“Here’s a question: If so many smartphone owners are switching from iPhones to Android devices from Samsung and Google, then why does Google’s chairman need to make a public pitch and publish a step-by-step guide on how to make the switch?” Connie Guglielmo asks for Forbes. “”
“Because it makes for great publicity — and because we’re at the start of the holiday shopping season,” Guglielmo reports. “Schmidt yesterday published ‘Eric’s Guide: Converting to Android from iPhone’ on his Google+ account, extolling the virtues of Google’s operating system over Apple’s smartphone.”
Guglielmo reports, “Schmidt, who served on Apple’s board before relations between the two companies soured, also took the opportunity take a direct shot at Apple’s Safari browser, telling users to opt instead for Google’s Chrome browser: ‘Be sure to use Chrome, not Safari; its safer and better in so many ways. And it’s free.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yawn. A more interesting read would be “Eric’s Guide: Stealing iPhone from Inside Apple’s Boardroom.”
And what’s Chrome “better” at than Safari, exactly? Tracking users for ad delivery and the U.S. NSA?
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Rainy Day” for the heads up.]
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