Articles tagged Activations.

Why App Developers Should Want iOS to Dominate

July 11, 2011 21:16 by: Mark Reschke   1 Comment

Categories: iOS Applications , iPad , iPhone

Tagged: Activations , Android , HP , iOS , iPhone , webOS

It wasn't all that long ago when iOS was pretty much the standard mobile app development environment. But then along came Android, which took off like wildfire, as handset manufacturers were desperate for a challenger to iPhone. Android stormed the mobile castle, while RIM and Nokia have all but lowered the drawbridge in a series of missteps. As a result, iOS and Android have pretty much locked up the mobile development community, but there are more players in the offing.

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Android Sandwich: How Apple and HP will squeeze the faltering platform

June 28, 2011 19:05 by: Mark Reschke   0 Comments

Categories: iOS Applications , iPad , iPhone , Predictions , Products , Review

Tagged: Activations , Android , HP , iOS , iPhone , webOS

The latest numbers by Charlie Wolf of Needham & Associates indicates that Android's market share is flattening out, and/or perhaps poised to fall over the coming quarters, due to increased competition from the likes of Apple and other forthcoming competition.  Wolf's assertions also fall in line with NPD's latest market share reports, adding further fuel to the fire that Android is getting the squeeze. 

Today, Google's Andy Rubin Tweeted that Android is seeing an average of 500,000 activations per day. First of all, what exactly does Google consider an activation? Is an Android activation an LG refrigerator with Android built-in for touch-screen control? Is an Android activation millions of China Mobile smart phones that have a core Android OS in them, but everything else Google stripped out of them?

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