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| iOS 6 adoption one month in |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-10-19 13:56:25 |
| "Looking at the stats for all our apps (we have 4 universal apps with almost 3 million downloads) and for all versions after a month gives an interesting picture." Close to 70% is on iOS 6 already. In the meantime, Sony just announced it's going to leave loads of users in the cold by not upgrading their phones to Jelly Bean. Those that do have an update in the pipeline will have to wait until next year. |
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| RE[7]: The coming of the Nexusi... |
| By henderson101 on 2012-10-20 02:26:04 |
| Pity the public transport info in Google Maps is so useless outside of the US. |
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| RE[8]: The coming of the Nexusi... |
| By Bill Shooter of Bul on 2012-10-20 02:32:53 |
| Yup. Crazy, right? You have to look like you know what you're doing. If you're looking at your phone, you could be doing anything. If you're looking at a paper map, you're looking at a paper map because you aren't familiar with the area. |
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| RE[2]: The coming of the Nexusi... |
| By dvhh on 2012-10-20 05:13:33 |
| yes especially after the Apple fans created so much buzz about it ( see http://www.osnews.com/story/2594... ) |
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| RE: The coming of the Nexusi... |
| By redshift on 2012-10-20 05:40:54 |
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> There are rumors swirling that Google is partnering with LG, HTC, Samsung and Sony are about to unleash new nexus smart phones. I think the idea is to push stock android on more devices that can be updated more frequently than what the manufacturers can do right now. Also, with that being said, I think the IOS 6 numbers are expected to be low as people hold off on the upgrade until they know maps is okay. I navigated with a friend using ios 6 maps last weekend. It worked fine. I imagine it would for any non major city goer who doesn't need public transportation routing, if they're still in a populated area. The maps have been ok... but it is not very good at finding things by topic. If you have an address you will probably be ok. However, It did tell my friend that his destination was an onramp in florida... but he was close enough that he got where he was going in the end. I miss the the public transportation maps... the modules I have tried are not as good as Googles. You can get walking instructions out of apples maps... but the UI did not make it obvious at first. |
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| RE[2]: Denial is pathetic |
| By Soulbender on 2012-10-20 06:44:55 |
| No, he's just insecure in his choice of brand loyalty. |
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| RE[10]: Interesting but... |
| By helf on 2012-10-20 15:09:28 |
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While I am finding this entire thread ridiculous, I can't resist giving my 2c. First off, the playbook is more akin to one of the previous posters saying "would you call linux running wine windows?" that anything. Since it is just a compatibility layer on top of blackberries OS that allows android apps to function. The xbox analogy is horrible. As you just said "modified windows 2000 kernel". *modified* and *kernel*. The fire is running the full set of Android APIs and just has a different launcher running. That is MASSIVELY different and claiming otherwise is disingenuous at best. Now, as for the Kindle. There is a HUGE difference between whether something is actually NOT something or whether you cant call it something simply because it isn't officially supported... The Fire *is* running Android. It just isn't sanctioned/supported by Google. You all basically just killed a huge portion of the Android usage statistics by claiming otherwise because ANY device not running Google apps is now "not Android". Like my Entourage eDGe ereader that is running Android 2.2 or any number of cheap tablets/phones that have been spit out. This entire argument is smacking of people that are anal retentive and have too much time on their hands. |
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| RE[3]: Out in the cold |
| By brichpmr on 2012-10-20 15:51:41 |
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> > Sigh Not had enough of your Anti-Apple medicine today then? (sarcasm implied) I don't have an iPhone but an HTC Android phone but even I know that iPhone users can still use Google Maps just by directing their web browser to google maps. No, not nearly enough to keep quiet. It is true they that can use the web, but then they don't get turn by turn navigation like you get on Android. We are expected to pay premium prices for Apple phones and we should expect premium quality products. The state of Apple maps is far from that. It is beta quality at best. So I think Apple deserves all they can get. Delivering something like this is totally out of character for them. I get turn by turn voice nav on IOS6 with Apple's Maps....worked perfectly last weekend in the suburbs of Philly....we were quite pleased with the accuracy. Anecdote I know, but just saying...... Edited 2012-10-20 15:55 UTC |
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| RE[3]: Denial is pathetic |
| By brichpmr on 2012-10-20 15:54:07 |
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> No, he's just insecure in his choice of brand loyalty. Or maybe "someone" is insecure in someone else's choice of brand. |
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| RE[11]: Interesting but... |
| By helf on 2012-10-20 16:01:04 |
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woooow. I just reread my post. I shouldn't comment after just waking up. I'm sorry this post is so disjointed. Point still stands, though :) |
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| RE[12]: Interesting but... |
| By phoudoin on 2012-10-20 22:06:06 |
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It's not Android devices, but from android apps market, it's the same target, the same potential sale. Don't count them as Android devices, sure. Don't count them as Android apps compatible platform, wrong. Now it's up to everyone to figure what matter more for a platform marketshare : the amount of official stickers on sold devices or the amount of platforms able to run your apps. There no one single answer, as it depends on your self-interest. |
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