Android Vs. Apple: The Saga Continues

There was an article written on YAHOO! News about the ongoing battle between Google's Android O.S and the Apple iPhone O.S. Android and Apple have been locking horns for some time now in a battle for smart phone supremacy. While there are other operating systems out there (Blackberry, Windows), Android has come the closest to gaining a lead on Steve Jobs' creation. The article solely speaks on the similarities and differences between the hardware and software of both company's devices.

The article gives very useful knowledge concerning the similarities of the services each company uses. For example I did not know that Google was planning on launching a music service to compete with the very popular iTunes service. The author does an excellent job of citing his sources through the use of hyperlinks, giving his article much validation. The author also takes an unbiased stance in this article, pointing out the good and flaws in Android and Apple's devices, although it would make the article much more interesting if there was a stance taken for one company or the other instead of turning this into just an informational piece.

While the article gives a non objective view into the pros and cons of these two smart phone monarchs, I think that a little biased action would have done the article more good and indeed would have sparked more of a conversation and debate. It doesn't take much, even adding in something like: "The iPhone has reigned supreme for years and has helped AT&T gain many valued customers, but now here is a multi-carrier company that, not only has helped all four major U.S carriers gain customers, but has dished out 40+ more devices than the iPhone and has caught up to and in some areas surpassed the iPhone in light of these certain features." That one sentence not only shows your stance in this tech war, but feeds in alot of truth to the deciding customer because at the end of the day, you have to pick a side.

Besides that, the author does a good job of informing with many good sources. It is enough information to help the customer make a positive decision between the reigning champion Apple, or the up and coming major threat Android.