﻿ Why my parents don't use Android | ZDNet  Why my parents don't
use Android  Summary: Last week, my parents needed to buy new
cell phones. Guess which phone I told them to get?  This week,
my colleague James Kendrick completely annihilated ZDNet Editor-
in-Chief Larry Dignan in the Great Debate over Android growth.
This gave me a great deal of satisfaction, as this vindicates
many of the things I have said in the past about Android.
Although I won the popular vote over Matt Miller in our previous
iPhone 5 (cough) debate, TechRepublic Editor in Chief Jason
Hiner gave the nod in that battle to Miller.  I felt like I was
robbed.  Hiner believes that regardless of how much Android's
market grows, the iPhone and iOS platform is just too compelling
for many users who are invested in the system to bail from.  No
matter how strong an argument I presented against the iPhone 4S,
millions of people are going to continue to buy iPhones in
droves.  Personally I agree with Kendrick that Android's
momentum is too great to