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Apple versus Amazon is like Ali versus Frasier. This is two evenly-matched fighters and the outcome of their battle can only benefit consumers.

This is what I’ve been hoping for: a company with the skill, vision, clarity, and competence to truly compete with Apple. It wasn’t going to be Google. It was never going to be Google. I’m grinning at the thought of how high these two companies can push each other. What a great time to be a geek and to be alive.

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Amazon Cloud Drive by Andy Ihnatko

Amazon certainly have the potential to offer a decent alternative to iOS - they have the all-important music, video and app ecosystem that’s other companies don’t.

“This isn’t about nitpicking; it’s just to underline that Android phones are best suited for technically proficient high-end users who don’t mind poking around online to get past the hiccups.”

David Pogue - Droid X Review

“The truth is that there is nothing exceptionally special about the iPhone, just as there isn’t anything particularly special about this new Google Phone. Both, along withe the Droid, the Pre and whatever the hell Blackberry is hawking these days have their strengths and weaknesses. Buy whichever one works best for you and then shut up about it.”

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But my interest remains, as ever, in the quality of the apps, not the quantity. Let’s say that when the dust starts to settle in this market, Android winds up with far fewer total apps than iPhone OS, but they’re of generally higher quality. That would make Android the Mac to the iPhone’s Windows. I would switch to that platform. (Feel free to substitute WebOS for Android in the above hypothetical.)

The number of apps already in the store — and, even more so, the momentum with which new ones are being added — almost certainly guarantees the continuing popularity of the iPhone and iPod Touch for the next few years. But Windows is proof that popularity doesn’t guarantee market-leading quality.

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Daring Fireball: Pound the Quality

Quality of software is one of the many reasons I love using a Mac. In the situation arose that John describes, I’d totally be on that boat to Android-land.

On a related note, I’ve still never seen or tried a real-life Android device. I’d like to, though.

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And you, lucky Android developer, have the pleasure of trying to guess which models are going to sell enough units to make it worth your while to port your application to them.

People gripe about Apple being control freaks, but please try to remember, there’s a method to our anal-retentive madness.

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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: So here is the issue with Android