[ Thanks to Jack
Deslippe for this link. ]
“It seems like nearly every 6 months, Apple redefines
just how closed their closed platform can be. Instead of just
completely restricting the source and distribution of their own
software, they now also limit the kind of third-party applications
and content their users can enjoy. This sounds pretty menacing, but
what does it really mean in practice? Many iPhone/iPad users will
tell you that their device does everything they could ever want.“So, I thought to myself – what would I have to give up to
switch from Android to an iOS device? Steve Job’s personal crusade
against porn, while silly and arbitrary, wouldn’t affect my
cell-phone usage much (well, at all). I’d definitely miss all my
desktop widgets and notifications in the switch to the boring iOS
GUI, but that isn’t something most people consider a killer
feature. Voice commands and speech-to-text integration everywhere
in Android is a killer feature, but it can be approximately
replicated in iOS through apps. Here, though, are the 5 apps whose
presence I have gotten so used to on Android that I could not
accept the iOS experience, where they are noticeably absent:”