Jessica, not that I know of. Especially since different versions of android have significant interface differences. The key things for ios users to get used to seem to be "dont forget your apps are in the app drawer not on the main home screen" and "remember the menu button is there and click it for more options"
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Gris - Oct 24, 2013 2:44:35 pm PDT #23199 of 25496
Hey. New board.
§ ita § - Oct 24, 2013 4:32:51 pm PDT #23200 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jess, here's lifehacker's take on it: [link] I haven't actually read it, but if it's true to form, there will be gold in the comments.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2013 4:34:25 am PDT #23201 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Awesome, thanks.
javachik - Oct 25, 2013 7:48:26 am PDT #23202 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
Jess, I'll be super interested to see what you think about your new phone. I am considering jumping ship from the iPhone too.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2013 7:58:30 am PDT #23203 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm going to give it a week, but I think (sadly) my hands are too small for a phablet. I may be trading it in for a GS4 or HTC One.
javachik - Oct 25, 2013 8:03:49 am PDT #23204 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
I know the trend is for bigger, but I miss the pocket-sized flip phones.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2013 8:06:03 am PDT #23205 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I *love* the big screen (multiple windows!!), but it's really hard to use one-handed, which is important for subway commutes where I don't get a seat!
javachik - Oct 25, 2013 8:10:05 am PDT #23206 of 25496
Our wings are not tired.
Yeah, I think my problem is that while I love the bigger screen (I got an iPad mini for my vacation and I love the size), I don't like holding it up to my ear to make phone calls.
Jessica - Oct 25, 2013 8:11:47 am PDT #23207 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Me neither, that's why I bought this to go with it:
(Works a million times better with Android than iOS, btw.)
NoiseDesign - Oct 25, 2013 8:40:05 am PDT #23208 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
I've got a GS4 as a business only phone and use an iPhone 5s for my main phone. There are aspects of the GS4 that are really nice. It is still a really big screen with a very sharp image on it. Most of the apps that I need and use are pretty much the same across the two platforms.
I find that with Android I'm always hunting for the feature I need, mainly because each version of Android is just a little bit different, and there there's all the customizing that manufacturers do. I also have a GS3 and an HTC One that a couple of my employees use when we are busy. Very nice solid phones, but even between the GS3 and the GS4 the OS feels very different, and I think they are just different flavors of Jelly Bean.