Features
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Android ICS
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iOS 5
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Google
Services
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The instant account-based access you get to Gmail,
Google Maps, the contacts, the calendar, Latitude, and chat are great.
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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
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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.
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iOS 5 has great software image rendering, but photo
quality also requires the image sensor and camera lens
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NFC
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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 .
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No NFC for iOS 5 yet
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Cloud
feature
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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
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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.
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Voice Action
App
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Android has also had its own voice actions app,
which can launch navigation, calls, texts, search, and more, at your command
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‘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
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Turn-by-turn voice
navigation
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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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Monday, May 7, 2012
Android ICS vs iOS 5
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