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There are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day.
Andy Rubin, Google‘s Android Chief.
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Google's Android Update Alliance Is Already Dead
“Google’s Android Update Alliance Is Already Dead” »»
Dude, really?
I understand how difficult it must be to port over new versions of Android to old hardware, but most of the phones that PC Mag lists are barely a year old.
With this knowledge in hand, consumers are going to start making more educated purchasing decisions — they are going to start buying more iPhones. Whether it be the entry-level iPhone 3GS or the more sophisticated iPhone 4S, you know that Apple is going to provide you with an update to your hardware.
Apple wins, Android loses.
(Source: techmeme.com)
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Should RIM port BlackBerry Messenger to iOS and Android too?
In yet another blow for BlackBerry loyalists, Research in Motion announced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion today, a tool that will allow businesses to make employee iOS and Android devices just as secure as RIM’s own smartphones.
Related: RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger service is one of the best messaging platforms out there. How long before RIM gives up on BlackBerry and ports their BBM service over to iOS and Android?
(Source: techmeme.com)
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I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product.
Steve Jobs, from his new biography.
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Google Partners with Samsung for Ice Cream Sandwich Launch
Today Google unveiled Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of the Android OS. Google partnered with Samsung for the launch. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will serve as the official launch phone for Ice Cream Sandwich.
Ice Cream Sandwich introduces a few new features to the Android OS, including one called Face Unlock. Face Unlock uses the phone’s front-facing camera to identify who is holding the device. The phone is unlocked when the owner’s face is detected.
Google also announced that Ice Cream Sandwich will come with native support for HD. This is comparable to the iPhone’s retina display. The official launch phone, the Galaxy Nexus, packs a 1280 x 720 display. This makes makes full use of Ice Cream Sandwich’s HD, but it comes at a cost.
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is HUGE. The device packs a 4.65-inch screen. It’s predecessor, the Galaxy S II, only had a 4.3-inch screen. No word on why Android manufacturers feel the need to keep upping their devices’ screen size. These phone are starting to get a little too big. Eventually, Levis will have to start making jeans with bigger pockets. But I don’t want to have to buy new jeans.
It looks like I am not the only one who is worried about covering his arse. The head of Samsung’s mobile division said that the Galaxy Nexus was “carefully constructed around Apple’s patent portfolio.” In other words, Samsung did everything they could to not get sued by Apple. Recently, Apple was granted an injunction against Samsung, which halted all sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab in Australia.
