How Android lost global open market share to Apple's integrated iOS

Ever since Google's Android began to first gain mainstream support among smartphone makers in late 2009, Android platform enthusiasts have predicted that it would win out over proprietary mobile platforms, particularly Apple's iOS. The obvious parallel they like to draw is the rise of Microsoft's Windows in the mid 1990s at the expense of Apple's Macintosh. But that's wrong, here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 266

New Android "RAT" infects Google Play apps, turning phones into spyware zombies

An easy to use new "Remote Administration Tool" malware package for Android offers to infect users, steal their photos and text messages, secretly capture audio or video, record their calls, download their web browser history and steal their email, Facebook and VPN account information.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 186

Rumor: Google pressured Asus to cancel Android/Windows dual-boot devices

Taiwanese hardware manufacturer Asus has reportedly shelved plans to release a new Transformer tablet that would allow consumers to run both Microsoft's Windows and Google's Android operating systems on the same device after Google voiced opposition to the move.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 130

Google rumored to debut 'Nexus' smart watch with new operating system in June

The flood of wearable devices headed to market is expected to continue with a new wrist-worn smart watch from Google, rumored to be unveiled at the search giant's I/O 2014 conference this June.

Sam Oliver 12 years ago 58

Samsung announces Galaxy S5 with 5.1" display, fingerprint scanner & heart rate monitor

Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, was officially announced by the company at the Mobile World Congress trade show on Monday, and the handset will compete head-to-head with Apple's iPhone 5s by sporting its own fingerprint sensor.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 236

Apple's failure to pay for favorable media coverage flies in the face of Samsung's payola

Slanted media reports targeting Apple appear to be directly connected to the company's failure to pay for more favorable coverage in the model of Samsung. It doesn't appear to be affecting Apple's sales or profits, however.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 316

Microsoft to reportedly cut Windows pricing by 70% as Apple, Google eat PC marketshare

As the mobile device market — led by device from Apple and Google — continues to devour traditional PC marketshare, Microsoft is reportedly looking cheaper Windows licensing fees in a bid to stop the hemorrhaging.

AppleInsider Staff 12 years ago 127

Google has fooled the media and markets, but hasn't bested Tim Cook's Apple

Listening to the Google-enraptured tech media's echo chamber of fears, uncertainties and doubts about the world's most profitable and successful company, you'd never realize that there's an incredible bounty of low hanging fruit waiting for Tim Cook's Apple to harvest, and little but mobile scorched earth left behind Google.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 340

Apple, Inc. sold more computers than all of Microsoft's Windows PC partners in December quarter

Seven years after entering the mobile computing market with iPhone, the Cupertino-based company has now reached a peak of building and selling more computers than all of Microsoft's Windows licensees put together.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 162

Google's strict policies for 'open' Android OS revealed in newly public documents

New documents published to the Web on Wednesday reveal Google imposes decidedly strict tit-for-tat terms on device makers looking to use the "open" Android platform.

Mikey Campbell 12 years ago 206

IDC critical of Apple for not selling profitless, sub $200 iPhones in market share report

Market research firm IDC has reported new figures seeking to explain why Apple, the most profitable smartphone vendor on the planet, is "underperforming the overall market" by not emulating the profitless manufacturing of low end phones by its competitors, most of whom are losing money.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 78

Microsoft considering allowing Android apps to run on Windows - report

In an effort to bolster its struggling Windows platforms, Microsoft is said to be "seriously considering" allowing Android applications to run in both the traditional Windows environment, as well as on the Windows Phone mobile platform.

Neil Hughes 12 years ago 39

Apple's iPhone earned 87.4% of global handset profits in December quarter

Despite efforts seeking to portray Apple as having experienced a disappointing winter quarter, the reality is that Apple brutally dominated the slowing global handset market, syphoning off 87.4 percent of the industry's global profits.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 48

Apple's iPad takes 91.4% share of enterprise tablets; iOS takes 73% share overall

Enterprise mobile services vendor Good Technology reported that Apple's iPad accounted for more than 91 percent of enterprise tablet deployments, while iPhone represented 54 percent of smartphones activated by the more than 2,000 companies using its services in the fourth quarter, giving iOS an overall 73 percent share of mobile devices in the enterprise.

Daniel Eran Dilger 12 years ago 40

Apple's iPhone marketshare dips in Q4, Samsung falters under pressure from low-cost OEMs

Apple's smartphone marketshare continues to ease downward despite record sales for the company's latest handsets, while rival Samsung's share of the Android ecosystem is being squeezed in key markets, according to new analysis covering the fourth quarter of 2013.

Shane Cole 12 years ago 86

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