Monday, May 7, 2012

Android ICS vs iOS 5

Features
Android ICS
iOS 5
Google Services
The instant account-based access you get to Gmail, Google Maps, the contacts, the calendar, Latitude, and chat are great.

You can download Google apps from the App Store, too. The Google Voice app has a better layout for iOS
but it's also slower and much less stable.

Camera Tools
Ice Cream Sandwich brings on a whole lot of new photo tools, the most significant of which are the photo-editing tools in the image gallery. They include red-eye reduction, straightening, and "hipster filters," whatever those are. The camera app itself adds a useful panorama mode that seamlessly creates a landscape still.

iOS 5 has great software image rendering, but photo quality also requires the image sensor and camera lens

In the camera roll, you can create a slideshow, plus crop, rotate, remove red-eye, and auto-enhance, but from the looks of it Ice Cream Sandwich have more features.

NFC
NFC (near-field communications) is becoming a big deal in mobile. If you have an NFC-compatible phone, you'll be able to use the on-board Google Wallet software right away to pay for purchases by tapping or waving your phone near a compatible terminal .

No NFC for iOS 5 yet
Cloud feature



Android has long enjoyed over-the-air OS updates, and its online Android Market also takes advantage of over-the-air app installation. Google Music is one big cloud feature
iCloud does over-the-air syncing from the device to the cloud (no more USB connection to the computer!) and syncs content like apps, music, and contacts, so you can later restore. You can also wirelessly edit photos, manage e-mail folders, and create and delete calendars.
Voice Action App
Android has also had its own voice actions app, which can launch navigation, calls, texts, search, and more, at your command

‘Siri’ is the voice-triggered assistant with an attitude that replaces the Voice Control app. ‘Siri' can create reminders, search for directions, text people, call you a cab, and so on

Turn-by-turn voice navigation
Google's turn-by-turn voice navigation for driving directions can effectively replace your in-car dash or GPS navigator--and possibly save you hundreds of dollars
Integrated Google maps are great, but there's no voice readout

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