Woz: I Wish My iPhone Did Everything My Android Does
Despite helping to found the company behind the iPhone, Steve Wozniak says his Android is superior when it comes to certain tasks.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is a gadget-fiend, and he's made no secret about the fact that in addition to his iPhone, he has an Android device, too. However, it might surprise you to learn that the Woz, a man who can regularly be found queuing up to get his hands on the latest Apple products at launch, doesn't think the iPhone is king in every regard. In fact, he kind of wishes it were more like his Android.
Speaking in an interview to the Daily Beast, Wozniak said that while the iPhone is his primary handset, he wishes it were able to perform certain tasks, such a voice commands and navigation, to the same standard his Android phone can.
"My primary phone is the iPhone," he told Dan Lyons, adding, "I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do."
Wozniak also says that he feels Siri has declined since the application was acquired by Apple and integrated into iOS. He said he loved it when it was available as an independent app but that Siri's accuracy and connectivity have been affected by Apple's acquisition of the software.
Surprisingly, Wozniak isn't too keen on his Galaxy Nexus, the latest in Google's flagship line of own-brand phones and considered by some to be the best Android phone available at the moment. Instead, Wozniak prefers his Motorola Razr, an Android smartphone that takes its cues from Moto's iconic Razr brand of years gone by.
Read more about Wozniak's feeling on all things iPhone and Android on the Daily Beast.
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I had a Galaxy Nexus. The thing died in less than a week. I'm gonna stick to my dumb phone now and a ipod touch to compliment it.
Its a freaking phone. What else do you want it to do!!!
Not surprised to hear it, this is what a lot of people have been saying all along. Woz just proves one more time he has common sense.
Glad he can afford to get all this new phones when they come out and hence be able to make honest comparisons. Usually only tech review companies can do that, and sometimes they have some agendas behind their reviews. While Woz is not giving a review per-se, he is able to approach this from a consumer (educated one) POV and share.
He is gonna get sued...
What was his primary phone that he uses?
Funny that he waited until Jobs was gone... Probably out of fear.
Looks like Woz shares my opinions about iPhone vs Android pretty much exactly.
apple = sexy
android = functions
Yeah we know that..
apple = sexy android = functionsYeah we know that..
functions... sometimes... when not crashing and rebooting..
functions... sometimes... when not crashing and rebooting..
If my Android does go into a boot-loop or crashes because of something I did, I can just pull the battery. :-)
the new secretary at work = sexy
your wife at home = functions
Yeah we know that..
iphone is too closed and not as flexable as android in cases like ringtones and apps
andriod's dont really crash its the people that use them
people complain that there phone crashes are normally running unstable custom roms.
go download a stable rom guys. i just switched to ginger stir fry from cyangenmod. its quicker, crashes less often and does what i want it to do
iphones look nice and are good for non tech savy people but im not paying the premium for apple products
Why is Tom's Hardware reporters always behind on current tech news? It's frustrating that their special reports are top notch but everything in the reporting world is lacking? ok done trollin
Its a freaking phone. What else do you want it to do!!!
I prefer to think of them as handheld computers or at least a PDA with a phone added. In that regards I should be able to install any software I want from any source and have full access to folder navigation, command prompt and system files.
If you just want a phone buy a jitterbug.
the new secretary at work = sexy your wife at home = functionsYeah we know that..
Lol, that was awesome.
If my Android does go into a boot-loop or crashes because of something I did, I can just pull the battery. :-)
Or even recover from a backup on my "SD card"
andriod's dont really crash its the people that use thempeople complain that there phone crashes are normally running unstable custom roms. go download a stable rom guys. i just switched to ginger stir fry from cyangenmod. its quicker, crashes less often and does what i want it to doiphones look nice and are good for non tech savy people but im not paying the premium for apple products
Well, even as you state, "less often". Custom ROM or not, they do occasionally reboot on you, but from those I know with iPhones, the same thing happens to them too. It's just part of having a smart phone. I probably average a reboot once a week or 2, usually when using navigation.
Its a freaking phone. What else do you want it to do!!!
give me a hard on then take it back down...what did you expect?
andriod's dont really crash its the people that use thempeople complain that there phone crashes are normally running unstable custom roms. go download a stable rom guys. i just switched to ginger stir fry from cyangenmod. its quicker, crashes less often and does what i want it to doiphones look nice and are good for non tech savy people but im not paying the premium for apple products
I'm a bit of an Android fan and picked up a Galaxy Nexus yesterday. I installed some apps/widgets from the android marketplace and now my phone is stuck in a boot-loop. I can't even get it to go into recovery mode. So its not just people causing these issues, there are still bugs to be worked out.
Or even recover from a backup on my "SD card"
if the OS was so good then you should not have to removed the battery at all....then again we don't live in a perfect world
If my Android does go into a boot-loop or crashes because of something I did, I can just pull the battery. :-)
if the OS was so good then you should not have to removed the battery at all....then again we don't live in a perfect world
I love my iPad, but I might buy an Android phone instead of an iPhone. (using a "dumb" phone at the moment)
I'm a bit of an Android fan and picked up a Galaxy Nexus yesterday. I installed some apps/widgets from the android marketplace and now my phone is stuck in a boot-loop. I can't even get it to go into recovery mode. So its not just people causing these issues, there are still bugs to be worked out.
Did it crossed you mind that it's a problem with the software you installed and not with the android OS itself?
Until Android can get me laid I'm sticking with iOS.
[citation]The greater Good :
If my Android does go into a boot-loop or crashes because of something I did, I can just pull the battery. :-)
Or even recover from a backup on my "SD card"[nom]hoof_hearted[/nom]Or even recover from a backup on my "SD card"[/citation]
Glad you have that option since you probably need it quite often!
Until Android can get me laid I'm sticking with iOS.
So what you are saying is you are so lame you need a fashion statement in order to get laid? That's pretty sad, I'll stick to using Android, avoiding iOS (don't like the OS at all) and still getting laid regularly. You have fun using electronic devices as pick up lines :-P
I'm a bit of an Android fan and picked up a Galaxy Nexus yesterday. I installed some apps/widgets from the android marketplace and now my phone is stuck in a boot-loop. I can't even get it to go into recovery mode. So its not just people causing these issues, there are still bugs to be worked out.
So you installed CRAP on the phone and it crashed and it's the phones fault ?
Woz is lucky Steve Jobs is already dead. Jobs would have him killed for a remark like that.
Woz is lucky Steve Jobs is already dead. Jobs would have him killed for a remark like that.
No, he would have yelled at him, then cried followed by a walk around Apple labs
the new secretary at work = sexy your wife at home = functionsYeah we know that..
If your Android is reading that you will have to rely on your iPhone for a month or so :-)