Inside the heads of Android fanboys
The fanboys are riled up -- the Android fanboys, that is. Earlier this week, InfoWorld ran my "mobile deathmatch" face-off between Google's Android OS and Apple's iOS. I got a bunch of strongly worded emails, some bordering on nasty, for my conclusion that Android is basically harder to use than iOS. Those comments, as well as ones from previous stories, reveal a lot about the psyche of "fandroids": They like intricate tech that requires mastery of secrets and tricks, much like dedicated gamers do.
These readers didn't take issue with most of my factual assertions, especially my criticisms of Android's poor corporate fit -- though several pointed out some errors that I immediately corrected, such as the Android OS not having a folder capability or being able to reposition the text cursor when editing (more on these later). What really got under their skin was my ongoing complaint about how so many options in Android are hidden from the user, unless you press this button or that button and work your way through several menus.
