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Topic: Android

Apple still No. 1 manufacturer in growing US smartphone market

2011/29/11, 05:11 pm

While smartphones sales continue to grow in the U.S., accounting for 56 percent of all cellphone sales in Q3, Apple remained the top individual device maker despite buyers holding out for October's iPhone 4S release.

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Motorola blocked from adding iTunes, iCloud and iPhone 4S to patent claim after late filing

2011/29/11, 05:11 pm

Motorola Mobility has been blocked by a US court from belatedly adding iTunes, iCloud and iPhone 4S to its patent infringement claims against Apple.

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Pent-up demand helps iPhone take top spot in UK market with 43% share

2011/28/11, 07:11 pm

Existing iPhone users' demand for a new device helped push Apple's U.K. market share to nearly 43% in October, beating Android-based handset sales in the region for the first time since late 2010.

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Study finds Apple ecosystem helps iPhone lead industry in user retention

2011/25/11, 08:11 pm

A new study finds that iPhone owners are the most loyal smartphone users, and cites customers' personal investments in Apple's ecosystem as driving an over 80% retention rate for the device.

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HTC reevaluating S3 Graphics purchase after ITC reversal

2011/23/11, 09:11 pm

HTC is having second thoughts about its decision to purchase S3 Graphics now that the U.S. International Trade Commission has dismissed S3's patent infringement complaint against Apple.

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Samsung Galaxy S II ad mocks iPhone line-waiters

2011/22/11, 09:11 pm

A new television ad by Samsung reflects its growing rivalry with Apple by painting a caricature of customers waiting in line for the iPhone.

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Google's Android Market estimated to earn just 7% of what Apple's App Store makes

2011/21/11, 12:11 pm

Apple's iOS platform is believed to take in about 90 percent of all dollars spent on mobile devices, highlighting the revenue advantage for iPhone and iPad developers when compared to Google's Android.

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Combined Mac, iPad sales to make Apple largest global PC vendor in 2012

2011/21/11, 09:11 am

Apple is poised to become the largest seller of PCs in the world before the second half of 2012, if the iPad is categorized as a PC.

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Galaxy Nexus web benchmarks outpace iPhone 4S as 'Woz' picks up early copy

2011/19/11, 09:11 pm

Early web benchmarks for the Galaxy Nexus show that the flagship smartphone outperforms Apple's iPhone 4S in some areas, while Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has been spotted picking up a copy of the Galaxy Nexus at Google's headquarters.

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Amazon's Silk does little to accelerate Kindle Fire, HTML5

2011/19/11, 03:11 pm

An assessment of the new Amazon Kindle Fire's capabilities a web app client found it a "competent but minimal HTML5 platform" but reports that a key feature, its Silk server-side accelerated browsing is "not very noticeable."

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AT&T sees 'challenges' ahead as it plans to sell Nokia Windows Phones in 2012

2011/17/11, 12:11 am

An AT&T executive said Wednesday that his company is finalizing discussions with Nokia to begin carrying its Windows Phone smartphones next year, while also noting that he believes Microsoft will face "challenges" in attracting customers away from entrenched rivals Apple and Google.

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Android malware has jumped up 472% since July

2011/16/11, 10:11 pm

The open nature of the Android Market has led to a 472 percent increase in malware threats to the platform over the past four months alone, a new mobile security report claims.

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Gartner: Apple's iOS lost smartphone share to Android in Q3 2011

2011/15/11, 10:11 am

With a limited number of iPhone models taking on a plethora of Android-powered handsets from multiple manufacturers, Apple's iOS actually lost market share in the worldwide smartphone market last quarter despite growing sales, according to the latest sales data from Gartner.

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Developer survey finds iPad domination, growing interest in Kindle Fire

2011/14/11, 03:11 pm

A new poll of mobile developers has found that nearly all are interested in developing for Apple's iPad, while the still-unreleased Amazon Kindle Fire is already the second-most-popular Android device among developers worldwide.

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Samsung seeking injunction against Apple's 3G products in Germany

2011/11/11, 06:11 pm

In a reversal of its position that Apple is an aggressor trying to stifle competition with patent lawsuits, Google's Android licensee Samsung is initiating new efforts to ban Apple's 3G products in Germany using the same standards-based patent action Motorola has.

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Twitter sees 40% of photos from iOS as Photos app becomes 7th largest client

2011/10/11, 08:11 pm

Apple's handheld devices now account for more than 39% of the photos being posted on Twitter's social networking service, with Twitter-integrated built-in apps helping iOS 5 become one of its top 10 sharing clients.

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Apple's iOS & Google Android command 58% of US portable game revenue

2011/09/11, 12:11 pm

Highlighting what has been a "brutal" year for dedicated portable game machines like the Sony PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS, new data shows Apple's iOS and Google Android capturing the lion's share of U.S. portable game revenue in 2011.

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Adobe confirms it will no longer develop Flash for mobile browsers

2011/09/11, 10:11 am

Adobe on Wednesday confirmed that it will no longer develop its Flash Player for mobile platforms like Android, and will instead pour its efforts into creating Adobe AIR applications for native storefronts like Apple's iOS App Store.

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Adobe rumored to be abandoning work on mobile Flash player

2011/09/11, 01:11 am

Adobe has briefed its employees on the company's plans to abandon development of Flash player for mobile browsers in a blow to Google Android and Research in Motion PlayBook tablets, according to a new report.

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Google Chairman tells US senators Apple's Siri could pose 'competitive threat'

2011/05/11, 10:11 pm

Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and former chief executive, admitted to the U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee that Apple's new Siri personal assistant technology is a "significant development" in search and could pose a threat to his company's core business.

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