Tag: android
iPhone and Android phones account for 70% of smartphone market
It’s pretty obvious that the smartphone market is turning into a two legged race between Android and iOS. The next time you’re out on the...
Samsung allegedly eyeing HP’s webOS
A lot of people thought that webOS had something to offer, something different than iOS, something better, which is why it came as such a...
Android moving its browser towards Webkit, kinda like the iPhone
This story might get confusing, so I’m going to start at the beginning. Webkit is an open browser standard that Google already uses in its...
Report claims iPad runs WebOS twice as fast as TouchPad
As sort of a weepy footnote to follow yesterday’s announcement in which HP let us know that there would be no more development of WebOS, a...
iOS gains ground on Verizon, loses ground with AT&T
An interesting shift in the iPhone userbase is starting to emerge through ad analytics: Verizon users are tossing Android aside in favor of iOS, whereas...
Android overtakes iOS by over 5% in Australia
The Android OS and its fragmented landscape of devices have hit a crucial first in the smartphone war. Google’s mobile OS showed a sales volume...
Google acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5B, Android to remain fragmented not renamed to Mandroid
Google has decided to flop down around 1/3 of its liquid cash flow to buy up Motorola Mobility, a move that is likely designed to...
Report: Android malware skyrocketing, iPhone malware rare
It seems like every way we look these days there’s another security concern to worry about. While most of us have come to accept malware...
Apple users mow down 61% more apps than last year
If you are the average iOS device owner, you are on course to download 83 apps by the end of 2011. That’s 61% more...
Cheating on Android, are we?
Now, this may come as a shock to some of you, but it was recently reported by Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley that Android phone...
iPad and iPhone an advertising force in Europe
iOS has pretty substantial marketshare in Europe — this we already know — but it also appears to hold a pretty large slice of the advertising pie...
Apple becomes top mobile brand in Australia
The iPhone is on top in the land down under. IDC’s Q1 2011 Mobile Device Tracker shows Apple has almost 40 percent market share, up almost...
iPad accounts for 97% of U.S. tablet web traffic, 89% worldwide
According to a new comScore report, Apple’s iPad is the number one tablet for surfing the Internet.
Apple hijacks market share from Android in the U.S.
If the March quarter is anything to believe, it appears that the iPhone may be making a bit of a comeback in the U.S. smartphone...
Tapjoy takes their ball home and starts an Android porting fund
If you recall, a couple of month ago Apple cracked down heavily on developers and applications that were incentivizing installations of applications. Long story short,...
Fifty percent of WWDC attendees support Android, 100 percent prefer iOS tools
If you can put any credence in a survey that only has 45 participants, which may be a bit hard to do, Gene Munster has...
Adobe CEO deflects criticism about poor flash performance on Android, reframes Apple argument as “business model” issue
Recently Walt Mossberg sat down with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to discuss Flash and the animosity between Adobe and Apple for All Things D. Steve...
New studies show Apple both dominating and holding firm
There has been a slew of information about mobile market shares hitting the Internet tubes over the last 48 hours due to a report filed...