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Android and Me: The most crippled Android experience. →

The new Motorolla Backflip uses an outdated OS and AT&T bloatware apps that can’t be removed. Gruber is right, AT&T would do the same with the iPhone if they had the choice. And if it weren’t for the iPhone shaking up the cell phone market Verizon would still be doing the same thing as well.

What I find most interesting, though, is that this article uniformly lumps developers experience in with a users experience:

Maybe it was done to “protect” the users, but this blocks the install of apps purchased on alternative markets and beta apps like Swype. Developers will also be unable to easily load and test their apps on the device before they release them.

Basically, AT&T is offering the same locked-in market experience that iPhone users get to put up with.

So I’ve been using an iPhone since October 2007, and have been downloading apps from the App store since it debuted. You can argue, philosophically, that an open store is the right thing to do but the user experience surrounding apps on my phone is hardly something I have to “put up with.”

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Posted 4 months ago
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Stephen Caver has been interested in the inner workings of the web since he was a kid. His attention to detail is evident in his site designs, which emphasize clean displays of content while facilitating great user experience. Stephen has experience in information architecture, interaction design, HTML and CSS. He has worked with clients such as the World Wide Web Consortium, Change.org and the Mozilla Creative Collective. He currently works as a developer and designer at Happy Cog West.

When he’s not designing beautiful websites, Stephen can be found passionately following the Los Angeles Dodgers, killing things on Xbox, and spending time watching history and science-based reality shows.