IPhone vs Android
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One software developer, James Englert, 26, had just released his first application for Android, ’s operating system for cellphones. When asked, he tossed out an estimate for his take from sales of the app, a simple program that shows train schedules: “$1 to $2 per day.” The room erupted with laughter.
Android Market Is Attracting More App Developers - NYTimes.com
If you live in the Silicon Valley echo chamber, nothing has been hotter lately than the Android/iPhone smackdown. It’s been an amazing year so far for Apple . It introduced the iPad and a new iPhone, and the company can’t make either device fast enough to satisfy demand. It’s been an equally impressive year for Google’s Android, however. Last week Google reported that Android was in 40 countries and on 40 carriers. It said the Android App store now had in excess of 75,000 offerings, and it repeated an astonishing statistic first offered up in June: 160,000 Android smartphones were being activated each day.
Letter From Silicon Valley: Doing the Math on Android vs. Apple | Epicenter | Wired.com
Data out from Admob’s regular report on mobile web activity derived from data on where their ads are shown shows that 10% of smartphone web requests now come from Android devices (see the chart below). This is up from nothing a short while ago and comes before much hyped devices like the HTC Hero and Motorola Droid have had a chance to make much of an impact. The iPhone is still way out in front but it’s USPs are on the wane. A year ago it was the only touch screen handset in the top ten and now there are five and six have mobile application stores.
Admob data – Android making great progress | The Equity Kicker
iPhone games that charge to keep playing | The Equity Kicker
iPhone game download prices have been steadily decreasing over the last year and since Apple allowed developers to charge for in-game transactions on free to download apps the trend towards free has accelerated. Free as a business model demands innovation from companies that will keep making money and Ngmoco has come up with a good one in Eliminate Pro it’s new multi-player shooter. In a hark back to the arcade players can pay to keep playing.
So, the hype got to me. Yesterday I headed to Verizon and bought a Motorola Droid, which runs Google’s Android operating system. Last night my friend Luke Kilpatrick came over and we compared the Droid to the Palm Pre and iPhone .
The Droid fails AS A PRODUCT when compared to Palm Pre and iPhon
Verizon Droid Sells 100,000 Units At Launch
As with anything else, the proof will be in the numbers. How well did the Droid sell its first weekend out? Bloomberg reports that analysts are estimating that 100,000 units went out the door.
While Rivals Jockey For Market Share, Apple Bathes In Profits
Market share is probably the easiest and most often used point of comparison between competing products. It makes sense: If something has a large share of the market, it’s probably doing well. But that doesn’t always mean that it’s doing better than something with less market share, especially from a business perspective.Mike Arrington , founder of the famous and influential TechCrunch blog, and I totally disagree about the Motorola Droid and whether or not it’s a great product or not. To be fair to the Droid I’ve been using it all week to see if my opinion changes (I left my iPhone at home when I went to Denver this week). My opinion of the Droid has not improved after using it.
Why I disagree with @Arrington about Droid
As a teenager, I was a die-hard Apple fanboy. The boy part is obvious. The fan part was the result of having and hacking an Apple II. Naturally, I was hugely excited about the arrival of first the Lisa (remember those?)
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Ray Ozzie is wrong about smartphone apps
Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie, at a lunchtime session with bloggers at its PDC conference told the bloggers that apps won’t be a differentiating factor on smart phones . He is wrong. Totally wrong. Why is Mike Arrington so passionate about his Droid ( we argued about it for 39 minutes on the Gillmor Gang last wee k and then we went to the beach together on Sunday and argued about it some more in private).The debate over Droid v. iPhone rages on, but lots more Android surprises are on the way. Get ready for the Google Phone.