I don't know what iPhone you're using, but I've been doing "over the air app installs" with my iPhone for years.
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Android Jumps Past iOS in Overall U.S. Smartphone Usage
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I don't know what iPhone you're using, but I've been doing "over the air app installs" with my iPhone for years.
You iLemmings crack me up.
Android is kicking some iAss here but you won't admit it. I honestly think some of you are crying.
My iP4 is about to hit the crapper. Boring updates, Jailbreaking hoops, stupid bumper to fix the antennae. Longest freaking 2 years of my life. Good riddance.
But If I wait a few weeks I can get....
...the same crappy thing in "white".
LOL!
Android is kicking some iAss here but you won't admit it. I honestly think some of you are crying.
My iP4 is about to hit the crapper. Boring updates, Jailbreaking hoops, stupid bumper to fix the antennae. Longest freaking 2 years of my life. Good riddance.
But If I wait a few weeks I can get....
...the same crappy thing in "white".
LOL!
There are probably significantly more Kia cars on the road than Lamborghini cars.....doesn't make Kias better cars.....just means there are more of them.
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LOL @ a follower of the majority market share mobile OS calling others "lemmings."
Another hapless drone snowed by the Google machine.
Said the troll who came to an Apple forum specifically to troll.
Who cares if there are more Android phones? I only have one phone. The iPhone meets my needs better than an Android phone. I don't need to be so juvenile as to pick a phone because it is
Who cares if there are more Android phones? I only have one phone. The iPhone meets my needs better than an Android phone. I don't need to be so juvenile as to pick a phone because it is
It also doesn't say a lot about Lambos either, except that they are very, very expensive.
By your logic, a $49 dollar phone (3GS) and a $200 phone (iPhone 4) isn't able to push the same volume as phones roughly priced the same (BOGO notwithstanding). The Lambo analogy doesn't really work here.. it just means Android is offering more choice than iOS, and that people like choice.
If you're gonna include all Android phones against the iPhone... you gotta include the crappy Android phones as well.
Are people really thrilled with the Motorola Citrus? It's FREE right now. I guess that's one good thing about it.
Android is the MobileOS for the masses. Cheap phones with cheap OS. I haven't seen an Android phone that really works well. I have several friends who bought Android phones, and now hate to be stuck with a 2-year plan.
I haven't heard similar comments from my friends who have iPhones.
I have considered getting an Android phone in the past, as I already have an iPad, but so far, I'm not convinced it would be a wise decision, decision I would have to live with for 2-years, until the contract expires.
I notice alot of people giving their opinions of why android now has the largest market share. Some say it is due to all android phones being cheap. Some say because apple's iPhone is only restricted to a few carriers. But the real answer is very simple. With apple only producing one model or a phone not everyone has the same needs and wants of a smart-phone. Android being on many different devices manages to do this.That and the fact that android has this app: http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Dog-fighting-app-pulled/NkTXZR5O-E69-3WUCnD5tw.cspx
Your article says that the app has been pulled from Android Marketplace. Were you just highlighting the benefits of a curated app store?
No i just wanted an article that proved someone was dumb enough to make an app like that.
People go onto forums asking questions about how to use their iPhone ( i.e., functionality that would be explained in a manual ). Is there really any difference between forum questions and referring to a manual?
Whats wrong with Microsoft. I love windows I have used all of them since 95 and i am only 20. Its a great OS that allows me to play all my games on it.
Nothing is wrong with Windows, if you like it. It's just that some people prefer to use OSX.
I don't see the appeal of Android phones over Apple. Then again I am biased seeing as I visit macrumors.com daily... lol
iOS and Android OS will always YoYo each other every quarter. This all depends on OS release and the market, hard to predict what the consumer will want tomorrow compared to present and what it was in the past.
This news means nothing. Sure when iOS was rising fast, people praised its success while neglecting the Android OS. I personally do not care which OS is dominating at present or down the road, because people will drop what is hot today for something that is shiny tomorrow.
This trend will only continue in the future as each mobile OS mimics each others offering to appeal to the masses.
Developers care about revenue and adoption and some other things that each held important to they chest. It's an interesting time, that is for sure.
This news means nothing. Sure when iOS was rising fast, people praised its success while neglecting the Android OS. I personally do not care which OS is dominating at present or down the road, because people will drop what is hot today for something that is shiny tomorrow.
