On May 14, in the blog, Lifehacker, someone expressed as follows, “we love both Android and iOS, but the open nature of Android just means it can do things others just can’t.” Then, the blogger further listed out the top ten Android features which the iPhone don’t have.
1. Controlling Your Phone through Your Computer
Through some applications, users can control Android phone from the computers, including sending texts from Chrome or accessing any of its other functions from a web browser. Although users can get into iPhone through VNC, it is quite different as using a separate app that accesses its own functions.
2. True App Integration
Perhaps, Google Voice may finally be available for iPhone, but the iPhone experience might never be the same as it is on Android. Other iPhone apps always unfold the default dialer and visual voicemail apps to the users. Therefore, if the users want to use Google Voice all the time, you must manually operate it by yourselves. While on Android, apps like Google Voice are integrated directly with the operating system. If the users want to call somebody through Google Voice, you can call anyone from the phone’s dialer through Google Voice. This true app integration makes using phone, SMS, voicemail and browser apps work well on Android.
3. Wireless App Installation
While browsing for new apps, the users usually hope they can download these apps directly. As for iPhone users, they need to download these apps into their phones firstly, or plug the apps into iTunes to sync them all over. However, Google’s Android has no problem in this aspect. By finding the apps, the users can click the install button, and then the apps are all on your phone directly.
4. Flash
Surfing the internet without installing flash, the users will find its importance. The users can gain more information after installation of flash, whether accessing fully flash web sites, watching flash videos, or playing games. Without having flash installed on your phone, you would be difficult to experience the integrated functions of the internet.
5. Custom ROM
The third-party apps of Android can provide the users various advanced features. One point should be mentioned, the whole Android operating system is open source which allows the users to design by themselves. Whether using Cyanogen Mod or MIUI Rom, the users can tweak their Android experience with little limitation. Through the trigger, users can undertake large system adjustment, such us, speeding up phones or features like FM radio.
6. Removable Storage and Battery
It has nothing to do with Android software, but Android’s open nature allows for quite a few hardware advantages as well, like upgrade your battery and SD card. If iPhone users find it is out of storage space, they could not store contents on their phones continuously. But as for Android phones, users can put into a new SD card to solve this problem. Meanwhile, through changing the batteries, Android phone users can make the phones go longer without charging.
7. Widgets
Although widgets take up some space, they bring in lots of convenience. If you have jail broken, iPhone users can use widgets as well. However, you can only put them on your lock screen, but not the actual home screen.
8. Custom Home Launchers
After jail broken, iPhone users can customize their home screen, while the degree for its customization cannot be compared with Android system. Through third party launchers, users can add different apps in Android home screens, including gestures, different shortcuts and even low-level settings.
9. Tasker
One of the most powerful, useful apps of Android is its tasker. Through tasker, users can turn settings on or off for some certain applications, which is only for Android.
10. Alternative Keyboards
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