Android will beat iPhone Apple founder
GADGETS Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has praised Googles smartphone operating system Android and predicted that it will soon surpass the iPhone operating system in both quantity and quality.
The comments by the man who invented the first Mac computer came as Android-powered phones are fast catching up with Apples iPhones in marketshare, and were the starkest illustration to date at how well Google has managed to close the gap with Apples once unassailable iPhone.
"The Apple phone has very few weaknesses," Wozniak told Netherlands newspaper De Telegraaf in an interview. "When it comes to quality, the iPhone is leading."
But he conceded that "Android phones have more features" and deliver more buying options for those who dont want to be limited to a single device.
In addition, Wozniak told the publication that eventually the quality of Android will match Apples operating system and much like Windows in the desktop space, Googles mobile platform will become the "dominant" option in the mobile market.