telehealth ... Jeff is a founder of Communication Software, Inc. and has experience in mobile telecomm, online banking, and healthcare
information technology...ENJOY!CCThe Apple iPhone, as you know, is built on the premise of two primary factors: ease of use and a one vendor solution. My definition of ease of use: the reduction of complexity to reduce cognitive involvement ... The one vendor solution also reduces some of the problems of compatibility, e.g., apps for the iPhone are available only through the Apple iTunes website...
... Android to the contrary has built an open source operating system to run on many phones from many manufacturers. Android is not a phone, it is an OS (Operating System). Manufacturers may license the OS for any phone that they choose. They can also change or add to the OS as needed. Android's premise is to allow developers to build apps to the specifications and needs of the end user/customer ... The developer may also choose where their apps are marketed and sold...
... Now for the pros and cons of both.
First, both operating systems of Apple and Android are based on UNIX, an OS that was built at ATT/Bell Labs in 1969. The primary difference is the interface for both developer and user (owner of phone) ...
The iPhone user is locked into accruing software, hardware and even music from a single vendor and store, ... A single manufacturer's hardware failure would leave an organization with few options ... With the Android solution you are not locked into a single manufacturer. At the end of 2009 there were 18 devices to choose from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Android_devices.
Apple's “one size fits all” solution does provide some benefits. There are not as many issues with compatibility of devices or OS, ... Android apps can have problems with apps not running on all released OS versions from different manufacturers...
The Android user interface does take a few extra minutes to learn ...
The only other major consideration when choosing smartphones and mobile device solutions is that you must be concerned about the carrier selection ... The iPhone is only available on AT&T (in the US) at this time. Redundancy and a single point of failure is an issue for mission critical systems. Android is available on multiple carriers such as Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile.
The iPhone and Android smartphones are basically both very good devices. The user or the institutional IT leader must examine the pros and cons for their business or personal use...
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- Android is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices, based on the Linux kernel, developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. Google has pledged to make the Android platform available under the Apache free-software and open source license.
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mong smartphone Operating Sysytem (OS) ...... Based on unit
sales to consumers last quarter, the Android operating system moved into
second position at 28 percent behind RIM's OS with 36 percent and ahead of Apple's OS with 21 percent...... This may have implications to consider for developers of medical applications in the mHealth market ...Read on at: http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=733877ENJOY!CC…
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