I don't see your problem. It's not like they won't be supporting the standard, investing on their platform (that they even consider big enough to be your whole PC UI).

I, for one, like the idea that I can have desktop quality applications running independent of platform on my browser - and wouldn't mind if this became the standard. By uniting all OS'es under this platform, I don't believe that there is fragmentation (what exists now IS fragmentation)

Gee, I dunno, maybe because there are dozens of dictators, generally dangerous countries and places that really needed some help getting their revolution groove on...

But the US only seem to find a reason to get into armed conflict when there is oil involved. They don't literally steal, they just help you "conquer" your country back and then "request" "payment".

I know I'm going to get the flamebait mod, but this is actually the general opinion of the rest of the world about most of US wars.

The problem is not the need for the giant button, it's that it is on by default in some routers.

I own a D-Link and I did set up everything by hand, but since I didn't want to use this, I simply didn't touch the option - assuming that, by default, this would be off.

I was wrong, and corrected that, but I wonder how many of those people that use the setup wizard know enough to even get to the advanced features, much less turning this off because it is a security risk.

Well, they only thought about integrating most features that already existed for ages into iOS after Android started to bite their heels. That's my point. For 2 years now Android isn't trying to catch up to iOS on nothing, although iOS with tethering optios, notification bars (for example) has. My next bet is a new keyboard - it was good when it came out, but from 2.3 on the android keyboard is miles ahead, not to mention the best keyboard ever - swiftkey.

I was the first to state that with 8 hours Iris could mimic Siri (or a big part of siri) and it fooled most people. For a siri like performance you would then have to have a dedicated server for natural language processing and interpretation... Something that will come, some day, when google wants to. But that's the "only" real extra feature Siri has. And my hat off for Apple for seeing that it was needed (for the most part google only thought about understanding what you spoke really well and discarded the rest).

And voice controls is something any Android device can download for free from the market (same as most google apps, actually). It's a feature, but it isn't forced on you (neither is maps, navigation or google docs), and if you want you can simply use any other Voice Control app out there that doesn't rely on that ( I use https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cyberon.cvsd because there is no language barrier).

Lastly, Android's multitasking is miles ahead of most mobile platforms (again, if you're using a nice phone). Just staring at the logcat and seeing all the stuff going on in the background will give you and idea of why it is awesome.

I hate it when people say things like this. Voice control was a voice dialer that let you play music. Android has had a voice dialer since it's first version (so did every phone). I meant voice commands like sending sms's, taking notes or doing searches.

The proof that Android has comparable technology to Siri is that Iris was done in 8 hours (and since then there are dozens of siri like apps on the market). The main features Siri has that Android voice commands doesn't is the agenda interaction and a nice UI that responds to the user. Something that a small team can hack up in less than a day without much trouble and end up fooling most of you, it seems. And that tech was there since 2010.

Both copy past and multitasking were introduced first on Android (hence, Apple catching up instead of "leading the pack")

Android browser had copy-past 2 months before it was introduced on the iPhone.

Multi-tasking is a base feature of Android since, at least, the 1.6 (that I tried). Most likely there since the beginning, but not sure..

I meant real voice control. You've had voice dialers and basic commands on almost every phone since forever... Nothing revolutionary there.

What I meant is real voice commands, like sending e-mails, doing searches, phoning things not on your list, get navigation instruction, send sms's, take notes, etc. More or less everything Siri does now (except maybe control the agenda), but not with a nice UI and phone feedback.

Oh, we're talking about development.

I thought it was the OS that is catching up to iOS, but I guess now it is the development environment... Give it time. At the rate at which Android is outselling iOS the sheer number of users will compensate that.

Or this ( http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/09/30/survey-20-percent-of-ios-devs-earn-97-percent-of-app-store-revenue.aspx ) that the app store is a tightly controlled environment where a minority makes money and the majority just spends 99$ per year.

But I won't discuss development environments. There are very few apps on iOS that are still exclusives. If you want to make money nowadays your best bet is not to place all your eggs in the same basket. So your point is moot.

I still want to know what is that distinguished iOS feature that android lacks and that makes it be trailing Apple.

Profitable for the user? Is that a feature?

Regulated, Amazon App store. Windows Marketplace is also regulated.

The thing is, profitable or not, most of the main applications now support both systems. If I'm the end user I don't really care where I play angry birds nor do I care that Rovio did more money on iOS than Android (free app with adds btw).

And I asked features that no one else has. I could say iOS lacks a truly free Market where anyone can publish their apps without fear of rejection or where your business model can be decided by yourself and not Apple. Obviously both approaches have their advantages but that's not a "feature", especially one that everyone should aspire to have.

No, you see, you got that wrong. The only features apple introduced in the last year are picking up where Android left. Voice controls (siri), social network sharing (and only for 1), the notification bar with "limited widgets", simple things like copy past or multi-tasking.

Apple set the bar 3 or 4 years ago. Then almost 2 years ago Android got to where iOS was and now it's surpassing it on almost every aspect (comparing top of the line phones, obviously). Sure, the overall user experience of iOS is great, but saying that Android is catching up to iOS is ridiculous.

And please tell me those "features" no one else has that iOS does.

I was going to mod you up, but then clicked on the wrong option... So I'm just replying to get that negative moderation off you.

n the Sixties, we could put a man on the moon. Nowadays, laments , America's tech giants can't even put a rotary dialer on the phone. Almon Brown Strowger managed to crank out a patent circa 1891.So did many others! So, why — at a time when development has never been easier — can't Google, Apple, and Microsoft manage to use rotary dialers? Or other retard proof dialers for landlines, mobile phones and even VOIP clients!?

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Oh, ffs, are you telling me that a government based on lobbying is your fine example that armed civilians work at stopping it?! You're either delusional or ignorant or just trolling me, but I honestly think you're the prime example of people that should get weeded out when handing out the guns.

Oh god, you're trolling me. A VOTE keeps politicians in line EVERYWHERE. You're delusional if you think guns are a requirement. I quit.

I repeat this, since you don't seem to understand what a democracy is:

Politicians should fear the VOTE of the people, not the guns they have. A democratically elected government should never be deposed simply because you don't agree with their actions. There are other ways to show you're unhappy, for instance, not electing their party in your state or simply protesting.

Guns are in no way or form a requirement for a democratic country to exist. That is a fact, and the majority of the democratic countries in the world are proof of that. Some also came from civil wars and still don't seem to think it is ok to allow a widespread use of guns.

You can't ban all guns because there are already too many weapons out there. You can ban some high caliber / effectiveness weapons and ammo in order to flesh out the weapons as the ammo dries up and they break down. But that'll take a 20 years or so to do, it has to start now to get results in the long run. As it is now, where you can buy a gun over the counter on any specialty store, it can't be.