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Android / iOS debate

<p>Been having a spirited argument with my pal <a
href="http://twitter.com/RamanusAsango">@RamanusAsango</a> over on <a
href="http://twitter.com">twitter</a> about the merits and de-merits
of iPhone/iOS versus android, Symbian and all other mobile phone
systems.
</p>
<p>
Fair Warning: <a
href="http://twitter.com/RamanusAsango">@RamanusAsango</a> protects
his tweets and hence seeing hs half of the *ahem* discussion my
involve you begging him to allow you to follow his tweets</p>
</p>
<p>The crux of the argument being that he pointed out that iOS 5 had
twitter integration and "challenging" me to represent my side which I
promptly proceeded to do by pointing out that Windows Phone 7, A
system we mutually despise, had integrated <strong>both</strong>
Facebook and twitter. His response was to call WP7 a system nobody
gives a rats ass about [ Pretty logical dude! dismiss it because you
don't like it ]</p>
<p>The discussion pretty much degenerated into a mess of him calling
me a "hater" and me pointing out how his points did not make sense,
like :
<ol>
<li>Twitter integration in iOS : My response : How does that help
over and abover the existing system and pointing out that for a open
system, integrating a closed one is a bad idea</li>
<li>Android phones are cheap and low quality : To which I responded
by pointing out that the whole point of an eco-system like androids
wat to enable there to be deveices of all types, cheap phones like the
Huawei Ideos as well as very high end devices</li>
</ol>

Re:Hi!

http://jeevmsingh.com/main.html

Back again... again!

Whoa!

It has been a minute.

Haven't blogged in quite a while, not quite sure why seeing as
interesting, blogworthy stuff still happens to me every week or so.

Anyway, this is more of a test post, to see if my "blog via email"
setup is still working. Proper posts will follow soon.

Re: Hi!

Hi! http://doctorug.com
Thanks for your visit!

Using OpenOffice gets you a free Nokia Phone in Kenya

I was pleasantly surprised when netbook shopping around Nairobi the other day to notice that Safaricom were offering an Acer aspire one @ KShs 27K.
This particular model comes with a 160GB HD and 1GB RAM and comes pre-installed with Windows XP ( yuck! I know, but bear with me ).
In an effort to sweeten the deal, SufferingCom are giving one a free gift, a choice between a copy of Microsoft Office 07 or a Nokia Handset, Now if one chooses to forego the Office 07( logical choice, isn't it? ) and instead use the Free( as in both Beer and Freedom ) OpenOffice suite from Oracle( which has ingested previous OpenOffice patron Sun ), one then gets a free Nokia handset, without having to pirate software or anything and still manage to do all of their Word-Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentations et-cetera.

Thank you OpenOffice for the free Nokia and thank you for the Freedom.

Interesting look at commerce in action aka Matatu diaries

Just spent what has been both one of the most mind numbingly boring at
the same time intriguing 2 hours of my life! Where? At a Nairobi
Matatu terminus.
While waiting to board one of our cities travelling art canvases is
about as interesting or desirable as watching paint dry, what
intrigued of was watching commerce in action as the fare price
fluctuated from a sincerely obscene rate to what was finally
acceptable (to me).
Nairobi matatu touts have got to be some of the most arrogant people
working in the service industry that I have ever come across And they
no qualms about charging an exorbitant rate, but that arrogance was
quickly tempered by the appearance of more vehicles in the terminus.
The more competition that these touts had, the more considerate they
became and the harder they tried to persuade you to board their
particular vehicle, but once one vehicle left the terminus the change
becomes tangible as they get rude-r .
I had two hours to watch this in action and it intrigued me, but it
also brought up some questions like "Is a fully liberalised market
willing to regulate itself?" and "If you are a willing participant in
your own exploitation, can you really cry 'foul!' ?"
My opinions on both those questions being the subject of another blog
post, I shall leave video both open.

All in all it was an interesting 3 hours, yes 3 hours including the 1+
hours that I spent in traffic, tapping up this blog post on my mobile
phone( no qwerty! )
Just thought you might wanna know.