Also, what happened to making your product look better. Why would you insult the people you want as customers? It’s like BMW calling everybody who owns a Mercedes stupid, but then asking them to buy from them. Why am I going to but a product from a company insulting me? People I’ve talked to about the ad feel the same way. It’s not good marketing. It’s one thing to say your product is better, but another to call potentiomal customers “stupid”

SOFTWARE … this is Google’s impetus.

iOS 6 and jelly bean are on par feature wise, their just designed differently but they perform the same tasks. One company wants to sell you apps the other ads, same but different.

I’m also considering switching to iOS. It’s not just the construction and design of the iPhone, but the customer service that Apple provides is sooooo much better than the phone carrier’s.

I’ll just say this. Yes, Google started as a search company.. but Google has evolved quickly enough to understand that their mobile OS is the vehicle to their main revenue stream: ads. Also, being an apple enthusiast, you have undoubtedly used itunes and quicktime. From my own personal experience, both of those software programs are HORRIBLE. And take a look at the evolution of iOS. It’s completely stale, and what’s new is taken from elsewhere (notifications, for example). Another example of apple lacking in software is with the ip5′s new screen resolution. It displays letterboxing on any app that has yet to be updated (read ALL OF THEM, as the resolution was only just revealed with the ip5). Who’s responsibility is it to fix letterboxing? Apple’s? No, they shirk that responsibility onto the developers shoulders. Meanwhile, Google’s OS can scale to display onto any resolution, on the fly. Yes, I realize not all apps may be optimized for all resolutions, but I can run my GNex in a tablet layout with a few tweaks, and the same apps I ALREADY have installed, will scale accordingly.

Then look at what Google has done from Gingerbread to HC, ICS, and finally Jelly Bean. Heck, the change from ICS to JB alone has made my GNex feel like an entirely new phone. That’s no small feat. Google Now is amazingly accurate and helpful in ways I didn’t even know existed. After watching JB’s unveiling, I seriously cannot wait to see what they have in store for android’s next iteration! (No way they could top the sky dive entrance of the N7… is there??)

So while each company delves into both hardware and software, they both strongly skew to their strengths. And while some hardware is already reaching the limits of physics and physical constraints, software has limitless potential…. As long as innovation isn’t stifled by litigation, which is why I cannot stand apple, and which was my stance from the very beginning. =]