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Android Catching Up To iOS
Apple may be having a great year with all the products that it has released in 2010, but Google has a lot to be happy about too with Android. The platform has grown quite dramatically in the past few months and now owns about 25% of the market (according to the latest Quantcast data). Apple is still considered the top dog with its 56% market-share. Let’s keep in mind that this report is based on the number of people who have accessed web using their mobile phones. Still, Android has been able to grab a decent chunk of marketshare from Apple.
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Steve Jobs: Apple CEO or Spin Master?
Apple has had a wonderful year even though it has had to deal with a bunch of issues concerning iPhone 4. The company has launched Apple iPad and is in the process of introducing new iPods and Apple TV to the market. What the company did not expect was Android growing so fast in such a short period of time. All experts believed that Android would overtake Android by 2012. As much as Apple wants to avoid that scenario, Android is just coming on too strong. Is Apple getting nervous? Possibly. How else could one explain Steve Jobs taking jabs at Google Android:
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Samsung Galaxy Tab: Meet a True iPad Challenger
We have known for a while that Samsung Galaxy Tab has been in the works. Samsung may have kept the details on this device under wraps for a while but it is finally ready to introduce the device to the public. The device, which is expected to hit the European markets in mid-September, has a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with 1024×600 resolution. As reported earlier, Galaxy Tab will run Android Froyo from the get go.
Here is what you can expect to get in Galaxy Tab:
- ARM Cortex A8 1GHz Processor
- 3.2 megapixel camera
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Android Is Not Free… In Microsoft’s Wo...
Microsoft may have been one of the most innovative companies in the past, but these days it is just bitter. It’s not enough that its top executives bash Apple’s shiny gadgets left and right. The company is now going after Android by claiming that it is not a free software. Why would anyone want to pay for Android when they can get Windows Phone 7? Microsoft pulled the same tricks when Linux was threatening to take a lot of business away from Microsoft Windows. Are there potential costs associated with Android? Absolutely. Unfortunately, Microsoft’s platform is not perfect. While manufacturers only pay Microsoft $15 per each device loaded with Windows, Microsoft’s flawed platform ends up costing more over the long run.
Here are just a few reasons Microsoft believes Android not to be free and generally a bad platform to go with:
- Android OEMs (which are not stock Android build) have customization costs
- Lawsuits are costly
- Android’s fragmentation problem is a big issue
- Microsoft’s platform is more OEM friendly
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Toshiba Tegra 2 Leaked
The Android tablet market is heating up. Just as Apple gets ready to announce a few upgrades to its existing products, Android tablet makers are getting ready to introduce those iPad challengers to the market. Samsung Galaxy Tablet, which is coming to Verizon soon, has a decent set of features and is ready for gaming, video-calling, and other exciting activities. It’s not going to be the only new Android tablet in town though. According to NotebookItalia, Toshiba Folio 100 will take advantage of Tegra 2 chipset and will run Android 2.2.
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Dual-core HTC Device Mystery
Don’t you just love hearing about all those so-called mysterious Android devices that are in the works. Rumors have been going around a dual-core Android device that is expected to be released by Verizon in the near future. It turns out HTC Scorpion is not such a mystery after all. Not when BGR published a few images of the device. Details are still a bit sketchy about Scorpion but we know it does have a 4.3 inch screen and a 8 MP camera. A front-facing camera is expected to be featured in this device.
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