Balling
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Well, I agree with most of what you're saying but don't really see that we indeed are fully "better off" than before. To me it's more of a sidestep than a step forward.
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Originally posted by Rob_Quads
I hadn't realized that Androids downfall was the lack of built in apps (but then I have only used other peoples never a brand new one). I always presumed it was had more out of the box than iOS with all the Google apps etc there.
I think you misread that part. It's not that there aren't enough apps out of the box, but that you have to fap about with finding better suited apps on the Play store to replace the bundled ones.
This is very much a matter of preference, though, as I know a lot of people love replacing music players and browsers on their device. To each his own, but one of my pro iOS arguments has always been that it wasn't necessary to be able to do so as the bundled apps were pretty much perfect. With the maps app, that's just not completely true anymore.
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pow
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There is nothing wrong with the Andriod mail client, browser, Gmail App, Maps App etc... it's the people who think they have to be different that like replacing them!
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Rob_Quads
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Gotcha - Some people will always want to customize the built in apps no matter how good they are.
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Steve
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Deck the halls with boughs of fan boys tra la la la laaaa la la la la laa
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Balling
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Originally posted by Steve
Deck the halls with boughs of fan boys tra la la la laaaa la la la la laa
Got a 'la' too many there mate.
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Steve
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Yea
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by pow
There is nothing wrong with the Andriod mail client, browser, Gmail App, Maps App etc
The built in mail client/browser/calendar etc is different on each Android device so not sure how you can say that.
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by Balling
On Android at least you could set a third party app to be standard. On iOS you'll never be able to click on an address and have it open in Google Maps.
Obviously you can't make Gmaps default on iOS but you can get Siri to use GMaps for directions rather than Apple Maps.
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Dom
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Originally posted by A2H GO
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Originally posted by pow
There is nothing wrong with the Andriod mail client, browser, Gmail App, Maps App etc
The built in mail client/browser/calendar etc is different on each Android device so not sure how you can say that.
Bit of an exaggeration there Ash 
Android/native apps != Touchwiz/Sense/etc apps.
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A2H GO
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You know what I mean, you can't just generalise and say 'the Android mail app is good' when it's different depending on which android device you're referring to.
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Dom
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Originally posted by A2H GO
You know what I mean, you can't just generalise and say 'the Android mail app is good' when it's different depending on which android device you're referring to.
Surely that's generalising on the term 'Android'?
And it isn't device specific, rather it's manufacturer/network specific.
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A2H GO
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-33620_3-57393854-278/youve-got-bad-mail-android-needs-a-better-e-mail-app/
"Each device maker seems to use its own app. Even the same Android manufacturer, such as Samsung, will have e-mail apps that act differently from phone to phone."
Give it up nit picking.
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Dom
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Originally posted by A2H GO
Give it up nit picking.
'Pot, Kettle, Black' 
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ed
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I feel that many of these arguments can be summarised by this pic:
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pow
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Okay point taken on the mail app (I find the HTC one lovely), the rest are the same!
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