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^ haha goog one.
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...apples_ipad_in_brazil_by_end_of_november.html
look here, Foxconn planning to build iPad in Brazil - I bet there would be less suicides there. Does anybody know what the suicide rates in Brazil is compared to China?
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...apples_ipad_in_brazil_by_end_of_november.html
look here, Foxconn planning to build iPad in Brazil - I bet there would be less suicides there. Does anybody know what the suicide rates in Brazil is compared to China?
LOL at less desirable phones.
EVERYBODY I know wants an Android. Nobody I know wants an iPhone. Including the people that already had iPhones. From the Xperia Arc to the Desire HD, to the new HTC Sensation, to the LG Optimus 2X, Android is killing it on every angle.
I appreciate that statistics like this must be hard for you to see:
EVERYBODY I know wants an Android. Nobody I know wants an iPhone. Including the people that already had iPhones. From the Xperia Arc to the Desire HD, to the new HTC Sensation, to the LG Optimus 2X, Android is killing it on every angle.
I appreciate that statistics like this must be hard for you to see:
I have noticed a lot of people moving from iphones recently.
It will take a while, but eventually it will go beyond the brainwashing and people will actually play with a high end google phone. A lot of people I know kept their iphone 4 but got an Orange Sanfrancisco to play with. From there they got a little hooked on android and moved up to a better phone, until they are totally won over and buy a Nexus S or HTC Desire HD to replace the iphone.
It will take a while, but eventually it will go beyond the brainwashing and people will actually play with a high end google phone. A lot of people I know kept their iphone 4 but got an Orange Sanfrancisco to play with. From there they got a little hooked on android and moved up to a better phone, until they are totally won over and buy a Nexus S or HTC Desire HD to replace the iphone.
http://www.gsmarena.com/why_ios_is_tracking_you_and_how_to_stop_it-news-2547.php
I think that it's scandalous that you actually need an illegal app (jailbreak) to stop Apple from collecting data like this on a "quality, user-oriented" product. And actually storing that data unencrypted AND uploading it to anything that you sync with. Apple-hate aside, this is ridiculous.
With any other system you actually have to agree to let them track your location (Android and even Symbian or Winmo) info AND they are doing it in a professional way.
I think that it's scandalous that you actually need an illegal app (jailbreak) to stop Apple from collecting data like this on a "quality, user-oriented" product. And actually storing that data unencrypted AND uploading it to anything that you sync with. Apple-hate aside, this is ridiculous.
With any other system you actually have to agree to let them track your location (Android and even Symbian or Winmo) info AND they are doing it in a professional way.
EPIC FAIL
Apple claims that the phrase "App Store" does not mean "a store for apps".
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...tore-for-apps-apple-no-really-they-said-that/
Apple claims that the phrase "App Store" does not mean "a store for apps".
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...tore-for-apps-apple-no-really-they-said-that/
I don't get why it's being reported as news though, really. Google did the same thing, and they had deals with the majors. The problem actually came from the indie labels.
What seems to have happened is that Google signed deals with the majors (at least 3 of them if not all 4), but then some of the bigger independent labels felt that Google should be giving them as much money as they were offering to the majors. The problem there being that the majors feel entitled to make more than the indies, full stop. So Google basically found themselves in a position where, if they gave the indies the money they wanted, the majors would complain and then want even more money.. and so on.
Apple will undoubtedly face the same problem and they're gonna have to spend a LOT of cash to solve it..... or play dirty. Which they have the advantage of being able to do because of the iTunes monopoly (I seriously can't wait for iTunes to die, it's a piece of shit).
As far as I see it, Google can win this whole thing if they acquire, or do a deal with Spotify. Which has been rumored on multiple occasions, it's known that they've been having very serious talks. I'm a big fan of Spotify and pay a monthly subscription for it, if they merged with Google Music it would be literally an unstoppable force.
What seems to have happened is that Google signed deals with the majors (at least 3 of them if not all 4), but then some of the bigger independent labels felt that Google should be giving them as much money as they were offering to the majors. The problem there being that the majors feel entitled to make more than the indies, full stop. So Google basically found themselves in a position where, if they gave the indies the money they wanted, the majors would complain and then want even more money.. and so on.
Apple will undoubtedly face the same problem and they're gonna have to spend a LOT of cash to solve it..... or play dirty. Which they have the advantage of being able to do because of the iTunes monopoly (I seriously can't wait for iTunes to die, it's a piece of shit).
As far as I see it, Google can win this whole thing if they acquire, or do a deal with Spotify. Which has been rumored on multiple occasions, it's known that they've been having very serious talks. I'm a big fan of Spotify and pay a monthly subscription for it, if they merged with Google Music it would be literally an unstoppable force.
Guys, check this one out, it lists original sources of basically all things that will be "new" in iOS5.
http://blog.gsmarena.com/heres-where-apple-get-their-new-ideas-for-ios-5-features/#more-15763
I was especially shocked at this one though:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/heres-where-apple-get-their-new-ideas-for-ios-5-features/#more-15763
I was especially shocked at this one though:
In all scheme of things, Apple doesn't need to invent new features to have people flock to their iPhone. They just need to give consumers the features they can really like in Android and WP7 devices. Let's be real, the typical smartphone user can live without Android's "open source" experience. The reality is, and I have a hard time accepting it, the iPhone is the measuring stick for smartphones. When people consider buying a phone, they consider the extent to which they can get an iPhone and live with its limitations. The less limitations it has compared to the Android experience, keeping in mind the average smartphone user, the more likely the iPhone will be chosen over an Android phone. A lot of generalizations, but yeah, it's the feel I get from the people I talk to. I think Smacky would agree 
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.It's not the measuring stick anymore. The general public is *always* about 6 months behind the tech-heads in that respect and the tech-heads stopped considering it so, well, about 6 months ago when Gingerbread came out and was clearly leaps and bounds ahead of iOS.
And you're not considering the fact that Apple's market share is dropping like a lead balloon and we're about to have the first summer EVER where a new iPhone hasn't been available, RIM and WP7 are tanking.... what is EVERY consumer who wants a new phone between now and October gonna buy? Yup. Thus increasing the market share lead even further.
I see maybe 2-3x as many Androids now on a daily basis compared to iDevices.
And you're not considering the fact that Apple's market share is dropping like a lead balloon and we're about to have the first summer EVER where a new iPhone hasn't been available, RIM and WP7 are tanking.... what is EVERY consumer who wants a new phone between now and October gonna buy? Yup. Thus increasing the market share lead even further.
I see maybe 2-3x as many Androids now on a daily basis compared to iDevices.
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