This trend will only continue in the future as each mobile OS mimics each others offering to appeal to the masses.
Developers care about revenue and adoption and some other things that each held important to they chest. It's an interesting time, that is for sure.
This is not surprising. Android OS is used in so many phones from various manufacturers... It was only a matter of time. This is much like how Apple created Mac OS to go with their hardware and MS created Windows to go with any hardware.
elitist, pretentious attitudes like these give apple users a bad imageYou're missing the point:
First, the Xoom is profitable. It is subsidized by carriers. It isn't without its issues-I'm more likely to buy an iPad, but that said, the iPad really isn't too cheap. And as Apple fans are quick to point out "More matter than specs"-yeah, true, so someone will release something thin with iPad 1 capabilities in a few years with a camera and price it at a huge floor under the then current iPad. You can call it a Netlet if you want.
The problem with Apple's model is it doesn't deal well with competition. All is good so long as things run well, but if Apple loses momentum, I think it will sink. Consider:
People are buying Macs, yes, but they're still buying more Windows machines. Of the macs that are bought, its not clear how many of them are running bootcamp. Furthermore, if there is a "halo effect" the numbers on Android can indicate that it is more accurately described as a FAD.
There, I said it, Apple is a fad with a lot of people. The problem is that Apple's supplies to market are limited with what is deemed (by fans) as "quality"-Windows does not have this restriction. Once people realize that there are competitors with great quality-as is going on in the Android market-Mac sales can't last. That said, I'm writing this on a Macbook Air. Its quiet, its cool, it runs like a dream. A few friends have more recent Macbook Pros-not Sandy Bridge. Same thing. I have an old Merom notebook which fried power cords all the time. Apple quality isn't that much better than the competition, actually. I mean, again, I like the feel of the build, but I've gotten Apple Duds before-especially 4G iPod Classics (before they were called classic). The Apple Market was a lot smaller then, even for iPods (4G was the breakout model, though the previous ones had strong sales, that was the huge growth if I remember correctly). The fact is, before 2006, no one really had horror stories with Apple. I wonder if that's true now. There are, of course, infamous reports of Dells from the same period.
Thus you have a myth that Apple runs like a Porsche against a Kia. Not so fast-they all use the same parts for the most part. Much of the problem facing a lot of laptop manufacturers is that, bottom line, Intel products were terrible around the time of Pentium 4. And Vista came out.
Apple's still getting success of that too, but Windows 7 isn't that bad. Thus its a temporary gain.
Apple will never license Mac OS X. People will still buy Macs because they will be the first priority of such an OS, and they will feel/look better than a lot of competitors even if they did. But as a lot of competitors have good build qualities, Apple's growth will eventually stall and then recede as people stop caring.
And Apple will do well when it gets stuck at 10% of the market again (which I think it will) because Apple carries no debt. Jobs has cleaned up the ridiculous R&D Apple used to pay out, and 10% of the productive electronics market is billions of dollars a year-especially at Apple's margins. Heck, at that estimate, the stock still has plenty of room to go up.
Again, you have to step out of the reality distortion field. No one fielded a competitor to the iPod aside from Creative, which was user unfriendly at the time, and Microsoft, which was going through its Vista trauma for most of the history of the Zune. A lot of the real competition has moved into smart phones. If Apple can not completely dominate the tablet market in the long run, it is probably game over for growth. I think you have to be aware of how supremely lucky Apple was to both control iTunes and the iPod at the same time. If either failed, then both might've failed. And my god man, have you used iTunes lately? If the current product had been the initial product, Apple would be buried by Windows Mobile right now.
You seem to be the only commenter who's recognised these rather important facts. Those suggesting this is in any way significant and calling for Apple to: "change their game plan. No more once a year phones. Time to kick the innovation level up a few notches." [you know who you are] really need to get a grip.
No Android device release will ever see queues or a unified following around a single idea or version of the OS. Why? Because in essence the Android market is a war zone. In the not to distant future, Android will peak. The fallout from its fragmented state will cause casualties. Why? Because no-one involved in the Android experiment is making any real profits.
What took them so long? Apple is just ONE manufacturer. The fandroids should be ashamed instead of celebrating!