Why I don't love android

A few years ago I decided against the ever so fashionable iphone and bought the first Android offering, the G1. I quite liked it but the software available (ok... Apps) let it down. Google irritated me by not including some of the basics, taking an attitude of 'the community will provide this'. Trouble is that took too long.

So I went Apple and haven't looked back until now.

Recently I got a nexus 7 and, whilst it's a really nice piece of hardware, I still don't love android.

The trouble is despite android devices outnumbering humans on the planet, or something, nobody is making much seriously good software.

Apple have keynote, pages and Numbers whereas Google have... Actually they have quick office, which Google has bought up and is absolutely dreadful on my nexus 7.

Apple has garageband, which is superb. Google has... Nothing comparable.

And there are hundreds of third party, truly excellent products available for ios with no comparison for Android.

I don't know why, but it seems there isn't enough money in apps for Android... Either that or it's much harder to write software for Google's platform.

Either way, I'm disappointed by what's on offer. So much so that I think the nexus 7 may well have to make way for an ipad mini.

Apple's way of restricting their users often grates, but they've created by far the best eco system for portable devices and Google has simply failed to catch up, despite the number of Android devices sold.

Fundamentally it doesn't matter how good the android hardware is and how unrestricted the os if I can't do what I want with it.

Why does Google hate email folders?

I get a lot of email and its the primary way I do a lot of business communication. I use folders in my attempts to organise it all and keep my in box clear. It should be noted I usually fail.

I use my nexus 7 a lot. It's great to have something small enough to fit in my coat pocket (just) but large enough to work with effectively.

I just wish android's email client did folders. Nested folders to be precise. My lovely, and not terribly complex folder tree is always displayed flat. Because I often have sub folders called "filed" this makes quickly filing emails impossible.

I can do what I want effortlessly with ios so often reach for my iphone to file an email.

This is stupid. It's one of the things I disliked about Android when it was first released and partly why I rejected my android phone in favour of an iphone.

To still have the same frustration a few years later, despite all the bells and whistles added to jelly bean, is truly frustrating.