Here's The Right Way For Developers To Think About The Apple Vs. Android Race ...San Francisco Chronicle - Dan Frommer - 5 Apr, 2011Yes, Google Android is beating Apple in market share. Yes, even if the iPod touch is included. Yes, it will likely continue to do so. So here's how mobile developers should think about it. 1) If you are making free mobile apps, make apps for both iOS ... |
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As Android Splits, Developers Get Frustrated (GOOG)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 5 Apr, 2011Android is taking over the world one phone at a time, but some developers are not happy with the way the platform is splitting apart into multiple phones and app stores. That could spell good news for Apple and newer competitors -- like Microsoft ... |
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Android is a mess, say developersFortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 5 Apr, 2011On the heels of the debate played out over the weekend between Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson and Instapaper's Marco Arment about whether it's wiser to be writing apps for Apple's (AAPL) iOS or Google's (GOOG) Android come the results a survey of ... |
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CHART OF THE DAY: Apple's iPhone Market Share Actually Falling Faster If You ...San Francisco Chronicle - Dan Frommer - 5 Apr, 2011One common rebuttal among Apple fans has always been something like, "yeah, well, add the iPod touch to Apple's iPhone numbers, and you'll see a different story." It's true. Adding the iPod touch does make Apple's iOS shipments and market share bigger ... |
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Apple iOS Beats All (Including Android) for Web UseTIME - Matt Peckham - 5 Apr, 2011Apple can pat itself as well as the iPad on the back for helping pull its iOS family into first place and ahead of Android for overall web use, according to SEO firm ROI365. Analyzing data from four million unique ... |
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Iphone users are in the redInquirer - David Neal - 5 Apr, 2011USERS OF SHINY Iphones are often to be found lurking in the red part of their overdraft facility, according to a particularly intrusive survey carried out by Yougov on behalf of a public relations firm engaged by a banking software group. ... |
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Android's Market Share Soars Ahead Of Apple iPhone'sHuffington Post - 5 Apr, 2011ComScore's recent US smartphone market share evaluation pegs Google's Android platform as the clear winner against other popular platforms, such as Apple and RIM . During a three month period ending March 2011, comScore examined the US smartphone ... |
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Android's 5 Next ChallengesPCWorld - Jared Newman - 5 Apr, 2011After months of outselling the iPhone and Blackberry phones, Google's Android finally has a bigger share of the US smartphone market. According to comScore, 33 percent of US smartphone subscribers owned an ... |
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Android Steals Market Share From RIM, Microsoft, PalmInformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 5 Apr, 2011RIM is the biggest loser as Android continues its unrelenting march to the top of the smartphone market, according to Comscore's latest numbers. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek In the three-month period between November 2010 and February 2011, ... |
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Android 'now the most popular smartphone'Telegraph.co.uk - 5 Apr, 2011The range of impressive mobiles growing by the day - but which one is right for you? Android phones have edged out the iPhone to become the most popular smartphone in Britain, according to research. Some 28 per cent of smartphone users owned an Android ... |
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Android extends its smartphone lead in the US but has yet to steal market ...The Independent - 5 Apr, 2011Phones running Google's open source Android platform now account for one in every three smartphones in the US market says a new report from market researcher comScore. “Google Android grew 7.0 percentage points since November, strengthening its #1 ... |
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Deal Diva: There's a (free) app for thatKansas City Star - Tara Mcalister - 5 Apr, 2011Due to a recent washing machine incident, I am now the proud new owner of a BlackBerry. Since we all know that "there's an app for that," I went in search of time- and money-saving apps at a low cost (read free). ... |
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Android rules a third of the smartphone marketInquirer - Dean Wilson - Apr 4, 2011THE OPEN SOURCE mobile operating system Android now accounts for a third of total smartphone marketshare, according to the latest report by Comscore. Comscore put Android at 33 per cent of the smartphone subscriber base for the three ... |
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Android phones more popular than iPhones in the UKMirror.co.uk - David Lea - Apr 3, 2011About 28% of smartphone owners in the UK chose an Android handset, compared with 26% who opted for an Apple iPhone and 14% who picked a BlackBerry. An online survey of 2000 people found 36% of smartphone users aged ... |
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Android phones 'top with consumers'The Press Association - Apr 3, 2011Android phones have edged out the iPhone to become the most popular smartphone in the UK, according to new research. Some 28% of smartphone users own an Android, with 26% using an iPhone and 14% a BlackBerry, the study for digital banking provider ... |
