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Tag Archives: Android
Google Chrome for Android: No Flash
One notable thing about the new beta release of Chrome for Android: There’s no Flash installed. And what’s more, because of Adobe’s decision not to develop Flash for mobile further, there isn’t going to be any. So much for those … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Chromebook, Google
Tagged Android, Chrome, Google, Google Chrome, Safari
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My, how Google’s attitude has changed
Google, five months ago: “A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a “tax” for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Google
Tagged Android, Apple, Google, intellectual property, law, Patent
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Why the “customer” for Android is advertisers (and why it doesn’t matter)
Gruber: It is that the consumer is Google’s product. Android is a delivery system to serve the consumer to Google’s target market — the advertisers. So Google’s customer for Android is not the consumer (with the arguable exception of the … Continue reading
A 7in tablet is not just a smaller 10.1in tablet
I’ve recently been using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, one of the newest generation of Android tablets running Honeycomb (an Ice Cream Sandwich update is in the pipeline. Even though it’s not significantly cheaper than the 10.1in Tab, I got … Continue reading
The real problem with Google TV
It looks like Logitech is out of the Google TV market: The mistake, plus “operational miscues in EMEA” cost the company “well over $100M in operating profits.” De Luca did throw Google a bone by saying that he believes Google … Continue reading
Roboto and the open source red herring
I largely agree with John Gruber and many others than Roboto is a bit of an ungainly beast of a font, although it’s much better than the hideous thing it replaces. But I think that John is missing the mark … Continue reading
iPad market share rises
So much for the iPad killers: Apple managed to gain market share in tablets at the very time that many of its new competitors were supposed to be taking that share away, IDC said Wednesday. Having full access to data … Continue reading
“Why have a Chromebook if Android runs Chrome?”
Jason Perlow asks a pertinent question: It’s important to note that if we had the Chrome browser on an Android tablet, why would we want a Chromebook? For the price of a Chromebook you could pick up an Android tablet … Continue reading
Posted in Chromebook, Google
Tagged Android, Chromebook, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Samsung Group
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Why can’t anyone match the iPad?
To put it simply no one can match the iPad because no one can match Apple’s prices with a tablet that matches its features: When better equipped (though bulkier) netbooks can be had for $250, tablet-makers need to set their … Continue reading
Just how good a defence are those Motorola patents, again?
Susan Decker for Bloomberg: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s largest software maker, began arguing its U.S. trade case that Android- based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. use technology derived from Microsoft inventions. In a trial that began today … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Google, Microsoft, Mobile
Tagged Android, Google, Microsoft, Mobile phone, Motorola, Patent, Susan Decker, United States International Trade Commission
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