Actually haven't read too much about the networks and their potentially restrictive appstores - that wouldn't be surpising giving their history... but i have used android for a while and it works for me. 

I'm not saying ati the iPhone is bad or anything.. I guess when I'm tired of hacking phones - I could consider one in the future, only that the price point I have set for myself (25k kshs) for any phone I purchase means that my options are limited. 

I actually considered going back to what could be called the 'techie dark ages' and get a simple 3k phone....

Anyway to each his own.

--
Josiah Mugambi



On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
Hehehe - @Josiah, you are a true techie - reading what you want to
read and not what is written. I said signs are that very soon the
networks like Verizon after having their own stores and signs are that
they will restrict you to ONLY use their app stores.
Alternatives to ROM's to use, I agree but tell that to your CEO and
wait to hear the response. I've been arguing with my CEO about how the
iPhone having more than 100k+ apps is the real deal and you can guess
how the discussions always end.

./Ok3ch

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
> I still think android will remain much more open. There's more than one
> appstore one can use.
> And from a techie perspective - many alternative ROM's to use....
>
> --
> Josiah Mugambi
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Android is even getting more closed than the iPhone, just look at the
>> trend of the providers like Verizon setting up their own app stores
>> which sooner or later as long as you are on their network, you can
>> only use it - mark my words, not now, but sooner.
>> Soon all providers might follow suit and you get more restricted than
>> you ever thought. Lemmi look for the masahble article I read on this
>> and share.
>>
>> ./Ok3ch
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I doubt I'll ever go the iPhone way due to the nature of the platform,
>> > far
>> > too closed.
>> > trendy doesn't work for me as regards phones.
>> > I'd buy a macbook though. :)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Josiah Mugambi
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:44 AM, techi <myskunkworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Washington,
>> >>
>> >> The most important value proposition of an i-Phone is that its trendy,
>> >> that's the true value. Its a phone you want to show in public, similar
>> >> to a
>> >> trendy car (BMW X6 for instance, a toyota Prado would do the same but
>> >> you
>> >> would rather a BMW).
>> >>
>> >> Technically, an i-Phone provides a convergence of business and
>> >> pleasure.
>> >> Business: mail sync (Microsoft Exchange, Gmail, Yahoo...); VPNs (L2TP,
>> >> Cisco IPSec..); Cisco Webex, Apple Store
>> >> Pleasure: Safari browser (better browsing experience), i-Pod,
>> >> i-Tunes...
>> >>
>> >> The Apple Store in particular is very rich, over 100,000 apps.
>> >>
>> >> Other smartphones also have similar features, but as I mentioned, the
>> >> i-Phone is trendy.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Odhiambo Washington
>> >> <odhiambo@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Ok3chukwu,
>> >>> Thanks but in the life of me, I touched an iPhone once, but what I am
>> >>> interested in knowing is what is it that an iPhone does so uniquely in
>> >>> communications that other phones (high end I am referring to, but not
>> >>> dependent on some phone OS) cannot do? What does an iPhone do so
>> >>> differently, or all this hype is just because it an "Apple"? (I know
>> >>> Joe
>> >>> M... must be looking so surprised. He loves "Apple")
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:07 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> @Wash - its an iPhone - thats it. Have you ever heard the phrase
>> >>>> told to
>> >>>> white chicks - that once you go black, you can't go back - thats
>> >>>> more like it :-)
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ./Ok3ch
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Odhiambo Washington
>> >>>> <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Philip Musyoki
>> >>>> > <pmusyoki@gmail.com>
>> >>>> > wrote:
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> The KES 70,000 is not reflective of market price for the iPhone
>> >>>> >> 3GS,
>> >>>> >> it is
>> >>>> >> just an exorbitant Orange KE price. The 16 GB iPhone 3GS goes for
>> >>>> >> USD
>> >>>> >> 600 In
>> >>>> >> US and around GBP 499 in the UK (unlocked).
>> >>>> >> But I am not sure we are at a point and time where you can compare
>> >>>> >> the
>> >>>> >> iPhone with a Samsung.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Bar for the name/brand, I'd like to know what iPhone can do that
>> >>>> > Samsung
>> >>>> > Galaxy S cannot? I will not be cowed!:-)
>> >>>> > --
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>> >>>> > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
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