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Why iPhone users look rich but are usually poorDaily Mail - Ryan Kisiel - Apr 3, 2011Conspicous consumption: But iPhone users are twice as likely to be overdrawn. Posed by model With their expensive taste in gadgets, iPhone users may appear to have ample disposable income. But almost one in five owners of the must-have ... |
WiredWinnipeg Free Press - Apr 3, 2011In Canada, it seems that BlackBerry is No.1, iPhone No. 2 and the rest is a toss up. In the United States, analysts are forecasting that Android is going to control nearly half of the smartphone market by 2015. I totally see this happening for many ... |
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3 Winners, 1 Loser in the Mobile War (Hint: Apple Didn't Make the List)msnbc.com - Tim Beyers - Apr 3, 2011New data from comScore is out, and unsurprisingly, Google added to its share of the US smartphone market in February. The Big G now serves 33% of US smartphone subscribers, up from 26% in November. Of course, Google wasn't the only winner ... |
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Android Market Share Now 1 of Every 3 US PhonesPC Magazine - David Murphy - Apr 2, 2011New numbers released by Comscore show that Android-based phones are continuing to take a chunk out of the market share of competing devices. And smartphones based on Google's mobile OS now eat up 33 percent of the US market, ... |
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Where's that Verizon iPhone bump?Fortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Apr 2, 2011If you look very closely at the Feb. 2011 data in the chart at right you will see slight uptick in the green line that represents Apple's (AAPL) share of the US smartphone market. It's a subtle change. You might have to enlarge the chart (by clicking) ... |
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Android Wins in Smartphone Sales SurgePCWorld - Lexton Snol - Apr 2, 2011Smartphone shipments were up 71 percent in 2010 from the previous year, says a new tally, which estimates 302 million smartphones shipped last year. Google Android's success since its launch is expected to continue, ... |
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ComScore: Verizon iPhone was top phone in Feb.CNET - Josh Lowensohn - Apr 1, 2011A new report from analyst ComScore says that the Verizon iPhone was the "most acquired" handset during the month of February. ComScore's sampling, which consisted of more than 30000 US mobile subscribers, notes that the surge of ... |
Google, Apple Gain In Mobile In February, Says ComscoreBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - Apr 1, 2011ComScore this afternoon released data for the average share of cellular subscribers during the three months ending in February, showing an outsized gain for Apple (AAPL) among devices and gains for both Apple and Google (GOOG) in terms ... |
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Smartphones: Google Now 33% Of The Market, Ahead Of AppleForbes (blog) - Eric Savitz - Apr 1, 2011Phones based on Google Android accounted for 33% of the US smart phone market as of the end of February, according to new data from ComScore, up from 26% three months earlier. Apple's (AAPL) market share inched up to 25.2%, from 25%. ... |
Android platform rout continues: 1 in 3 smartphonesZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - Apr 1, 2011The Android platform now powers 1 in 3 smartphones, according to comScore. And the gains are coming at the expense of Research in Motion, Microsoft and Palm. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and ... |
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Android fragmentation: 86% say it's a problemMobot.net (blog) - 5 Apr, 2011Gingerbread, Froyo, Honeycomb, Eclair... Android fragmentation is the issue that just won't go away for Google. In fact, given that we've still got at least four full versions of Android currently out in the wild, you could argue that the problem is ... |
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Android fragmentation is a big problem, says developersKnow Your Mobile (blog) - Richard Goodwin - 5 Apr, 2011A recent survey has revealed that 87 per cent of Android developers think that fragmentation within Google's mobile platform is a big problem. Android may be the new global number one operating system, but if Google can't get its platform in order â€" ie ... |
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Android most popular smartphone platform in the UKTechwatch - Darren Allan - 5 Apr, 2011Yesterday, we saw the continuance of Android's rise in the US, with the OS capturing a third of the smartphone market in America according to comScore's latest figures. Android is, of course, also flying out in the UK, as IDC figures ... |
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87 Percent Of Android Developers Think Fragmentation Is A ProblemGeeky gadgets - Roland Hutchinson - 5 Apr, 2011We have been hearing quite a bit about Android fragmentation recently, Google obviously thinks it is a problem as they are making changes in an attempt to stop Android Fragmentation. It seems that Google are not the only ones who think Android ... |
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RIM Blackberry Platform, A Distant Third In UK Smartphone MarketITProPortal - Desire Athow - 5 Apr, 2011Research in Motion's Blackberry platform is languishing in third place in the smartphone market according to a survey carried out by YouGov, far behind the two leaders, Android and Apple which own 28 per cent and 26 per cent of the market respectively. ... |
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