iPhone is a one-note piano, says Google - CNET

Google has lately resorted to suggesting that its Android mobile operating system allows for a vast technicolor dreamcoat of colors, choices and togetheess. While Apple users are mere conformists.

During Monday night's Grammy Awards ceremony, Google tap-danced to another tune. It suggested the iPhone is a one-trick pony. Or, more accurately, a one-note piano.

In an ad that featured one pianist and two pianos, Google showed the difference between having an array of notes, rather than just one middle C.

I cannot confirm it was referring to the none too successful iPhone 5C with this analogy. I can confirm, however, that the Android Twitter account kept on emitting tweets that only had the letter "C" in them to make the point.

Some might note that the iPhone isn't actually mentioned in this ad. To whom, though, would Android be comparing itself if not to Apple? It seems like there are only two mobile operating systems out there -- yes Microsoft exists in mobile, but does it compete?

So the one-note piano must be Apple, which seems to release one or two phones a year and expect you to like it. An Apple spokesman offered me a polite "nothing to add."

"Be Together, Not The Same," pleads Android's tagline.

But are Android users really together? And don't they have even more software update problems than do Apple users?