jobs tricked AT&T into allowing them access to the data pipe back in the day), but, I thought things would have evolved further than
handset Android: I Tried A couple of months ago I shelved Apple/iOS (iPhone 6) for Android (Sony Xperia Z3 Compact) [/ios-to-android-migration-complete]. I'd been a rabid Apple/iOS fan since the first iPhone. I switched because the iPhone 6 industrial design sucks, and iOS 8 was buggy. A few days ago I
handset iOS to Android Migration Complete Punchline if you don't want to read further: I'm successfully using a compact Android phone (for now), but I want an iPhone 4S with NFC, running iOS. Well, I did it. For the first time since Apple released an iPhone, mine (latest, iPhone 6) now sits
handset The Mess of Carriers, Handsets, App Stores & Consumers. I remember the day my mother brought home her first cell phone. It was the true brick (pictured here), and looking back it was the result of the carriers of the day defining the handset as a product that would run on their network, and having someone build it for