As a continuation to my earlier post – I wanted to add a few more thoughts on the subject.
As someone who has been using apple for about 5 years now (I have had 5 apple computers thus far – and currently use 3 of them) – and someone who has been using Google – and Android for a while now as well, I think i know a bit about their usability and importance….
- Both Google and Apple produces excellent products. I have always enjoyed using both and they both have provided the results they intended to achieve very well.
- To me – Google’s products are very functional and usable – and minimalistic in design.
- Apple’s products on the other hand – are also very functional and usable – but are sophisticated and luxurious – gives a sense of owning a prized object – often a artistic design.
- Having tried an Android phone for about a month now – I can confidently say that the device is perfectly functional and a joy to use. There is very little learning curve associated with it – just like the apple products.
- A thought that comes to mind is that Apple was not the first player in the market when it came out with the iPod. However – their ease of use, a huge library of music available for purchase at your fingertips helped created a new market for the product. In a sense – Apple re-invented the portal music player. Google is in a way, trying to follow the same footsteps. The Android to me – a huge successful project, which took a lot of its lessons learned from the iPhone, which is why – it has become a very successful product one version ahead of its predecessor (iPhone became a real phone in Version 3.0, while Android’s Nexus has achieved similar status in Version 2.1).
- Google has had a project on books for a long time – but has not capitalized it yet. I think a future with Amazon or an iPad equivalent may be in the works – coming soon in the near future (with ChromeOS as a possible operating system).
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