In March 2012, I publicly called it quits with Android…
Tag: Fragmandroid
China’s Xiaomi made a meager $56 million profit in 2013
South Korea’s LG lost its position as the world’s third-biggest…
Losing Apple’s mobile Safari default search could hurt Google revenue big time
Google has potentially $9.4 billion in gross revenue at risk…
Google scrapped Nexus 6 fingerprint sensor in failed bid to catch up with Apple’s Touch ID
Fragmandroid. 32-bit antiques perpetually lagging behind the paradigm-creating Apple iPhone…
Android Police: Best tablet is Apple’s iOS-powered iPad Air 2
Apple’s iPad has been the gold standard in tablets since it was unveiled…
So, what’s going on with Apple’s iBeacon tech?
Apple continues to disrupt consumer culture…
Yet another reason to get a real iPhone: Carriers install apps on Android phones without users’ permission
Carriers can now push garbage apps onto Android setttlers’ handsets whether the settler wants it or not…
More affluent, tech-savvier Apple iOS users outspend Android users by 25 percent
Apple iOS mobile users spent about 25% more than Android owners…
Apple’s iOS 8 adoption hits 60%; far outpaces fragmented Android
iOS 8 is now installed on 60% of devices…
Beleaguered Samsung has sold 40% fewer Galaxy S5 units than expected
Beleaguered Samsung Electronics Co. is considering a major leadership shake-up…
Beleaguered Samsung mulls management shake-up after profit slump
Struggling Samsung Electronics is considering a major change in leadership…
Security experts: Malware spreading to millions on Android phones
A particularly nasty mobile malware campaign targeting Android users…
‘Shockingly bad’ Google Android 5.0 Lollipop update bricks phones, tablets; kills apps
Early adopters of Google’s latest Android operating system are warning…
Apple iOS app launches are double that of Android; iOS apps used for twice as long
Users of Apple’s iOS install, engage with and pay for more mobile applications…
Has Google given up on smartphones?
There is an interesting dichotomy in the smartphone world right now…
Why Silicon Valley doesn’t care about Android
Android monetizes poorly and is used by poor people. iOS is a much more attractive platform, while Android continues to lag behind…
Ex-NSA lawyer says encryption could ‘BlackBerry’ Apple and Google
The battle over encryption of consumer internet users’ data…
Former Android head Andy Rubin leaving Google
Andy Rubin, co-founder and former leader of Google Inc.’s Android…
Samsung looks to cheap phones to stem steep profit decline in face of Apple iPhone 6/Plus
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. on Thursday said it would revamp its smartphone line-up…
Samsung Electronics’ profit plummets over 60% as people dump wannabe iPhones for the real thing
With smartphone buyers increasingly choosing Apple’s 64-bit iPhones…
Kantar: Apple iOS regained momentum as Windows Phone stuttered in Q114
It’s clear that phablets really are changing the way Chinese consumers use smartphones…
Apple’s 64-bit A8X-powered iPad Air 2 trounces Google’s Nexus 9 with Nvidia Denver Tegra K1
Apple’s new A8X Application Processor not only trounces Android tablets…
After gaining U.S. government approval, Samsung Knox security for Android found to be ‘completely compromised’
A software researcher published findings showing that Samsung’s Knox app…
3 out of 4 consumers want Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus over Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4
On Oct. 17, mobile open market Goodmobile announced the results of its survey…
Edward Snowden’s privacy tips: ‘Get rid of Dropbox,” avoid Facebook and Google
According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from Google, Facebook, and Dropbox…
iPhone users earn significantly more than those who settle for Android phones
The median iPhone user earns 40 percent more than the median Android phone settler…
Hairgate? Seriously?
Desperate times call for desperate FUD…
Apple’s iPhone encryption is a godsend, even if government snoops and cops hate it
It took the upheaval of the Edward Snowden revelations to make clear to everyone…
Ex-Microsoft exec Ray Ozzie looks to reinvent the phone call with ‘Talko’ iPhone app
At one point, Ozzie wants to show me something on the app. We both pull out our iPhones…
Apple’s iBeacon: So many opt-out choices, or are there?
here has been a lot of good coverage of Apple’s new iBeacon…
Short-timer U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder blasts Apple for protecting users’ privacy against government overreach
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder urged Apple to preserve law-enforcement access to smartphones…
AliveCor launches new iOS-only app to auto detect atrial fibrillation in an ECG recording
AliveCor, Inc. announced today the launch of the latest version of the AliveECG app…
Triple-A: Android, Anchoring and Apple
The iPhone 6 era is just 10 days old, but for Apple it was already underway…
Samsung is running scared of Apple’s hot-selling, 64-bit iPhone 6 Plus
Samsung’s lack of complete confidence in the Note 4 is evident…
Signaling post-Snowden era, Apple’s iPhone, iPad lock out N.S.A.
This distinguishes Apple from companies that make a profit from collecting and selling users’ personal data to advertisers…
What if Osama bin Laden had an iPhone?
Apple’s decision to release a mobile operating system that is so thoroughly encrypted that the company cannot unlock its devices for authorities…
Apple’s hot-selling iPhone 6/Plus to take a big bite out of Christmas sales, experts say
Spending on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus could affect consumer discretionary spending on other…
There’s something very wrong in Android land
Google may not wait around for Android to go toxic…
FBI blasts Apple for protective users’ privacy by locking government, police out of iPhones and iPads
FBI Director James B. Comey sharply criticized Apple on Thursday…
iPhone 6/Plus frenzy prompts Samsung to slash Galaxy Note 4 price, rush launch
Will anyone even notice another wannabe fragmandroid device with an antiquated 32-bit processor and an anachronistic stylus?
Apple thinks different about privacy
Your data is your data,not something to be monetized…
Apple’s iPhone 6/Plus are retail’s Grinch
U.S. consumers will spend nearly $14 billion on iPhones, almost 2/3rds of the YOY growth in U.S. retail spending last Christmas…
