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App quality
spendleb
27-01-2012
Have to say whilst I am no Apple fanboy, my partner has an iPad2 and I have a Xoom and some of the apps on his device are way better than anything I have seen on Android, hopefully once they bring this new design spec in things will get better, annoying though when the same company such as Dominos produces a way better app on Apple than they do on Android.
grumpyoldbat
27-01-2012
Originally Posted by spendleb:
“Have to say whilst I am no Apple fanboy, my partner has an iPad2 and I have a Xoom and some of the apps on his device are way better than anything I have seen on Android, hopefully once they bring this new design spec in things will get better, annoying though when the same company such as Dominos produces a way better app on Apple than they do on Android.”

Unless the app is very graphically or processor intensive, there shouldn't really be a difference. Provided the app developer includes the correct graphics resolutions for the different screen sizes in phones and tablets, the rest should all be fine. Higher end kit like the Xoom shouldn't have problems running anything, there's plenty of memory.

Is it that you think it doesn't have the same features, or that it doesn't run as well?

Oh and before anyone else piles in, can we try and make this thread a sensible discussion instead of another Android vs iOS contest?
JeffG1
27-01-2012
Umm. If you're just ordering a pizza, how do the apps differ in quality?
spendleb
27-01-2012
Originally Posted by grumpyoldbat:
“Unless the app is very graphically or processor intensive, there shouldn't really be a difference. Provided the app developer includes the correct graphics resolutions for the different screen sizes in phones and tablets, the rest should all be fine. Higher end kit like the Xoom shouldn't have problems running anything, there's plenty of memory.

Is it that you think it doesn't have the same features, or that it doesn't run as well?

Oh and before anyone else piles in, can we try and make this thread a sensible discussion instead of another Android vs iOS contest?”

Dominos is probably a bad comparison, it just looks poor graphically compared to the iPad app. I suppose it's more to do with apps then that are only available on the iPad, he has some really stylish looking ones that I can't find anything comparable to on the Android market. I can't see why developers can't design them for both platforms.
IvanIV
27-01-2012
I'd say their primary platform is iOS and they ported it to Android. Each OS has its own idiomatic ways how certain things are done. If you force them on another platform to save time on rewriting a lot of code, you may end up with something lame.
alanwarwic
27-01-2012
It may in fact reflect on how little the APP is used compared to the web.
If the web is mobile friendly then in many cases only the deadicated will bother with the APP.
However how many will bother with an APP if the same company cannot be bothered with the mobile web browser?
paulbrock
27-01-2012
well quite. I'm not going to download an app for every website I want to buy off. And mobile websites will work on any phone or tablet (at least in thoery)
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