[ale] [OT] Are iPhone apps $$$ why Android apps are free?

[wolf at wolfhalton.info (Wolf Halton)]

On 06/10/2011 10:51 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> After spending part of the day with the droid I guess I can say "Why did
> I even bother with iOS"?
>
> I'm in love.
>
> The iTouch required me to do a lot via iTunes which required me to boot
> into Windows.
>
> I downloaded a PDF and wanted to copy it to the Android.
>
> a)  Attach phone as disk to Linux
> b)  Create Documents folder on the mounted volume
> c)  Copy PDF to that folder
> d)  Download file manager for Android
> e)  Run file manager and select PDF from card.
>
> This would have been very difficult in iOS.  Currently the only solution
> would have been to email the 100M PDF to myself and save in USB Disk or
> copy to dropbox and mark as a favorite (it downloads to the device).
>
> I can even copy music to this phone without having to use iTunes.
>
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Droid has not caused me any trouble either.  It talks to my Linux box 
flawlessly.  I admit I don't do much with music on the phone.  I do take 
a lot of pictures and they save well to Ubuntu.

-Wolf