Why I'm Not One of the 89 Percent Getting Another iPhone

23.09.2011

"Listen To"

About a year ago, I stopped buying individual songs and albums, and started relying on streaming music services like MOG, Rhapsody, Slacker Radio and Pandora. The voice commands built into iOS for listening to music became worthless to me, because they don't support these third-party apps. (Apple's highly-anticipated is now less useful to me as well.) Now, I lack a hands-free way to queue up music in the car, and as a result I listen to less music while I drive. Android provides a solution with the "Listen to" voice command, which can load artists in third-party music apps simply by holding the phone's search button and speaking.

A Better Gmail

Throughout the day, I get a lot of e-mails from the same group of friends, which leads to lengthy conversation threads. The iPhone's Mail app is horrible at handling threaded e-mails, because you have to tap a button to read each new message. Android's Gmail app allows you to scan through an entire thread of e-mails by swiping your finger, saving time.

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