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Phil Schiller Tweets Link to Mobile Malware Report That Slams Android
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He's (supposedly) back from vacation, yay! Expect some great, appealing advertisements soon, everybody.
Gotta love the smell of desperation in the morning.
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Advertising what, iComdoms with a new iOS do not disturb feature?
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Advertising what, iComdoms with a new iOS do not disturb feature?
What it really means is Apple had 2 out of 301 problems
And Windows and J2ME had only one each.
Why they couldn't just express it as one and two instead of the misleading .003 and .007 is beyond me. Apparently journalists know and care little about math.
Yeah, because there are 78 times more Android devices in circulation than iPhones.
Get real. This report is a hideous black eye to Android, and anyone who claims otherwise is delusional.
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Fragmentation is not just a versioning thing. It's also a flavor thing. There are many flavors and implementations of Android out there, beyond the fragmentation of versions.
I think this is more about open Stores, not OS platform/software itself.
But then, yes. You wanted open store, side-loading, etc....you got it.
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I know what you mean. But these days players come from everywhere, the teams don't have to. Dominican has had a ridiculously large percent for their country size for many decades.
My co-worker was having issues with her S3 last week. She took it in and found she had been infected with malware....
I've been on this planet for 36 years, and have never been in a car accident. I guess I'm safe
Oh Hi Sergey Brin.
You are such a Troll.
Do you even own anyproducts?!
yup, an iPad 2....I still think Apple is a smarmy, arrogant company
The missus and I have had android phones since 2009. We also have friends and family that have android devices and not one single person has ever had a malware problem.
Its not difficult really.
- Download apps from a reliable source - Google Play, Amazon App Store etc
- Check the amount of downloads of the app and also the reviews
- Don't search online and or download pirated/cracked apps
All people need is a little common sense. I apply the same logic to downloads for my PC as I do my phone and tablet.
Its not difficult really.
- Download apps from a reliable source - Google Play, Amazon App Store etc
- Check the amount of downloads of the app and also the reviews
- Don't search online and or download pirated/cracked apps
All people need is a little common sense. I apply the same logic to downloads for my PC as I do my phone and tablet.
This^
Huge portion of these incidents are stupid users. I've had Android phones for 4 years and have never had an issue. I'm careful what I install.
Apple needs some hacker/virus programmer to smack them around a little, knock some humility in to their smug heads.
I've been on this planet for 36 years, and have never been in a car accident. I guess I'm safe
As long as you take precautions (don't drink and drive, wear a seat belt, drive to the conditions of the road e.t.c) you should remain good.
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I think this is key. We all* know the risks involved with using pirated software.
*well, perhaps not all of us, some people haven't a clue and just want stuff for free. Let them suffer I say!
As long as you take precautions (don't drink and drive, wear a seat belt, drive to the conditions of the road e.t.c) you should remain good.
SHOULD, being the key word
yeh in terms of market share but that does not means it generates revenue, google make no money from the OS and get money from adverts and search related info.
Looks like even Samsung could ditch Android it has its own OS called Tizen developed with Intel launching soon because it wants the money from an ecosystem like Apple eg App store, itunes, ibook store etc so will develop a similar ecosystem to fit google-Motorola, apple
Plus Firefox are launching a OS as well, remember symbian that was the largest marketshare OS not that long ago. And look what happened,
By the way largest marketshare does not mean the best!!! look at the car industry the car companies eg ford, toyota do not make the best cars
I think that why he tweeted it. With all of the supposed apple user sites that post negative after negative, you would think they would have posted this themselves. Instead to get the word out, an Apple executive had to point it out. Sad.
But the cool thing is even stupid users or users without common sense or novice users are still safer on iOS than on androids. That says something about it, isn't it?
People grasping really hard at something to try and justify their purchases.
I remember throughout the last couple of years when all of my non savvy friends and family bring me their clogged and infected Android phones wanting me to remove their malware. Oh wait no I don't... because that never happens.
I remember throughout the last couple of years when all of my non savvy friends and family bring me their clogged and infected Android phones wanting me to remove their malware. Oh wait no I don't... because that never happens.
What? F-Secure copies Android a lot then slanders it?
In case you hadn't noticed - Phil Schiller has tweeted a link to an F-Secure report. Phil Schillers Twitter account does not equal Apple, and F-Secure won't even be profiteering as they don't offer an iOS package!
Its not stupid users though. I know people that arnt very tech friendly and they only download apps from the Google Play Store and also look at reviews before hand.
Its the people that want to rip off developers by downloading pirated apps which are getting infected, and to be honest I have no sympathy for them.
You seem to be implying that ios is only used by people without common sense, who are stupid or are novices!