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    11/06/09

    In reply to Palm Gives Pre Developers a Stupid-Simple Tool to Make Stupid-Simple Apps
    Palm may well be dead by the end of the year, or at least well on its way. It's a shame really -- I don't feel bad for Palm as a company or Palm's management, but I do feel bad for all the folks who put so much work in to something that turned out so well but just came at precisely the wrong time with horrible leadership. #aressdk
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    11/06/09

    @weatherman: LOL Doubt that seriously. They are about to release the Pre in Europe if they haven't already. #aressdk
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    Image of alfredoraraujo alfredoraraujo
    11/06/09

    @weatherman: I can not agree more with you. Just when it all started to clear up for Palm, Droid comes in.
    However, just for the sake of discussion, what do you reckon might happen if Palm builds their WebOS on top of Android? Could it be possible?
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    11/06/09

    @Pookiewood: things are going to be even rougher for Palm in Europe, I think. They're up against Symbian and Nokia there in a way that they aren't in the US. #aressdk
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    11/06/09

    In reply to Palm Gives Pre Developers a Stupid-Simple Tool to Make Stupid-Simple Apps
    "Come develop for Palm! Where it's dead simple to make an app that a very small percentage of the population will ever use! Remember, fewer users means less bug reports for you to deal with!" #aressdk
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    11/06/09

    @OCEntertainment: They're just reducing the time it'll take to surpass the App Store's total of flashlight apps and tip calculators. #aressdk
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
    Wasn't it a "good disease that everyone will like" that turned the people of the world into zombies in "I am Legend"? #android20
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    11/05/09

    @ninjagin: Or into freaky sock puppets named Chester. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @Daveed: ROCK! #android20
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
    CNN Money is spreading a little FUD about Motorola's Droid phone. Sure wish they'd read this article. They quote some guy as saying "The problem with Android phones is this: How do you gain a competitive advantage when you rely on somebody else for a key piece of the system? (...) Every successful smartphone vendor controls the hardware and software." #android20
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    11/05/09

    @ninjagin: my favorite quote from that article:
    "Jabba the Hut like competition"

    what does that even mean? #android20
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    11/05/09

    @RT100: ... it means that you should be afraid, because Jabba is one bad mammah jammah. #android20
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/05/09

    @ninjagin: Oh mother of crap....I am through the first paragraph of that article and my stomach is already churning.

    Rule number 1 in movie quotes: You absolutely do not EVER mention the movie they're from directly. If your audience won't get it, just let it be your own joke to yourself, or don't bother at all. Gah! Philistines, I swear. #android20
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
    Android vs Symbian vs iPhone OS vs Windows Mobile vs Blackberry OS vs DangerOS vs Web OS... then the boring ones: LiMo, etc. Gonna be a fun 10 years. #android20
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
    Hell of an article, John. Thanks for enlightening this previously Android-ignorant soul. I got this tingling sensation all over when I finished reading. I think it may be the initial infection, beginning the incubation period... #android20
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    11/05/09

    @Gordonium: In six to eight weeks, you should have a fully-formed PMP, photoframe, or cell phone in your womb.

    ...Here's hoping you've got a womb, anyways. Otherwise this is gonna get...err....messy. #android20
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
    It's funny how much I agree with this article, even though I'm an Apple fanboy....Apple is soooooooo fucked. I see this as a chess game, and Apple truly has no way to get its king out of the check its about to be put into. #android20
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    11/05/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Apple in the phone market will be like Apple in on personal computers. It will never dominate but it will continue to exist because of it's polished experiences based on their closed products. When the hardware is only going to be seen on a limited amount of configurations you can afford to take risks with the software others can not because you only have to develop for a small amount of hardware versus how Microsoft and Google have to develop.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment Edited by Maori_Yelir at 11/05/09 11:12 AM Maori_Yelir was starred Maori_Yelir was unstarred
    Image of NaeemTHM NaeemTHM
    11/05/09

    @Maori_Yelir: I totally see your point Maori, but because of the iPod's popularity I think the iPhone will constantly be a top contender in the smartphone realm.

    Apple knows Android will not sit still and will of course launch a much better phone next year that blows 3GS out of the water.

