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Google views the smartphone market as nothing more than a numbers game. Getting Android handsets into as many hands as possible is their ultimate goal, and while they like to tout impressive numbers like 700,000 daily activations, the reality is that Android users are less likely to purchase apps than their iPhone counterparts and that [...]
Continue reading...Fake Siri apps start hitting the Android Marketplace
Monday, January 2, 2012
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With no approval process, the Android Marketplace is lauded by those who place a premium on “openness” and derided by those who place a premium on the protection of intellectual property. Indeed, while Android’s method of running its app store certainly has its positives, there is a downside as well, namely the proliferation of malware [...]
Continue reading...Andy Rubin tweets: 3.7 million Android activations in two days
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
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Google’s Android head Andy Rubin tweeted just a few minutes ago that the number of Android activations on December 24th and 25th came in at 3.7 million. An impressive figure to be sure, but as we’ll explain in a post shortly, Apple also did quite well over the Christmas holiday as iOS activations this past [...]
Continue reading...Google’s Update Alliance is nothing more than lip service
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
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A glaring and ongoing problem with the Android ecosystem is fragmentation, a nebulous term which rears its head in a variety of ways. One of the more irritating fragmentation issues, if you happen to be an Android owner, is that you’re probably not running the most up to date version of Android. As a matter [...]
Continue reading...Squatterware continues to plague Android Marketplace
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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Google and Apple have two diverging philosophies when it comes to their respective app stores. Whereas Google’s Android Market is a free for all with no vetting whatsoever, Apple’s iTunes App Store is carefully vetted to ensure that no malware or otherwise objectionable apps make their way past Apple’s censors. Each approach, naturally, has its [...]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt thinks developer preference for iOS over Android will wane in 6 months
Thursday, December 8, 2011
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There’s no disputing the fact that there are more Android users out there than iOS users. That notwithstanding, developers by and large tend to focus their efforts first (and sometimes exclusively) on Apple’s iOS before turning their attention to Android. But if you ask Google chairman Eric Schmidt, who spoke yesterday at the LeWeb conference, [...]
Continue reading...HTC cuts revenue forecasts amidst slumping Android sales
Thursday, December 1, 2011
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A few weeks ago, NPD released US marketshare data indicating that the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS were the most popular smartphones during the third quarter of 2011. So while Android devices may cumulatively sell more than Apple, it’s quite telling that even a 2+ year old product such as the iPhone 3GS is able [...]
Continue reading...RIM to release enterprise management tools for iOS and Android
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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As the iPhone began to pick up steam after its initial release in 2007, RIM executives remained enamored with the physical keyboards that adorned their smartphones and scoffed at what the iPhone brought to the table. But amid declining marketshare, it soon became readily apparent that RIM needed to adjust their smartphone strategy midstream or [...]
Continue reading...Android malware up 472% since July
Thursday, November 17, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: There isn’t much good to say about the way Apple handled app store rejections and submissions in the early days of the iTunes App Store. But if you force yourself to push aside Apple’s former draconian policies for a second, I think we can all agree that Apple’s motivations were at the [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 and 3GS are still more popular than new Android smartphones
Monday, November 14, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Even in a market flooded with Android devices, the popularity and success of the iPhone continues to flourish. During the third quarter of 2011, even as many were awaiting the release of the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS remained the top selling smartphones on the market according to data [...]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt dismisses claims that Android ripped off the iPhone
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: In his biography, Steve Jobs minced no words when it came to Android. Jobs vowed to spend every last penny in Apple’s coffers to destroy Android, claiming that it was a copycat product that unabashedly stole Apple’s IP. “I will spend my last dying breath if I need to…to right this wrong. [...]
Continue reading...Most Android owners running antiquated versions of their mobile OS
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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By David Goldman: Say what you will about the Android vs. iPhone debate, but there’s simply no denying that the chart below is pretty jarring. Stainpakingly compiled by Michael DeGusta of The Understatement, the chart maps out the update history of various Android devices and iPhones. A common problem that has plagued Android devices is [...]
Continue reading...Gazelle says BlackBerry trade-ins reach all-time high in wake of iPhone 4S release
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: Just a few years ago, Blackberry was synonymous with smartphone. The profits at RIM were plentiful and Blackberry devices were considered the creme de la creme. And then along came the iPhone and completely turned the smartphone market upside down. In one swift stroke, Apple redefined the very notion of what a [...]
Continue reading...It’s this type of design/usability detail that sets Apple apart from the competition
Monday, October 24, 2011
By David Goldman: It’s the little things, really. It’s not uncommon to hear, when people describe what they like about Apple products, that devices like the iPhone just seem more elegant than the competition. Typically, these conversations center on differences in software design, but the unparalleled attention to detail that Apple pays to its products [...]
Continue reading...Steve Jobs promised to “destroy Android”, claims it was a stolen product
Friday, October 21, 2011
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By John Hiesler: Steve Jobs was furious when he learned of Google’s plans with Android, famously yelling at then Google CEO Eric Schmidt for what Jobs deemed as being stabbed in the back. You’ll recall that Schmidt, at the time, was a member of Apple’s board of directors before resigning in August 2009 citing conflicting [...]
Continue reading...Samsung says Galaxy Nexus was designed to bypass Apple’s patents
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: Google yesterday introduced its latest flagship Android device – the Samsung manufactured Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0, otherwise known as Ice Cream Sandwich. Now if you follow Apple at all, or even the broad technological landscape, you’re probably aware that Apple is currently suing Samsung alleging that its Android smartphones and tablets [...]
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Friday, January 6, 2012
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