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bprater on Oct 24, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Initial Thoughts on The G1

As an iPhone fanboy and iPhone app developer, I absolutely welcome the first Android phone to market! Gogo G1!

I want an aggressive competitor to iPhone. iPhone isn't perfect and having a great competitor can only drive Apple to making their devices better.

altano on Oct 25, 2008 [–]

> I want an aggressive competitor to iPhone.

The iPhone. THE iPhone. Just because Steve Jobs wants you to anthropomorphize THE iPhone doesn't mean you should.

gaika on Oct 25, 2008 | [–]

Thanks for explaining it, I always wondered why dropping the articles annoyed native speakers so much.

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