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What Android outpacing iPhone traffic teaches us
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What Android outpacing iPhone traffic teaches us

April 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The latest AdMob statistics reveal that Android has finally passed iPhone in web traffic served through AdMob’s network. It’s not an actual indicator that Android has outgrown iPhone (Apple’s sales data sho…

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Where are all the Android girls? Android users are mostly male, young
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Where are all the Android girls? Android users are mostly male, young

February 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The average Android user is overwhelmingly male and young based on recent metrics provided by advertising and analytics firm AdMob. The January stats from the company reveal that 73% of Android users are men,…

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Android and iPhone development levels follow mirror paths
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Android and iPhone development levels follow mirror paths

February 12, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Android and iPhone are competitors locked in a mirror image when it comes to app development. As one rises, the other falls; as one falls, the other rises, according to data reported by Flurry Analytics. Charti…

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Android and iPhone owners have fairly similar usage patterns
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Android and iPhone owners have fairly similar usage patterns

December 29, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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ABC News asked me to recommend apps for Android newbies, then wondered what is the difference is between users of Android and iPhone.”The only difference between the iPhone user and the Android user is t…

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Crazy or cool? Flurry estimates Android Market will have 150,000 apps in 2010
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Crazy or cool? Flurry estimates Android Market will have 150,000 apps in 2010

December 23, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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The number of Android applications increased in 2009 from an issue of dozens to an issue of 20,000. Could we see apps skyrocket again in 2010? According to Flurry, the Android Market app total could reach as high…

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Android fails to conquer European smartphone market. What do European readers think about Android?
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Android fails to conquer European smartphone market. What do European readers think about Android?

December 7, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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Androinica.com has quite a few European readers, so I’d like to pose this question to them: what do you think of Android? The reason I ask is because IDC released a report saying that Europeans are not too k…

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Android developers unhappy with Android’s financial rewards
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Android developers unhappy with Android’s financial rewards

December 1, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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According to a small survey conducted by Skyhook Wireless, Android developers aren’t happy with the Android Market. Developers don’t like the small number of downloads or the even smaller prof…

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Motorola’s Droid may be most popular Android phone yet
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Motorola’s Droid may be most popular Android phone yet

November 23, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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The HTC Dream was the first Android handset to reach consumers, and after a year, it appears to be the most-used Android phone. However, according to data from AdMob, the Motorola Droid is fast on the Dream̵…

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Surprising no one, report says Android users less likely to buy apps than iPhone users
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Surprising no one, report says Android users less likely to buy apps than iPhone users

August 27, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

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Hey, Android users, why so cheap? Mobile advertising firm AdMob has published a new report showing that iPhone users are twice as likely to purchase apps as their Android-using counterparts. The report finds…

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Strategy Analytics report: Android to “grow 900 percent in 2009″
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Strategy Analytics report: Android to “grow 900 percent in 2009″

May 11, 2009 | by Robert Nelson

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Nothing like a large number to catch your attention. According to a recent report from Strategy Analytics, shipments of Android based smartphones are going to grow 900 percent this year. Based on that it almos…

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