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This fracturing of the Android OS as well as the problems caused by differing hardware form factors (keyboard or no keyboard; 5 hard button or 6?) only add to the woes of consumers and developers.
As an old Windows Mobile user I can remember applications that required actioning with a hardware button that was either not easily accessible on my device or simply didn't exist.
Apple takes a lot of flak for its closed proprietary iPhone OS, but it does mean that the vast majority of users are always on the latest release and developers can rely on which buttons to program for.
Nik is pondering life in his mid-30's and is fearing that his parents might have been right all the time.
During his ever increasing years he has discovered
*that short hair is better than long
*Thai food is funky
*Your kids only pretend to like your music.
*You can never have enough gadgets
*Jean-Paul Sartre was right
*Gardening and DIY are boring
*The Velvet Underground were the greatest band ever. Period!
