As a research firm, Gartner must keep on making this type of predictions to earn money, even though I think their methods are very flawed. It’s not just what I think, though. They’ve shown before that their predictions are completely useless for a period longer than even 6 months. Read More »
According to a rumor caught by GTVSource, Google TV will soon be combined into the source code of AOSP, which right now is also split into 2 different versions, Gingerbread and Honeycomb, although the Honeycomb one is not made public. Read More »
In the past few days, I’ve started seeing more “Android is fragmented” articles from different people, and I think this kind of “bad press” is actually good for Android in the long term. Read More »
Microsoft seems to be facing the innovator’s dilemma as its Windows operating system is being disrupted by touch-based mobile operating systems such as Android and iOS, and they have to take a decision on which road they’ll go from here. Will they continue to optimize their old Windows product to try to make it fit in the new world, or ... Read More »
Just days ago we had IDC make a prediction for 2015, saying Android will get 45% and WP7 will basically get a 100% conversion from Symbian and a 20% market share by 2015. ABI’s numbers are a bit different but I wouldn’t put money on any of their predictions and I think the market shares will be much different by ... Read More »
It seems that some of the assumptions that Google is delaying the Honeycomb source code not just because it’s not ready but also because they want to have more control over their own platform might be true. Read More »
In-App payments have been requested by Android developers for a long time now, and it’s one of the big reasons why Android developers overall can’t make as much money as the iOS developers. But Google has finally enabled in-app billing and now developers have one more tool to monetize their apps, and some of the popular apps have already implemented ... Read More »
We’ve kept hearing for months that Google will launch a music streaming service, but we’ve also heard about delays upon delays, probably because it takes a long time to sign deals with the labels. It’s true that Amazon’s new Cloud Player seems to be more about uploading your own music into Amazon’s cloud than buying your own music from them. ... Read More »
Motorola has been one of the biggest supporters of Android since the very beginning and it has certainly helped them get out of bankruptcy. But as the Android ecosystem is getting more and more competitive, is Motorola thinking of choosing an alternative route to profits? Read More »
Gameloft have never really played nice with the Android Market. Since the Market didn’t offer them DRM for their games, they kept their games to their own websites, which ended up making many potential buyers angry because they are not available in the market, and having little success against piracy, since all their games are already pirated. Does Gameloft hope ... Read More »