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9 Feature Comparisons: G1 vs. iPhone

I love feature comparisons like this, because their entirely besides the point. Apple's mindset isn't about piling on features, it's about usability, for which there's no easily noted statistic. I couldn't care less if Google's phone had a standard headphone jack, an FM radio and a can opener built in. Until the software and User Interface is as advanced as the iPhone, I'm not interested.

It's like those Feature Comparison Charts about MP3 players that show the iPod down in the middle of the pack, yet the iPod completely dominates the market. It's not cause Apple's "cool," it's because the user experience, including seamless interaction with iTunes software on the desktop, makes extra "features" irrelevant. I still remember all the articles that said the iPod would fail without an FM radio.

Going feature-to-feature with the iPhone is simply having the wrong discussion.