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Go to Bing.com. Search for “Pirate Bay” and report back what you find.

What Microsoft is trying to do is negatively impact Google’s search business by asking Google to do things it does not do with its own search business. This is a PR nightmare for Microsoft. If you’re going to ask Google to take down links its smart to make certain those same links don’t live on your own service.

Well, unlike you, I actually own and operate a Galaxy Nexus device so I’m not about to argue with you about about how it performs. Your opinions are uninformed. That is polite talk for “you have no idea what you’re talking about”.

I am scrolling the Verge with my Galaxy Nexus and there is no “lag” whatsoever. Sorry.

First, my Galaxy Nexus does NOT “scroll like an ass”. In fact, there are no issues whatsoever. I thought I made that clear. Second, and more to the point, I don’t believe there is any actual evidence whatsoever to suggest scrolling is doing harm to the Android “experience”. If so, marketshare/mindshare would not be growing at the fastest rate in the industry.

If you don’t like Android, fine, don’t buy a device with Android. I’m not trying to convert you. But please, don’t give me tired talking points that don’t amount to anything. I’m an adult.

I have a Galaxy Nexus, an older device that you, and it does not lag at all. That said, I would dispute the notion that scrolling is the core function of a mobile computing device. Multitasking and notification is far more important… especially considering scrolling stuttering is an annoyance at best. Android does notifications and multitasking like a champ and it allows me o customize my experience by easily switching browsers, camera software, email clients etc.

Who said most iPhones sold are free?

There are plenty of holes in what you posted (mostly math) but I’ll just list the most obvious and go from there; iPhone 3Gs and now price cut iPhone 4 are among the best selling phones at AT&T. The point is, not all iPhones cost $199 and “some” do compete with those inexpensive Android phones. To make the case the only reason Android phones sell is because they’re inexpensive is bogus.

Its funny because we both switched (in opposite directions) for essentially the same reason; software upgrades. I hated what happened to my iOS device once I upgraded to the latest and greatest. I love ICS but I have not ever had any other Android OS. I do prefer it to iOS though. I can say that I absolutely hated iTunes.

Do you see the problem with your chart? I bet you don’t.

Not sure about your math. If you take the average selling price for Apple’s most recent quarter, what you find is they sold one heck of a lot of those “free” models on AT&T. Not faulting them for that. People seem to love their products. But to make the case Android is selling only because of BOGO is well, bogus… because Apple has free phones too.

I’ll say from the onset that I moved from iOS to Android and I’m not looking back. Why? I use my phone predominantly for reading email, sending texts, finding stuff with Maps and the browser and playing the occasional game. And, to be honest, I went from a 3GS that essentially stopped working when I “upgraded” to iOS 5. That said, my Galaxy Nexus is better than my iPhone at just about everything. Maps is MILES better on Android. In fact, every Google product is exponentially better on Android. I suppose that is to be expected but I can’t begin to explain just how much better the Chrome browser for Android is when compared to the Safari browser on iOS. It is literally night and day. I use Gmail and again, it is night and day between Gmail for Android and iOS. Now, I could use another email client but I don’t. And games? I don’t really play a great many games on my phone but I will say that ones I do play are better on Android simply because the screen in bigger. The extra real estate really helps.

Now, I know what you might say; I’m making an unfair comparison because my old iOS product was a 2 year old iPhone. That is certainly a fair argument but my wife has an iPhone 4S and although it is MUCH snappier, many of the same problems I had with iOS persist. When push comes to shove, the things for which I use my phone simply work better on Android.