Microsoft abandons Zune media players in defeat by Apple's iPod
Microsoft's direct effort to challenge Apple's iPod, introduced in 2006 under the Zune brand, is being abandoned after a failure to gain traction in the market.
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Android
Daniel Eran Dilger
82% of future tablet buyers say they'll choose Apple's iPad
A new survey shows Apple poised to dominate the tablet market yet again in 2011 with the iPad 2, as 82 percent of future tablet buyers said they would choose Apple's iPad over competing options like the Motorola Xoom and RIM PlayBook.
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Katie Marsal
Android tops RIM in US smartphone market share, Apple's iPhone third
Google's Android surpassed Research in Motion's BlackBerry to become the largest mobile platform at the start of 2011, while Apple's iOS and iPhone took third before the Verizon iPhone 4 was released.
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Neil Hughes
Conan O’Brien spoofs Apple iPad 2 event as "a little bit cocky"
Comedian Conan O’Brien presented a parody of Apple's iPad 2 event video on his show last night, introducing it by saying, "I personally think that the people at Apple are starting to get a little bit cocky."
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Apple kills fall iPad 3 rumors by calling 2011 "Year of iPad 2"
Apple has grounded speculation of a fall release of "iPad 3," focusing its marketing message on the iPad 2 it will soon offer for sale by calling 2011 "the year of iPad 2."
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Motorola's iPad competing Xoom won't immediately support Adobe Flash
While the ability to run Adobe Flash has been touted as a feature that makes the Android-powered Motorola Xoom superior to Apple's iPad, Flash support is not expected to arrive for the Xoom until Spring 2011.
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Slash Lane
Pre-CDMA iPhone 4, 28% of Motorola's phone sales were on Verizon
Putting into perspective the threat of Verizon's new iPhone 4 carries for Android handset makers, a new report states that 28 percent of Motorola's phone sales came from Verizon before the iPhone went on sale.
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Sam Oliver
Apple's rivals battle for iOS scraps as app market sales grow to $2.2 billion
While the mobile handset race is now being frequently described as a two horse race between Apple's iOS and Google's Android licensees, the mobile software world has four major contenders, with RIM's BlackBerry App World and Nokia's Ovi Store maintaining their lead over Google's Android Market.
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iPad's growing competition from Android could quell Apple antitrust talk
Growing competition from tablets running the Google Android operating system may help Apple and its iOS subscription plans for the iPad avoid antitrust probes, at least in the eyes of the European Union.
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Josh Ong
AppleInsider Staff
