Software

Report: Android replacing iOS as key platform for Asian devs – ANDROID COMMUNITY.COM

Android is gaining market share all over the world, as even the staunchest Apple fanboy will now admit – though they’d add that the smartphone market itself is growing so fast that both Android and iOS are making gains. One … Continue reading

Developers turn to Google’s Android over Apple’s iOS: Ovum – ARNnet

Asia-Pacific software developers show an increasing preference for Google’s popular smartphone platform, but Apple’s iOS still retains its popularity Despite the popularity and ubiquity of Apple’s iPhone platform, developers in the Asia-Pacific …

Apple and Samsung in patent fight over Galaxy Nexus – Phones Review

and it appears that Apple is again targeting old Sammy in the patent law courts, this time the iOS company is suing Samsung over the Samsung Galaxy Nexus using their “slide to unlock” patented feature. According to the guys over … Continue reading

Ovum thinks Android will top iOS in development by 2013 – Electronista

Ovum on Monday predicted based on a developer survey that Android would become more important to developers than iOS by the start of 2013. While Apple would still be the other major platform creator to write for, the research firm … Continue reading

Marketers’ focus on iOS is misguided – New Media Age

iOS will always be the Apple of marketers’ eyes, but for all the wrong reasons. Despite 250m Android phones in operation, marketers’ minds are fixated on Apple and iOS. But for the wrong reasons. Google’s results call late last week … Continue reading

Apple Fall: Android Now ‘Most Important’ OS – Ovum – SmartHouse

That’s according to Ovum, who say Android has replaced Apple’s iOS in terms of importance to app developers in the Asia-Pacific, according to a developers survey carried out. These latest results must have Apple green with envy as its Droid … Continue reading

Chronic Dev: Don’t Install iOS 5.0.2 Just Yet – Softpedia

A note included with the official Absinthe jailbreak release says that jailbreakers should refrain themselves from downloading and installing the stock iOS 5.0.2 IPSW from Apple when it’s released. This is not the first time iOS hackers warn about the … Continue reading

Windows Phone Overtaking iOS By 2015, Claims Report – Tom’s Guide

Market researchers at IHS report that Windows Phone will overtake Apple’s iOs by 2015 by a slight margin, falling into second place behind Google’s Android platform. In 2011, Windows Phone only controlled 1.9-percent of the market, but by 2015, the … Continue reading

Apple 2012: Smooth sailing, for the most part – Reuters UK

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc coasts into 2012 with a strong wind in its … Google Inc’s Android, launched a few years ago and taking aim squarely at the high-end iOS, continues to attract cellphone makers. Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle … Continue reading

What the world needs now: an iOS laptop – CNET News

In no way has it consigned keyboards to the dustbin of technological history. It’s also clear that iOS is Apple’s operating system of the future. It started out on the iPhone, segued onto the iPad, and is now on Apple … Continue reading