Today, Android has become a great rival to Apple iOS, which even borrowed some ideas from Google OS. The use of “cloud” technology has become the most useful feature that can do things like link your email to Gmail, purchase apps through your Google account, sync your mobile calendar with “Google Calendar”, etc. . Thanks to “cloud” storage, all user data is accessible from any device and looks the same on any tablet, phone, or laptop, so every time you go shopping for a new device, all the information it will always be with you and there it is. no need to re-enter it.
The fifth generation of Apple iOS is also trying to use these features, so all “iDevices” would be connected to “iCloud”, so there would be no more need in a “mothership” like Mac or PC.
Therefore, Apple can become a dangerous rival for Google in the field of “cloud” and the only thing that Apple could not repeat is that it is open source.
GOOD, BAD and Malware
Advantage:
- Change the appearance of devices
- Do it yourself!
- Put it inside!
- Freedom of Choice
There are many options to change the look and feel of the Android operating system compared to iOS. The only thing that Apple allows you to change is the wallpaper, but the icons and menus cannot be configured. As for Android, you can change almost everything. Even the keyboard can be switched to “Swype”, for example.
Anyone can write Android apps, so if you have an interesting idea, you should use “MIT App Inventor” and then you can share your free Android app with other Android users around the world. And you don’t need to be a programmer.
Android tablets and smartphones give you open access to the heart of the operating system. Change the operating system, remove unnecessary applications and install applications that you could not install before. Some phones even allow you to install a Linux operating system.
Let’s be honest, the iOS is available only for two devices with different screen sizes. As for Android, it can be found in a wide variety of phones and tablets that have different screen sizes, with or without a keyboard, with an 8-megapixel camera or with a built-in gamepad. There’s even an Android microwave.
Cons:
- Fragmentation
- there is no uniformity
- Lack of quality control.
- malware
For now there are few OS versions and some applications support only one version. Every time the OS updates the manufacturer must manually set each phone for the update.
Since Android is universal, manufacturers add various plugins to their products, so updates to the phone may not work as expected. And if we talk about the old models, then most likely you will not receive the update.
The fact that anyone can create an app is not only an advantage but also a disadvantage. In the Android Market expect to find thousands of applications created by professionals and only a few created by amateurs.
Open source is a double-edged sword for Android and many malicious apps have appeared. Theoretically, third-party sites that sell apps can be dangerous, but in fact, you might get malware from the Android Market (so don’t forget to use some anti-virus software, like Norton Mobile Security).
This is a brief summary of why you should or should not use the newer technologies with the mobile operating system. In the end only you decide which is good or bad and which is safe or dangerous for you.