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Android phones more desired in US than iPhone or BlackBerry: ReportEconomic Times - 27 Apr, 2011LOS ANGELES: A new survey has found that Google's Android operating system is the 'most desired' OS for smartphone consumers in the United States . According to a Nielsen Co. survey of US cellphone consumers, 31 percent of those who are planning to buy ... |
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Android tops rivals in surveyCalgary Herald - 27 Apr, 2011Expansion - Google's Android operating system powered half of all smartphones bought in the US in the past six months, according to a new Nielsen survey, a sign the software's market share continues to grow. Android's share of new smartphone purchases ... |
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Smartphones: What tracking means for youChristian Science Monitor - 27 Apr, 2011Smartphones tracking users has ethical and legal implications. Here's a look at what tracking by smartphones could mean. In this April 22, 2011 interview, University of Iowa sophomore Autumn Bradfish of Lake Zurich, Ill., talks about tracking by ... |
Apple is Big Brother in your pocketSydney Morning Herald - Colin Jacobs - 27 Apr, 2011Privacy may be a concern to users of the iPhone and iPad, but many are willing to forego those concerns for the sake of convenience. Last week millions of iPhone users were shocked to learn that their phone has been secretly keeping tabs on them. ... |
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Selling our souls for an iPhoneGulf Daily News - Jenni Russell - 27 Apr, 2011The first time I took my teenagers to Los Angeles six years ago, we were a family hooked on the TV series 24. It didn't take long for my son to be disillusioned with its claim to be following ... |
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Magid on Tech: Privacy invasions on riseSan Jose Mercury News - Larry Magid - 27 Apr, 2011Late last week, we learned that Apple has been storing location information about iPhone users in an unencrypted file that's stored on the phone and automatically backed up to a computer used to synch the phone. And Tuesday we learned of ... |
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Apple sued for snooping on iPhone usersABC Action News - 27 Apr, 2011A Tampa man has joined a lawsuit accusing Apple Computer of using a hidden program to collect and store private information on users of the iPad and iPhone 4. |
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Android Outranks Apple in Desirability -- and That's HugePCWorld - Jr Raphael - 27 Apr, 2011Either I'm an extraordinary psychic, or smartphone market share studies are starting to get pretty damn predictable. You know what I'm talking about, right? Every few weeks, a fresh analysis comes out with ... |
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Android Popularity Grows, While iOS and BlackBerry DwindleWired News - Christina Bonnington - 27 Apr, 2011In the past six months, Android's appeal has grown while desire for iOS and Blackberry devices shrinks. Source: The Nielsen Company What type of smartphone are you planning on purchasing next? If you answered Android, ... |
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Android more desirable than Apple: studyNational Post (registration) - Adam Dean - 27 Apr, 2011To all prospective smartphone buyers weighing Google's Android as your top choice: welcome to the majority. A new Nielsen study from January-March 2011, released Tuesday, reveals that 31% of prospective smartphone buyers are considering Android over ... |
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Android Is The 'Most Wanted' Smartphone: NielsenHuffington Post - 27 Apr, 2011What a difference a year makes: a new survey showed that Android phones are the most wanted smartphone in the US, overtaking the previously more desirable iPhones. Of consumers planning to buy a smartphone, 31 percent prefer phones with the Android OS, ... |
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Andy Rubin's Android Army Steals 'Most Wanted' Spot From iPhoneForbes (blog) - Brian Caulfield - 27 Apr, 2011If it's weird, Google Android maestro Andy Rubin's army of Android handset makers can hook you up. Verizon will sell you an HTC Thunderbolt with a stupidly fast 4G wireless connection. AT&T's Motorola Atrix can be plugged into a ... |
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Congress deepens Apple location tracking probeReuters - Brendan McDermid, Jasmin Melvin - 27 Apr, 2011An Apple staff demonstrates a new Verizon iPhone 4 at Verizon's iPhone 4 launch event in New York January 11, 2011. By Jasmin Melvin WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers extended their probe into location tracking on mobile devices this week, asking Apple ... |
White iPhone 4 Round Up: On Sale Wednesday?PCWorld - Jeff Bertolucci - 27 Apr, 2011Yes, it's finally here! Well, maybe. After many months of delays, the white iPhone 4 may finally make its retail debut tomorrow, according to the latest flurry of Apple rumors. So whether you're holding ... |
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Android Market Share Growth Accelerating, Nielsen FindsPCWorld - Ed Oswald - 27 Apr, 2011While Apple and Google seem to be splitting the smartphone market when it comes to market share overall, Android is beginning to open up a considerable lead when it comes to recent smartphone adopters. ... |
