I don't think it's a real issue, considering that almost 90% of android devices are newer than 2.1.

http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html

This fragmentation argument is getting old and will become completely invalid after Android matures a bit more.

All I'm asking is that you compare apples to apples.

iOS Market share vs. Android Market Share.

How many times do we need to repeat this: Android is an OS not a Phone!

iPhone market share is much greater than any single Android based handset.

No. That would be a much fairer comparison.

If motorola isn't updating their devices and engaging in "apple" tactics, then they are no better than they are.

They might even be worse.

What I object to is comparing the iPhone (software+hardware) to Android (Software only).

If you happen to make a poor consumer decision and buy crappy hardware - it's not Android's fault.
And if you happen to make a poor consumer decision and go with a manufacturer that will forget he ever sold anything to you - that's not Android's fault as well.

Currently, there's 1 handset "Line" on the market that is comparable to the iPhone in terms of software updates - and that's the Nexus line.

All other phones, while they might be superior to apple's phones, are not guaranteed the latest updates from the official channels.

How can you compare 1 type of handset (the iPhone) with about a THOUSAND different handsets from different manufacturers running Android?

If anything, you should compare the iPhone to a specific brand or manufacturer for instance, the HTC Nexus One - which not only has been getting ALL the android updates officially, but also has INCREDIBLE community support and car run a host of custom ROMs!

It's sad that misinformation has to be the key tactic to make apple look good.

Aren't you clever? How didn't they think of that! You should charge them a consultation fee.

Well, I would think they would care about fixing this simply in order to increase their kill efficiency.

The outcome from the point of view of the detonated terrorist is quite the same, albeit delayed.

Why do you assume the kid thinks that cheating is wrong?

Seeing as he is/was in apple's board of directors, that's not so far fetched.

Maybe you were unlawfully searched, That's up to a judge to decide.

However, if a police officer wearing a uniform and carrying a badge wants your papers - you are required by law to comply. Later on, you can press charges if you feel you have been mistreated.

That's because police officers are entrusted with a certain power that allows them to do things beyond of what an ordinary citizen is allowed to do. Some of them might abuse it... that's human nature, and you should sue them to hold them accountable. I still rather have the cops then not have them at all, given the vast majority of arrests are justified.

The Foveon sensor is not an HDR sensor. It simply does away with the bayer filter by having layers in the silicon so that different wavelength penetrate different depths, the amount of light received is still proportional to the amount of charge the photosite will contain after the exposure is over.... so this still suffers from the dynamic range problem of standard single-color-per-photosite sensors.

According to : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapdragon_(processor)

Snapdragon Platform. With the Snapdragon application processor core, dubbed Scorpion, is Qualcomm's own design. It has many features similar to those of the ARM Cortex-A8 core and it is based on the ARM v7 instruction set, but theoretically has much higher performance for multimedia-related SIMD operations.

o....k... talk about conspiracy theorists.

You actually believe George Bush and his "cronies" have a personal gripe with some Afghani shepherds? What, they lost to them in golf?

I agree, it's not clear why some people spend a longer time incarcerated than others.

But then again, we're not really given all the information on a case by case basis. And should that information really be handed out to the public? Maybe it's sensitive information that could jeopardize the lives of people in a war zone?

I'm all for more transparency and accountability. But I also realize that security agencies require a certain leeway to do their jobs.

Many liberals would try to scare you with 1984-esq stories, have you believe that disgruntled government employees will throw you to jail if you let this go on and out of control... they actively blame people like me for killing the fourth amendment.

The scare stories all collapses in the face of common sense.

I'll be the first one to march the streets if they throw a normative US citizen into Guantanamo without any reason... but so far, they seem to only do that with people which they have grounds to suspect that are involved in terrorism.

Why did they get in there to begin with?

The grand parent seems to imply that you can go to Guantanamo on the whim of some politician. Say, if you didn't stare at Hillary Clinton in kind way... that has nothing to do with reality.