Why manufacturers should just leave Android alone
01.01.70
We’ve all decipher the comparisons, we know about the rivalry, but one thing that has recently started bugging me about the epic Android vs Apple fracas is the omission of a key fact. One of Android’s strengths, as I mentioned in a aforesaid post , is that it’s available on a wide range of handsets, giving you slews of choice. With this choice, however, comes a few sacrifices and I’ve only come to realise this key reality now.
Samsung, HTC, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson are the four biggest manufacturers supplying Android phones, and although they run on the Android OS, each of these manufacturers adds its own pygmy, or sometimes major, touches to the user interface and functionality of the handset. Samsung adds TouchWiz , Motorola adds its MOTOBLUR and Sony Ericsson’s UI is known as Timescape .
The only one I have slighting experience with came on my HTC in the form of its Sense UI . Make no mistake, this is a very ingenious, very good looking wrapping for what many deem a “raw” fashion of Android, Froyo.
Source: Memeburn