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Apple Patent App Shows Plans for Location DataPCWorld - Nancy Gohring - 27 Apr, 2011A recently published Apple patent application indicates the company may have plans to collect iPhone user location history but it's not clear if the patent application is related to the recent discovery that iPhones and iPads ... |
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Lawsuit filed over Apple trackingmsnbc.com - Suzanne Choney - 27 Apr, 2011Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. By Suzanne Choney A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Apple for ... |
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No, Apple Is Not Tracking Your LocationPCWorld - Mike Keller - 27 Apr, 2011Everyone take a deep breath. Read the title again. No, the sensational reports of iPhone's location logging haven't been totally false, but I think there has been a serious misunderstanding here and it's ... |
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Android phones more desired than iPhone or BlackBerry, survey saysLos Angeles Times - 27 Apr, 2011Google's Android operating system already runs on more smartphones than any other OS, and Android phones may also be the most desired. According to a Nielsen Co. survey of US cellphone consumers conducted from January to March of this year, ... |
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Nielsen: Desire for iPhone slips as Android gainsCNET - Don Reisinger - 27 Apr, 2011Last year, the iPhone was easily the most desired smartphone on the market. But during the first quarter of 2011, that wasn't necessarily the case, a new study from Nielsen has found. According to the research firm, 31 percent of US ... |
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Here's Why People Will Buy Apple's New White iPhone 4The Atlantic - Nicholas Jackson - 27 Apr, 2011If the rumors are true, the elusive white iPhone will finally go on sale sometime tomorrow. There's nothing special about it except that it's white. No new features, no more storage space -- aside from the color of its case and home ... |
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digits: The Near-Mythical White iPhoneMarketWatch - 27 Apr, 2011Analysts are paid to parse, reparse and revel in every incremental detail of all things Apple. So of course, they're talking about the near-mythical white iPhone. Here's what they have to say, Matt Phillips tells digits. |
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Nielsen: Android edges Apple in mobile surveyUSA Today - Jeff Williamson - 27 Apr, 2011The survey -- conducted January-March 2011 -- shows that 31% of consumers plan to buy an Android device as their next smartphone, compared with 30% of people wanting Apple's iOS. The survey also showed that 20% are unsure ... |
Nielsen: Android gains, iPhone slipsFortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 27 Apr, 2011The launch of the Verizon (VZ) iPhone has not visibly slowed the triumphant march of Google's (GOOG) Android operating system through the mobile heartland of America, according to a Nielsen Wire report released Tuesday. In monthly surveys conducted ... |
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Android Has Lost Sight of iOS in the Rear-View MirrorinfoSync World - Sindre Lia - 27 Apr, 2011Has Apple given up on competing with Android and instead turned its eyes to the corporate market? A Nielsen survey may give us the answer. Apple is gaining traction in the enterprise segment of the mobile world, ... |
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Consumers want Android phones over iPhone, survey saysThe Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - 27 Apr, 2011Android devices are now the most preferred choice among people shopping for a smartphone, according to a Nielsen survey released today. Google's phone platform is the preference of 31 percent of US consumers shopping for a smartphone. ... |
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Apple and Google To Be The Whipping Boys for Location PrivacyForbes (blog) - Kashmir Hill - 27 Apr, 2011“Not having a smartphone that tracks you is the new black,” tweeted the NYTimes jokingly earlier this week. But it's a joke not rooted in reality. Basically, if you have a mobile phone, your location is being tracked " not only, ... |
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Google's Android is more desirable than Apple's IOSInquirer - Lawrence Latif - 27 Apr, 2011APPLE FANBOISM is losing out according to figures released by Nielsen that show Android devices are more desirable than ones running Apple's IOS. Nielsen revealed that 31 per cent of US mobile consumers surveyed want a smartphone that ... |
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LocationGate: The counterattackFortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 27 Apr, 2011"If there is anything less appropriate than a technologically ignorant media covering the subtleties of the manufactured LocationGate phony-scandal," writes Roughly Drafted's Daniel Eran Dilger, in a post perhaps too subtle for his usual AppleInsider ... |
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Smartphone Buyers Want Android, But Are Developers Shying Away?PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 27 Apr, 2011Among US consumers who purchased a smartphone in the last six months, 50 percent opted for an Android-powered device, according to Tuesday data from Nielsen. Android also tops the most-wanted list. Among those who plan to purchase a ... |
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