Tag: android

Six Things Apple Needs To Steal From Android For iOS 6

Apple’s mobile users have long held iOS as a shining example of what could be done “right” for end users. But let’s face the truth:...
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The Original Google Phone

If you want a good laugh, listen to someone telling you about how Google was never influenced by the design of Apple’s iPhone, and that...
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Apple Dominates Android In The Enterprise In Q1 2012

The latest poll results form Good Technology have confirmed that Apple is dominating the enterprise marketplace with their iOS devices, and more particularly with its...
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ComScore Report Shows Apple Out Growing The Competition In Japan

A new report from comScore has Apple out growing the competition in Japan, and growing by 1.5 percent on the whole in the country, while...
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CEO Says Android Is Important To Google, But Not Critical

Google CEO Larry Page had an interesting comment to make about Android’s value to Google: He calls it “important”, but “not critical”. During his testimony...
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iPhones Love Wi-Fi, Androids Prefer Cell Data

The folks over at comScore have done some research, and there is some interesting information regarding the difference between data usage on Android phones and...
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First-hand Proof That Android Has A Fragmentation Problem

Still not convinced that there’s a fragmentation problem with Android smartphones? Take a couple of minutes out of your day and head on over to...
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What could Apple do with all that money?

Earlier this week, Barry Ritholtz wrote his thoughts on why Apple should buy Twitter. Integration with iTunes, using Apple Photos instead of TwitPic, becoming a...
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Poor iPhone battery life? Ad-supported apps may be to blame.

Hunted down every tip and trick to conserve battery life, but still unhappy? Your ad-supported applications might be to blame. A NewScientist report states that...
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Panasonic introduces waterproof Android smartphone

It looks like Panasonic has beat Samsung and Apple to the waterproof smartphone revolution. This week, at the Mobile World Congress expo Panasonic unveiled a...
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Is WebKit slowly turning into IE6?

For those who don’t know, WebKit is today’s predominant layout engine, used by the major web browsers on almost all platforms. Examples are Safari on OS X,...
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iPhones hold resale value better than Android phones

Apple products, while usually pretty pricey, hold their value incredibly well. We’ve known this for many years as we try to sell our used Macs....
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Study asks, what crashes more, iOS or Android apps?

What crashes more, iOS apps or Android apps? That’s the question being asked by Crittercism these days in its study that spanned 23 iOS operating...
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Despite rumors of Android domination, the iPhone is still on the top of the growth curve

According to a study by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the iPhone is growing at a faster rate than its competitors once again. Kanter’s findings have indicated...
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Apple whips out the big guns against Google and aims at Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus

So it seems like play time is over in the case between Apple and Samsung. Unfortunately for the latter, things haven’t been going too well...
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iOS edges BlackBerry, Android as top mobile platform in the enterprise

Check Point Software has released the results of a survey they conducted on mobile platform proliferation in the corporate world today. The study tries to...
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43 percent of smartphones sold in October and November were iPhones

Things are certainly heating up in the smartphone market. NPD is reporting that the iPhone grabbed 43 percent of US smartphone sales in October and...
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Samsung launches an iMessage competitor. For the iPhone. Yes, really.

I admire a company with the nerve to go head-to-head with a giant, but Samsung’s ChatON, released on the App Store for iOS, is likely...
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