Apr

2011

Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Part 1: Where Are We Now?

by Michael Murphy
tagged android vs apple, cross platform, iphone, multiplayer, skies of glory, Uniwar, Wordfeud, Words With Friends

The smartphone market is actually getting a glimpse of something that the console gaming world has yet to see: cross-platform multiplayer games. This concept of Android users playing games against iPhone users is still in its infancy, but it is out there. And we’re not talking about who has the highest score on Angry Birds, [...]

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Apr

2011

Is Apple in trouble?

by Andrew Greenfield
tagged Android, iphone

Before you read into the title too much, hear this: This is only addressing the people that only time Apple should exist is if they’re winning the smartphone os war. Apple is in no danger of even becoming a niche market anytime soon. However, since they’ve been usurped in market I’ve noticed a couple of [...]

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Apr

2011

Debunking the Sheep: Part 3

by Andrew Greenfield
tagged Android, Debunking the Sheep, iphone

Today’s myth has brought up quite a stir in the community recently. The Android vs iPhone war is bringing a lot of people back to the Mac vs PC wars of the 90′s. So what’s the myth today? The ol’ “it’s one device vs a million” cover. “Of course android has a greater market share. [...]

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Apr

2011

Another Post On How Android Is Beating Out iPhone and Blackberry

by Joe Sirianni
tagged Android, apple, blackberry, iphone, stats, users

If you’re an Android user, posts like this never get old. In fact, they more often than not equip the Android user with useful, statistical and factual data to keep in their arsenal for those days when the overzealous iPhone fan-boy and BlackBerry user claims their device is the best thing since sliced bread, simply because it’s [...]

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Apr

2011

Debunking the Sheep: Part 2

by Andrew Greenfield
tagged Android, Debunking the Sheep, iphone

Today’s myth strikes home with a lot of Android users. One of the complaints about Apple is that they will often “invent” something, call it their own (often using words like “magical”), and convince everyone that they do it the best. And why shouldn’t they? They took the smartphone platform, made it their own, and [...]

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Apr

2011

Debunking the Sheep: Part 1

by Andrew Greenfield
tagged Android, Debunking the Sheep, fanboy, iphone, myths

As you can imagine, the writers here on TalkAndroid spend a lot of time on the internet combing through articles, news releases, and fanboy wars that would make Stalin run in fear. One thing I’ve always found that I want to do is reply to a lot of misinformed Apple supporters who spit a message [...]

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Apr

2011

Android freight train keeps rolling despite Verizon IPhone, but there is still a long way to go

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Android, apple, blackberry, comscore, Google, iphone, market share, market share percentage, palm, rim

The U.S. figures for February were recently released by comScore, one of the leaders in measuring the digital world. Verizon Wireless launched the IPhone on February 10th and Google’s Android continued to roll over the competition even though everyone and their brother thought the marriage of Verizon and Apple would be huge. According to comScore [...]

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Apr

2011

Mass lawsuit targets Google, RIM, Apple, HTC and 28 others

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, app, apple, blackberry, Google, HTC, iOS, iphone, lawsuit, LG, market, Nokia, rim, store

We’ve seen sweeping patents before, but this may be the first one of this magnitude. According to the patent being defended: A software platform in an Internet Protocol (IP) phone having the ability to be used with different communication infrastructures such as broadband, wireless communication and Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) service. Further, the software [...]

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Apr

2011

Google puts the Lockdown on its Android Mobile Operating System

by Adam Johnson
tagged Android, Android Applications, blackberry, Google, iphone, manufacturers, operating systems

We all love out Android devices, whether you’re a manufacturer, carrier, developer, or consumer. Anyone that was able to get their hands on the Android code were very happy that they could do as they wish with it. But is seems the search giant Google is putting a few shackles on its mobile device operating [...]

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Mar

2011

An Honest Opinion: What’s Better for you, iPhone or Android?

by Andrew Greenfield
tagged Android, iphone, XDA

I wrote an article a little while ago for people who were on the fence between buying an Android phone or picking the iPhone. My distaste for AT&T led me to take multiple potshots at their network and recommend an iPhone to anyone who was on AT&T (I know, I know…But the Atrix didn’t exist [...]

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