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Greg’s bite: Apple faces the Android onslaught

Greg’s bite: Apple faces the Android onslaught

Posted by | Jul 12, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

I read an interesting article in “Barron’s” on-line that laid out a scenario where the Google Android operating system eats  an Apple cell phone OS for lunch.  

I see his points, but come to another conclusion. Mark Veverka fails to give Apple due credit. See http://macosg.me/2/i9 .

The facts are clear: if there is an Apple iPhone killer out there, it is the Google Android. Sales show that Android is overtaking the iPhone. The underlying reasons are that at least 12 cell phone manufacturers are building phones that run Android. 

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AppDelete for Mac OS X gets Chinese localization, more

Posted by | Jul 10, 2010 | , |

Reggie Ashworth has updated AppDelete (http://reggie.ashworth.googlepages.com/appdelete), an application deleting app for Mac OS X, to version 3.1.2. the upgrade includes Chinese localization, fixes an issue where a selected item might not be moved to the trash, and has lower memory usage.

Via drag ‘n drop, AppDelete will delete any chosen app with all of its associated items that belong to that application. You’ll no longer have to hunt through their system to find and delete these items manually.

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NTP sues Apple, others for infringement of wireless email patents

NTP sues Apple, others for infringement of wireless email patents

Posted by | Jul 9, 2010 | , |

Another day, another lawsuit. NTP Inc. (http://www.ntp-inc.com/) — a company that specializes in network monitoring, security and protocol analysis solutions — has filed lawsuits against Apple, Google, HTC Corp., LG Electronics, Microsoft and Motorola in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for infringing NTP’s eight patents related to the delivery of electronic mail over wireless communications systems.

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AdMob says Android catching up to the iPhone

AdMob says Android catching up to the iPhone

Posted by | Jun 30, 2010 | , |

According to a new report from AdMob — which stores and analyzes handset and operator data from every ad request in its network of more than 15,000 mobile web sites and applications — Apple’s iOS (the operating system formerly known as iPhone OS) fell to 40%, while Google’s Android is headed towards 30%.

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