    Because honestly if they don't, Android will leave them in the dust. #android20
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    Image of Maori_Yelir Maori_Yelir
    11/05/09

    @NaeemTHM: It's just like Windows though. Hardware diversity will force Apple out of the top spot. The iPhone is on one carrier. Android is on all of them. It's a bigger market that's open to all who wish to join in unlike the iPhone OS. I am not discounting the iPhone's importance by any means but they will not be the top spot.

    iPods are a different matter entirely. Anyone can buy an iPod. Phones, however, are tied to networks and some people are locked into contracts or can't stand the network that the iPhone is on. Unless the iPhone can match Android phones offers (And it never will) Android is going to beat it's marketshare, but this does not mean it's going to destroy the iPhone just like Mac's not being the top PC OS does not mean they don't matter. Apple's strategy has never been marketshare, Google and Microsoft on the other hand focus on it almost specifically.
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    Image of NiftyPixel NiftyPixel
    11/05/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: If Apple can get out of it's contract with AT&T, you can bet that its market share will likely double. That being said I love that Apple and Google are in competition for the best phone OS, this can only mean good things for consumers. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @NiftyPixel: Not necessarily ALL consumers. I've sunk alot of money into my iPhone apps, with the most expensive being Navigon and Netter's Anatomy. At this point, it is in my best interest that the iPhone becomes the prevalent phone and doesn't disappear in the next few years. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @Maori_Yelir: THIS^ #android20
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    11/05/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Apple isn't trying to compete with Android. Android is like Windows, in that it works with multiple hardware vendors, is highly customizable, and runs open-source apps. Apple is actually pretty comfortable having a closed-ecosystem device, with user experience put above all else. Just like Mac has never been exinguished by Windows (however close it may have come), the iPhone and iPod will continue to be a dominant force, and most likely a leading innovator.

    You sir, are no Apple fanboy. #android20
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    Image of dmduli87 dmduli87
    11/05/09

    @NiftyPixel: I don't really have too much power in believing non-exclusivity will bolster marketshare.

    If you notice...many people have left their carriers or chosen ATT just for that phone. It's just like normal Apple products. It has huge spikes...everyone buys ones. But that's it...when everyone gets one...there's normally not anymore who wants to buy none. It's just now happening with the iPod line. Saturation is being reached.

    I believe Apple will become a big'ger' player in the phone game. Probably overtaking BB in awhile (maybe). But this won't be a repeat of their iPod monopolization of the MP3 market. I give them and Android a 2nd or 3rd place after all is said and done with the marketshares. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: By good for consumers I meant that the competition will drive more innovation.. When Apple released the original iPhone it was way ahead of everything else, all the other manufacturers had to step up their game. I don't think Apple really needs competition to innovate, but it will certainly keep them on their toes. #android20
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
    Apple will be crushed my Android simply because of the fact that it will be everywhere. And it becomes game over if "featurephones" start using it as a base OS with a few widgets here and there (no real apps).

    And when you have more developers on the Android platform, that's when Apple starts having it's floor clocked. Apple is showcasing its phone as a "premium" phone. It's going to repeat the mistake that it had against Microsoft in the 90s. High profits for sure, but it won't be everywhere like Windows is. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @dagamer34: Won't be everywhere? Wake up dude, the iPhone IS everywhere already. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @thatsmrpotatohead2U: One phone on one carrier is hardly "everwhere". #android20
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    11/05/09

    @thatsmrpotatohead2U: You have a puzzlingly small definition of "everywhere".

    Product placement on every crime drama and sitcom =/= everywhere. In the hands of every 20-something with a job (or parents) =/= everywhere. Being a popular handset on only one of the many major carriers in the US =/= everywhere.

    When your OS is the core running behind integrated gadgets at every level, then you're getting somewhere. As an example: you ever been to Wal-Mart and seen those devices they use to scan your cart when something in your cart sets off an alarm? That runs Windows. The machines controlling the displays in Times Square? Those run Windows. ATM machines, airline kiosks, those fancy new coke machines that let you mix flavors, sorta. Those devices make up "everywhere".

    And as this article points out, Android is set to start invading "everywhere". Netbooks, MP3 players, photo frames, desktop phone sets. Wouldn't be surprised to see it in medical monitoring devices, or even finding some military applications.

    When it comes to software, ubiquity is king. And as much ground as the iPhone covers, it is a major player in only one arena with a few peripheral pet projects. Android is a major player in many arenas. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @tande04: Other markets than the USA exist you know. One phone, 2 carriers, with a 3rd to follow. It IS everywhere in the UK. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @ManiacFive: Oh my bad. You guys in the UK must have the iphone os on multiple different platforms too. Computer, netbooks, e-book readers.

    Sorry one phone, 3 carriers, still != everywhere. #android20
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    Image of John Duffin John Duffin
    11/05/09

    @tande04: Don't forget that ipod touch should be included in the platform. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @John Duffin: See OCEntertainment's comment. Much better than anything I'm going to bother writing right now. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @OCEntertainment: In a sense you're right, I do have a small definition of everywhere, I mean on mobile devices. but if you think that iPhone OS is after all a stripped down version of OS X, its reach isn't bad for an OS that only exists on one (brand of) hardware platform.

