Android vs iPhone OS

At this point in time fans of the "apple" smartphone and fans of Google-devices fiercely argue among themselves. Against the backdrop of this situation, the question immediately arises, because of which a large number of owners of the aging model of the iPhone can not in any way accept the existence of Android-phones?

In a large number of cases, the reason is the following fact: the platform from Google at this time has a lot of software. Of course, you need to make one amendment - quality software is not so much, as some would like.

In fact, is software required in large numbers? After all, the main program can be considered a must-have. Let's get acquainted with some major programs specifically designed for the green robot, and also determine if they are similar on iPhone smartphones.

Opens the list of solutions for a browser called Dolphin. It is known that this product functions on the engine, which was used by default in Android. Of the advantages it is necessary to note the convenient work with tabs. Among other things, there is support for multitouch, gestures, RSS feeds. Also there is a Russian language, compatibility with various social networks. From the disadvantages we can say the following: the browser contains advertising.

We pass to the iPhone-analogue. In principle, on this platform, we see a very convenient browser. Of the shortcomings, let's highlight the moment that pictures can not be disabled. In some cases, the text size does not match the width of the screen.

Next on the line is a rather popular product called FBreader (reader). What can I say? A good application that allows you to read books. Note that the utility is fully Russified. If necessary, the books can be read from various archives. There is support for bookmarks, search function, setting mode. From the negative moments, you can highlight the possibility of working with only a few extensions - epub, as well as fb2.

For smartphones iPhone there is a similar solution called ShortBook (costs $ 4.99). This utility is able to work with any formats of electronic books. Suitable files can be downloaded from the phone (via the default Internet browser). In addition, there are bookmarks, you can customize the font.

Further on our list of popular products is eBuddy IM. In this case, you can note the possibility of working with GTalk, ICQ messenger, Facebook social network. The utility operates without failures. As well as everywhere there are certain shortcomings. For example, there is no possibility of inserting or copying information. Still it should be noted that history is not preserved. In addition, everyone must register on a separate server. In occasion of ICQ, Russian encoding is incorrectly displayed.

For iPhone users, the equivalent is called BeejiveIM (cost $ 5.99). In this case, there is support for similar functions. The advantage is that you have a good interface. There is support for special push messages, you can switch to various chat rooms, images, and sounds. Given this convenience, the utility is paid.

Now go to Documents To Go (for working with various office documents). The free edition of this utility allows you to view various office documents created with the help of popular text editors. If you want to be able to edit, you will need to purchase a paid issue.

For iPhone users, there is a similar application called "Documents To Go Premium". The solution can cope with various tasks as the Android-based utility. Only its cost will be less. Among other things, you can work with Apple iWork, Google Docs, and MS Exchange.

From the above examples, we determined that Android applications are just as good. Thus, you can use the required software in a large assortment. Naturally, the main part of the programs for the iPhone is more beautiful design. However, as you know, beauty costs money. When you do not want to use paid applications, you can turn to Android, which has a lot of free analogs and a lot of gaming applications. For example, immediately recall the browser-based online games.