[OSM-talk] iPhone vs Android - OSM shootout

[Bernhard zwischenbrugger]

Safari in iPhone is better for maps than Android browser

o no SVG in Android browser
o no multitouch in Android browser Javascript (evt.touches)
o no 3d CSS in Android browser 3d css is good for fast zooming)

bernhard


Valent Turkovic schrieb:
> Hi,
> I'm looking for the best mobile phone for OpenStreetMap. 
> Which mobile phone do you think is better for OpenStreetMap?
>
> Things for consideration are:
> - onboard GPS precision
> - applications for GPS logging
> - applications for POI collection
> - battery life when mapping (how long can you map)
>
> Please share any experience that you have with any or even better if you 
> had experience with both of them. I only user iPhone for a short while, 
> and haven't even seen Android for real but I ran Android emulator via SDK 
> to get a feel for it.
>
>
> Here are some of my thoughts...
>
> Android positive points:
> - platform on the uptake, more apps coming every day
> - nice POI collection app [1]
> - runs multiple apps at once
> - quite open platform
>
> Android negative points:
> - less apps than iPhone, both for OSM and general
> - not so good as multimedia player (video and audio podcasts)
> - a bit bigger and heavier than iPhone
>
>
> iPhone positive points:
> - lots of apps, both for OSM and general [2]
> - CloudMade MapZen POI collector supports for iPhone [3]
> - multitouch interface
> - great multimedia player (video and audio podcasts)
> - nice deal for a 2 year T-Mobile contract
>
> iPhone negative points:
> - runs only one app at once :(
> - pretty closed platform :(
> - quite expensive, no carrier in Croatia offers it in contract deals :(
>
>
> [1] http://maps.bigtincan.com/btc-mapper.php
> [2] http://blog.cloudmade.com/2009/03/19/bring-cloudmade-maps-to-your-
> iphone-application/
> [3] http://mapzen.cloudmade.com/mapzen-poi-collector
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