Feb

2012

The Psychology of Fanboyism

by Ed Caggiani
tagged Android, apple, fanboy, iphone, psychology

Hypocrisy is one of the only things we absolutely despise in other people yet staunchly defend in ourselves. That’s the very definition of the word. Of course we can rationalize our own hypocritical behavior because we understand why we’re behaving a certain way. What does this have to do with fanboyism? Let me tell you [...]

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Jan

2012

Kantar: Apple Smartphones More Popular Than Android Phones

by Roy Alugbue
tagged Android, apple, HTC, iOS, iphone, kantar, motorola, nielsen, research

The Apple iPhone has taken over as the smartphone in highest demand in the U.S. According to research firm Kantar Worldpanel Comtech, the latest iPhone model helped Apple beat all phones using Google’s Android platform in the U.S. smartphone market in Q4 2011, according to data presented Wednesday. It states “Apple’s share of the U.S. [...]

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Jan

2012

iGR Study Shows Samsung Android Devices Are Most Preferred Among Consumers

by Axl Logan
tagged Android, apple, iGR, iphone, Samsung, study

I hate to say it and sound cocky while doing so but this post will come as no surprise to the Talk Android community. A recent study put out by the folks over at iGR shows pretty compelling data indicating that among all of the smartphone OS’s available today, Android is used on almost 50 [...]

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Nov

2011

Nielsen Confirms iPhone & Android Dominates App Downloads, Graves Dug Deeper For Microsoft & RIM

by Roy Alugbue
tagged Android, apps, iOS, iphone, marketshare, nielsen, smartphones

Who’s ready for some nice stats from the reputable Nielsen Company? In some not-so-shocking news, Nielsen has indicated iPhone and Android devices continue to dominate the competition– and by a long shot. Their latest data shows that 71 percent of those with smartphones own an Android of iPhone. Ok great, we already knew that both [...]

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Nov

2011

Samsung pokes fun at Apple in new ad [Video]

by Jim Farmer
tagged 4S, ad, apple, Galaxy S II, iphone, motorola, Samsung, Xoom, youtube

Samsung’s latest Galaxy S II ad seems to have just hit YouTube. In it Samsung mocks those waiting in line for the latest Apple iPhone. It’s along the lines of what we saw from Motorola earlier this year. To be honest, after watching, I initially felt the ad was a bit in bad taste. Why [...]

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Nov

2011

Amazon Acquires Yap, Hopes To Compete With iPhone’s Siri

by Joe Sirianni
tagged All Things D, amazon, apple, iphone, Siri, voice assistant, Yap

After much investigation it appears as though Amazon is looking to go head to head with Apple’s new Siri technology found on the iPhone 4S. How do we know this? Elementary my dear Watson. According to the folks over at All Things D, Amazon has yet to return calls for comment, but it looks as [...]

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Nov

2011

Schmidt on Jobs’ claims: “…Android effort started before the iPhone effort”

by Joe Sirianni
tagged Android, Eric Schmidt, iOS, iphone, steve jobs

It wasn’t that long ago that those bone chilling words from Jobs came to light: “Our lawsuit is saying, ‘Google you f***ing ripped off the iPhone, wholesale ripped us off” and “I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, [...]

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Oct

2011

Sprint CEO Hesse: iPhone Is More Data Efficient Than Android

by Roy Alugbue
tagged Android News, dan heese, data efficiency, iphone, Sprint

The iPhone vs. Android debate is a never-ending debate and can be purely objective. However, Apple may have Sprint to thank for manipulating prospective customers or those on the fence to use the Apple iPhone on the NOW network as opposed to an Android device. All Things D reports Sprint CEO Dan Hesse argues that “iPhone users [...]

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Oct

2011

AT&T’s Third-Quarter Earnings Are In, Android And Other “Non-iPhone” Smartphones Helped

by Axl Logan
tagged 3rd quarter, Android, AT&T, iphone, quarter earnings, sales, third quarter

AT&T has announced their third quarter earnings and we just wanted to highlight a few things we thought were note Android worthy. Check out the details below from their conference call and feel free to comment as well. Note that the overall sales of Android devices more than doubled year over year and more than [...]

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Oct

2011

Which is more durable?: Samsung Galaxy S II or Apple iPhone 4S

by Robert Nazarian
tagged apple, drop test, dropping, durability, Galaxy S II, iphone, iPhone 4s, Samsung

The folks over at SquareTrade did a drop test to see which smartphone is more durable: The Samsung Galaxy S II or the Apple iPhone 4S. They have 3 catagories which include a drop from waist high, shoulder high, and face down. Ironically both phones seemed to perform better from shoulder height as opposed to [...]

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