# And you thought the iPhone was cool? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 31, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323 "2008-05-31T19:28:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 10:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/21 "2008-06-01T10:02:23Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > Listen. It looks like the iphone because in the demonstration Google decided to go that way. If you take this software and install it on a different phone it will look like that phone. > > ANDRIOD is SOFTWARE, meaning its an installed OS. > > Guess what even the software that the iphone made isn’t new by looks. Sure the touch screen usage is pretty innovative, but what happens is someone comes up with an idea that rocks the world. the iphone did this pretty well, others copy it and make it better which will happen. This happens EVERYWHERE and how can you be a wannabe when what you provide is much better than the original? See post #15 ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/22 "2008-06-01T10:48:33Z")
Exactly. The whole thing with the iPhone hype is great and made a really interactive phone. Horray for them. Only issue is that all the apps you see for Treos and BB and now iphone are built on development kits. The Android platform is completely open source and allows ANY aspect of the phone to be changed or modified. Combine that openness now of major networks like Verizon that allow any compliant device to be used and there is a lot of future for these phones. As boardjnky4 said, its a platform, not a phone. You will see it on flip phones for the every day user, pda phones for the business user, and the trendy phones for the techies. ---
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/23 "2008-06-01T10:56:45Z")
looks ok - Im sure someone out there will hack the software to work on the iphone anyway. ---
**Author:** ![psi\_chick](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psi_chick/32/7402_2.png) [@psi\_chick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psi_chick)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/24 "2008-06-01T11:13:20Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > See post #15 so i’m trying to figure out if you’re just that much of a apple nut-hugger or if your english skills are just lacking. andoird isn’t a phone. it doesn’t matter who makes what, google is only making the os. any company can put it on any phone, as well as any user, that’s the beauty of this os. android could go on a bb, an iphone, a treo, a blackjack, a envy, or whatever hell other phone you happen to have in your pocket. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/25 "2008-06-01T11:21:07Z")
> [@psi chick](#): > > android could go on a bb, an iphone, a treo, a blackjack, a envy, or whatever hell other phone you happen to have in your pocket. Well I wouldn’t go that far, it will probably be a few people switching over from what they currently have (I’m sure there is going to be a ton of hardware compatibility issues). the biggest thing will be the new phone you buy already coming with this OS on it ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/26 "2008-06-01T12:12:33Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > Open source isn’t going to mean anything to the average consumer. Please elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/27 "2008-06-01T15:17:00Z")
> [@Matt Danger](#): > > Please elaborate. Cavi Mike seems to stir shit up in every thread that I have seen ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/28 "2008-06-01T15:33:29Z")
> [@xcapandinkx](#): > > Cavi Mike seems to stir shit up in every thread that I have seen Because he’s a fucking tool box. ---
**Author:** ![Cavi\_Mike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cavi_mike/32/5217_2.png) [@Cavi\_Mike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cavi_Mike)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/29 "2008-06-01T16:44:55Z")
> [@xcapandinkx](#): > > Cavi Mike seems to stir shit up in every thread that I have seen Because I see misinformation in so many threads and I like to say something about it. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/30 "2008-06-01T21:55:14Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > Because I see misinformation in so many threads and I like to say something about it. You and Just Karter need to go hangout far away from a computer and leave the discussions here for us big boys. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/31 "2008-06-02T03:09:50Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > Because I see misinformation in so many threads and I like to say something about it. 90% of the time you bring in the misinformation. You sir are far from accurate ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/32 "2008-06-02T04:59:11Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > Because I see misinformation in so many threads and I like to say something about it. ![http://www.planetboredom.net/pix/data/media/2/i-cant-see-shit.jpg](http://www.planetboredom.net/pix/data/media/2/i-cant-see-shit.jpg) you are fucking dumb, how do you not understand the difference between software and hardware. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/33 "2008-06-02T05:13:01Z")
I want to load this on my mogul. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 5:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/34 "2008-06-02T05:40:37Z")
> [@Cavi Mike](#): > > Because I see misinformation in so many threads and I like to say something about it. Please elaborate on why open source software will not mean anything to the average consumer. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/35 "2008-06-02T07:26:26Z")
I think what he is getting at is the average consumer could not take advantage of an open-source platform. Much in the sense that most average people can not do such with Linux. However this does hold some very nice possibilities, as for the interface style. Bitching about how everyone is copying it is like bitching that every car made has 4 Wheels, some pedals and a round thing to steer it. People like what works, and does so in a fancy manner. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/36 "2008-06-02T07:33:50Z")
nothing compares to the sidekick 3’s keyboard its even better than the lx keyboard 😃 a better OS would be nice tho, and a phone company that didnt suck. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/37 "2008-06-02T07:37:08Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > You and Just Karter need to go hangout far away from a computer and leave the discussions here for us big boys. I agree. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323/38 "2008-06-02T08:08:25Z")
i can’t formulate what i want to say in this thread, i think i can only sum it up as “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/and-you-thought-the-iphone-was-cool/49323.md?page=1)