Google’s Andy Rubin claims that 700,000 Android handsets get activated every day. While that’s a lot phones, users seem to be only using them as — surprise, surprise — dumb devices. Thereupon, no better proof of this is Apple iOS’s near complete dominance of mobile shopping with fresh statistics showing more than 90 percent of the over 3 billion sessions tracked originated from an iPhone or iPad.
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So, you’ve got an iPhone 4S and need a new washer-dryer, but your parents aren’t available or otherwise unhelpful — who ya gonna ask? Siri, of course, and now she and Apple search partner extraordinaire (answers not a results page) have appliances, Macs, TVs, iPads and more.
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Barriers to entry matter. Similarly, endorsements, especially from A-list universities, make a difference, as well. Combine the two and developers have a big incentive to chose the platform that, happily enough, also pays better than the competition.
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My son’s first generation iPod touch died a couple months back. As soon as the prognosis was clear, he was very clear — “Dad, I want a new one for Christmas.” No hesitation, no hemming and hawing over alternatives because this is the cool device kids want.
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Which US-based iPhone 4S carrier is fastest? Most reliable? Drops the fewest calls? Offers the best value? It’s easy to get sucked in by the very specific numbers generated by surveys and the those pretty, pretty colorful charts seem so convincing. However, that’s all just a setup for the iPhone 4S quote of the week, which is just short of hilarious.
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What a truly satisfying moment. For many, many months, Adobe and the Android crowd have crowed that because the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad don’t support Flash the rest of us aren’t getting the “whole internet.” That lie along with its performance, battery and security implications have finally been put down, euthanized and none too soon.
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HTC and Samsung are taking over the world, or so you might believe if unit volume data is all you consider. However, there are other measures that matter and, perhaps most tellingly of all, both Android vendors have announced significantly lower unit guidance now that Apple’s “disappointing” iPhone 4S is shipping in dozens of countries.
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Do you need the iPhone 4S’s best of class camera powered by the best in class A5 processor? Can’t wait for one-on-one FaceTime with Siri, but don’t know if you’re eligible for upgrade pricing? There’s an easy and free way to find out how much you’ll have to pay for the latest shiny new thing from Apple.
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In the internet age, everyone’s a source. Thereupon, the developer references, code snippets and placeholder pages are being bandied about as evidence for and against the existence of various iPhone models that, until Apple says otherwise, don’t exist.
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If your iOS development model can be summarized by the words “show me the money,” then you need to sit up and pay attention. Whereas last year at this time paid apps accounted for the lion’s share of the cash, freemium is the new black and savvy developers are coding appropriately.
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