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Tag Archives: Android
Google Music: Not that great
Venturebeat gives Google’s music beta a first look: “Music Beta in its current form is far from what we’d expect from a Google product— it’s a web of confusing programs without a lot of instruction as to how to actually get … Continue reading
Sometimes John Gruber just hits the spot perfectly
John Gruber arguing against the silliness that is Henry “Fraud, you say?” Blodget’s latest nonsense: “Keep in mind that Apple’s penalty for losing the PC war in the 1990s is that it is now the most profitable PC maker in … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone
Tagged Android, Apple, Daring Fireball, Google, Henry Blodget, iPad, John Gruber
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Which Android tablet is actually selling like hot cakes?
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Goes on Sale for $399, Sells Out Immediately “This mirrors the Tranformer’s success in the UK where its first three production runs have already sold out. Either Asus didn’t anticipate high demand and lowballed their stock, … Continue reading
Apple is dead in the water, redux
Charles Arthur, reporting for The Guardian on an IDC/Appcelerator survey of developers: “App developer interest is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and “tepid” interest in current Android tablets chips away at Google’s recent gains in momentum, according to a new survey … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Google, iPhone, Mobile, Web/Tech
Tagged Android, Apple, Charles Arthur, Fred Wilson, Google, Guardian, Henry Blodget, iOS, iPad, iPhone
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Compare and contrast
Compare… “The Glendale Galleria store in California sold out of all their iPad 2s within 45 minutes of opening their doors (thanks, Michael K.). According to multiple reports via Twitter, users were unable to choose the model they wanted.” and … Continue reading
Google is the carriers’ best-friend
Doc Searles has got a new iPhone, and muses on a few points: “I still see this as a phase, and not a bad one. Apple and Google have together cracked open the unholy death grip that phone makers and … Continue reading
The value carriers bring to Android
Commenting on Andy Rubin’s comment that “the carriers have a lot of value to bring” to Android, John Gruber asks: “What software on Android phones have the carriers added that’s any good at all?” I can think of one example: … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Mobile
Tagged Android, Andy Rubin, Bing, Google, John Gruber, Microsoft
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Google App Inventor: Not for everyone
As someone who grew up on BASIC and actually did some serious projects back in the 80′s and 90′s using HyperCard, I’m massively in favour of simple, easy to use programming tools. So Google App Inventor instantly caught my attention. … Continue reading
Posted in Google, Mobile
Tagged Android, BASIC, Computer programming, Google, Google App Inventor, HyperCard
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Who owns the platform? Adobe? Google?
Kevin Tofel on the announcement of Android support for Flash: The key word in Adobe’s press release today being “expected,” which appears three times. Platforms other than Android are expected to integrate and work with Flash Player. All of the … Continue reading
No, app developers aren’t “switching” from iPhone to Android
Learning to write link baiting headlines is a very good method of learning how to spot them. And I expect that the latest AdMob report on mobile application development will draw a few linkbaiting headlines, such as MobileMarketingWatch’s “AdMob: 70% … Continue reading
