Comments on: We Want What We Cannot Have

By: connieterwilliger

connieterwilliger — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:14:15 +0000

Was listening to Leo Laporte the Tech Guy recently and he loves his Galaxy S3 too, but knows – because of what he does – that he will be using the new iPhone. But it is interesting how this phone just “grabs” you!

By: Randye Kaye

Randye Kaye — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:23:57 +0000

have set aside $$$ from a “nice gig” for a tablet at last…but frozen solid with indecision! so..thinking iPad, but keep my Droid? maybe. help! that flash thing is the missing link…
thanks, all.

By: George Whittam

George Whittam — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:30:16 +0000

I am in the same boat with the Galaxy S3, the best smart phone I’ve ever used or owned.
I will likely buy a used iPad or the new iPad Mini (knowing me, the used iPad 2 since it’s fully debugged, and will drop in price). Although, the app “Tape machine” on Android is pretty darn good, very similar features to TwistedWave, who knows when we’ll be able to get audio quality to match?

By: connieterwilliger

connieterwilliger — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:08:30 +0000

So, I should have gone for that iPad when I had the chance…

But, I do love my Samsung Galaxy S3.

By: J S Gilbert

J S Gilbert — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:02:16 +0000

I am also quite a bit of the “non Apple Fan Boy”. That said, I love my new iPad and I’m pleased with the amount of things I can do with it quickly and efficiently, in tandem with my android phone. Without the android, I couldn’t open up the flash based site that my primary agent has us upload or auditions to. I also use the wireless hub feature of my android phone which doesn’t cost another $50 as it would if I were all iOS.

I too was a Android user who kept saying it doesn’t support “yet”. Having spoken with numerous developers, it’s somewhat unlikely that the”yet” on the android side is going to see the light of day. There are many reasons for it, beyond just the fact that culturally, musicians, videographers and others who might be interested in higher end audio solutions are drawn to the iPhone like moths to a flame. There are just too many flavors of android phone out there to make this financially a good idea for hardware developers. There are a few limitations to the operating system as well. We’re already at the point where the iPad/ iPhone is capable of handling 24 track recording. All the kings horses and men couldn’t make this a reality on an android phone or pad.

It will be interesting to see what happens on the 12th when the iPhone 5 is announced. I think it will further distance itself from android devices in ways that might matter to early adopters and techno geeks who drive this type of innovation. Another thing to note is that there is a huge discrepancy between android and iOS users in terms of purchasing paid apps. This is causing many developers to simply give up creating new apps for the Android platform altogether.

As somebody who cut his teeth doing voice for commercials because I could slam home a good radio spot on a second take in 28.5 seconds with no obvious breaths, I wish we could forget all the technology and go back to analog recording. But since that isn’t happening, I’m likely to go for all the technology I can get.