Tag Archive | "Android"
Behind Google and Apple’s growing and heated rivalry
Apple and Google have been on the outs for a few months now, and with Apple taking a jab at Google’s Android OS via their lawsuit against HTC, it doesn’t seem like the 2 tech heavyweights will be best buds again anytime soon. In a fascinating article from this past weekend, the New York Time chronicles [...]
Continue reading...Why Smule won’t be developing mobile apps for Android
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Apple’s App Store is in many ways the lynch-pin that helps the iPhone maintain its status as the top smartphone on the market. While competitors continue to mimic the iPhone’s UI, one area where companies like Google, RIM, and Palm have struggled is in creating an app store comparable to the massively successful iTunes App [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s HTC lawsuit makes developers think twice about Android
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Apple suing HTC for patent infringement seemingly came out of nowhere, but a new investor note from analyst Yair Reiner of Oppenheimer Research suggests that Apple has been in talks with a number of handset manufacturers over the past few months regarding their growing displeasure with what they consider to be the theft of their [...]
Continue reading...Regarding Apple stance on multitasking and why most tech users are clueless
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Since the iPhone was first released, people have complained about its lack of support for third-party multitasking. This sentiment was further amplified when Apple recently announced the iPad, a device which also won’t support multitasking outside of Apple’s own apps. The proffered reason behind Apple’s reluctance to support system wide multitasking is that users will inevitably leave apps open [...]
Continue reading...Why the Nexus One can’t compete with the app experience on the iPhone
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The Nexus One phone from Google is out of the bag and the reviews are beginning to trickle in. Overall, it’s being painted as a solid offering, and while it may not be an iPhone killer, it certainly may give other Android phones a run for their money. But in the midst of all the [...]
Continue reading...Why Apple’s app store has a built-in advantage with iTunes
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
The iTunes App Store is a monster that’s spawned a number of competing app stores from the likes of RIM, Microsoft, and of course, Google. The Android Marketplace in particular has been growing at a steady pace over the past few months, with the latest reports indicating that there are now over 20,000 apps available for [...]
Continue reading...Leaked HTC roadmap hints at more bad news for Windows Mobile
Sunday, December 13, 2009
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In just a matter of months, the discourse surrounding Windows Mobile has seemingly shifted from “Can it make a comeback?” to “Who the hell still runs Windows Mobile?” Though Microsoft is relying on the upcoming 2010 release of Windows Mobile 7 to help it recapture some of the marketshare it lost to Apple, RIM, Palm [...]
Continue reading...Report: Google Phone confirmed - sports OLED capacitive touchscreen
Saturday, December 12, 2009
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Google earned its stripes focusing on search and advertising, but now it’s on the cusp of branching out into smartphones - and we’re not just talking about Android. The first coherent rumblings of a Google branded smartphone started sprouting up a few weeks ago. At the time, Gizmodo wrote that it was only a matter of [...]
Continue reading...Not every one is a fan of the Motorola Droid
Monday, November 30, 2009
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Not everyone is a fan of the Motorola Droid. Stewart Alsop, for one, goes off on what he describes as a shoddy mobile OS coupled with moderately good hardware. Alsop’s issues with Android’s responsiveness for example, or lack thereof, aren’t new, and while manufacturers continue to flock to Android, the software itself seems like it [...]
Continue reading...Report: Google branded smartphone is a “certainty”
Monday, November 30, 2009
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Mirroring a recent report from TechCrunch, Gizmodo reportsthat Google is in fact working hard to develop their own branded smartphone. Citing a source who claims to have seen the device in person, the Google Phone is already being dubbed a sure thing, with company wide testing expected to commence in the next few weeks. Over the next [...]
Continue reading...Is Android growing too fast for its own good?
Monday, November 23, 2009
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Terrence O’Brien recently penned a great piece in Switched assessing whether or not Google’s Android OS is growing too fast for its own good. After getting off to a slow start, Android phones have gone gangbusters. As of last July, there was only one Android-powered device available in the U.S., but that number has since exploded. Now, there [...]
Continue reading...Gameloft cutting back on Android development
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Gameloft’s library of iPhone games reads like a “who’s who” list of popular and successful apps. Hero of Sparta, Assassin’s Creed, Real Soccer 2010, and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle are just a few of Gameloft’s more well-known titles, and their place as a premier mobile software development studio is undisputed. But Gameloft’s development efforts, for the [...]
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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