    But *sigh* I wasnt meaning to suggest *sorry Mr Android* that Android isn't going to be everywhere. It just isnt going to eat Apple IMO. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @thatsmrpotatohead2U: Mr. Android accepts your apology. ;-)

    Honestly, the issue probably wouldn't have been brought up except....well....that's kinda what this article is about. :-P

    You're right that Android won't eat the iPhone. For starters, it would taste disgusting. But it's also incredibly powerful, and moreover, prettier. And as long as there are people who want Apple's style and function, they'll continue to live on. Much like how, as long as there's people who still want physical keyboards, there's a portion of the market that the iPhone will never get. #android20
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    11/05/09

    @OCEntertainment: And much as I like the iPhone, damn, but that Droid looks delicious... #android20
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    11/05/09

    @tande04: I do agree with it all, im not debating that iPhone is everywhere, just stating that the platform growth of the iphone/ipod touch OS has been masive and in those 2 markets is huge. For the record i have a G1 :) #android20
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    11/05/09

    In reply to Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World
    I can't wait to get a household thermostat that runs on Android! #android20
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    11/02/09

    In reply to RIM Is Definitely Developing a WebKit (Read: Decent) Browser
    Opera Mini isn't really that bad on my Curve. It's real fast and you can even do the whole "iPhone thing" of seeing the entire page and zooming in where you want. This still would be nice, though. #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    In reply to iPhone Ebooks: The New Fart Apps
    If anyone here buys an app that consists of one single book and nothing else for any price above free, I will stab your iPhone through the screen. I am not even kidding.

    Get an e-reader app, and buy books for it. An entire app for one book is a friggin' waste of space. #iphoneebooks
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    11/02/09

    In reply to RIM Is Definitely Developing a WebKit (Read: Decent) Browser
    But the Blackberry already has a physical keyboard! So it's a better web device than the other ones, like the iPhone! Remember? REMEMBER? #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    @AlabamaIceman: Has anyone ever actually made that comparison?

    I've always held that physical keyboard is better than virtual but thats never been because of the browser. #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    @tande04: browsing is definitely way better on the iphone, and their copy paste feature is fantastic it actually will copy the html so when you paste it you get the same look, font, layout etc. However, the physically keyboard of the blackberry is the best, coming from bb I miss it, though iphone texting is fine
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    11/02/09

    @opanitch: Eh, that was my over all point. I've never seen the keyboard mentioned as an essential feature for the "web" part of any phone.

    Personally I'm not a big fan of navigating a webpage with a trackball either but even then thats never been part of the keyboard/no keyboard debate that I've ever experienced. That debate usually falls to the tactile nature of a physical keyboard and the benefits there of as opposed to a virtual one.

    @jamesdelacroixv: Browsing on anything is better then browsing on a blackberry. Thats not really a question (after all thats why they wrote the article). But the physical/virtual nature of a keyboard has nothing to do with it. If anything I'd say that the virtual keyboard makes it worse since you lose so much screen space to the keyboard you don't always know what field your in. #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    @tande04: Many of my friends use that as the sole fallback as to why the iPhone or similar device is inferior to the Blackberry devices. After I ask them directly if they would ever even use some of the other features, such as the openness of the OS, the only thing they have left to say is "Well, at least mine has a real keyboard!"

    Besides, with my man-sized hands, virtual keyboards that work well are much better than the finger hopscotch I do on the "real thing." #blackberrywebkit
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    11/02/09

    @AlabamaIceman: But not solely in terms of web browsing. Your friends may not know all the little tech bits (which brings up the question which of those are "open") of what their phone can do but even that doesn't really have to do with its usefulness one way another while on the internet.

    Plus generally speaking physical keyboards are preferred over virtual for people with larger hands. You are defiantly the first I've ever seen say that. #blackberrywebkit
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    11/01/09

    In reply to Droid, In Deutschland You Shall Be Called Milestone
    Is O2 CDMA or does that mean people could get a GSM version in the US by buying internationally? #droid
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    11/01/09

    @DJWeezy: I was just going to say "Isn't O2 GSM?" #droid
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    11/01/09

    In reply to Droid, In Deutschland You Shall Be Called Milestone
    *sigh* Queue the "looking for" Droid jokes in 3... 2... 1... #droid
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    Image of TheMightyTexMex TheMightyTexMex
    11/01/09

    @Gordonium: das sind nicht die Droiden suchen wir? #droid
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    10/28/09

    In reply to Motorola Droid Hits Verizon on November 6th for $200
    Sigh... so much for my getting Droid at least right now. $200 with rebate and contract will mean $500.00 for existing subscribers who don't have their discount time yet. #motoroladroid
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