Samsung’s newest ad for the Galaxy S II continues its anti-iPhone campaign by highlighting the lack of free, in-built turn-by-turn navigation on the iPhone.
Why Are Android Based Smartphones Bigger Than The iPhone?
Posted by Rounak on Jan 18, 2012 | Comments (31)
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Since Android’s introduction in the smartphone market, Google touted “choice” as Android’s big advantage over other mobile platforms. Choice of carriers, choice of manufacturers and choice of handsets.
Microsoft Exec Admits Windows Phone 7 Was a Reaction to The iPhone
Posted by Rounak on Jan 08, 2012 | Comments (16)
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In a rather candid chat with The New York Times, Joe Belfiore, an engineer on the Windows Phone team, admitted that the platform was indeed a response to the iPhone.
Why Android’s UI Isn’t As “Smooth” As iOS
Posted by Yatri on Dec 07, 2011 | Comments (26)
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A few Google+ posts by a Google Engineer and by a former Google intern and soon-to-be Microsoft intern correct poor “facts” and shed some light on why Android’s user interface isn’t as smooth as iOS‘s. The reason may not be what you think it is.
Samsung Continues Anti-iPhone Ads On Facebook
Posted by Yatri on Dec 02, 2011 | Comments (29)
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Samsung’s recent battle against Apple – on the ad-front (though it’s one way currently), not in the courtroom – continues on Facebook. Samsung’s taking their marketing to a different level with a new series of ads that focuses on their Galaxy S II phone.
Microsoft’s TellMe Vs Apple’s Siri: Head To Head Comparison [Video]
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Posted by iPhoneHacks on Nov 25, 2011 | Comments (31)
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Few days back, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Craig Mundie in an interview with Forbes said that Apple’s Siri isn’t new technology, and that Apple had focused on it due to the iPhone 4S‘s lack of features.
He touted that the TellMe facility – Microsoft’s voice recognition and instruction technology that has offered similar functionality has been available in the Windows Phone for over a year and that people are simply infatuated with Siri.
Analyst: Android Market Makes 7% of Apple App Store’s Revenue
Posted by Yatri on Nov 23, 2011 | Comments (4)
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An analyst with Piper Jaffray estimates that the Android Market has made a small fraction of the Apple App Store’s gross revenue: 7%.
That’s startling when you consider that a recent report had revealed that Android has captured 52% of the smartphone market during the third quarter.
Samsung Mocks iPhone Users In New Galaxy S II Ad [Video]
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Posted by iPhoneHacks on Nov 23, 2011 | Comments (116)
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Apple has sued Samsung for blatantly copying their products, while Samsung has counter sued Apple for infringing patents related to mobile-communications technologies.
So while that patent war has been playing out in the court rooms, Samsung is expected to start airing a new Samsung Galaxy S II TV ad on Thanksgiving that mocks Apple’s iPhone users.
Galaxy Nexus & Ice Cream Sandwich Outperforms iPhone 4S & iOS 5 In Web Benchmarks; But Lags In Graphics Department
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Nov 20, 2011 | Comments (13)
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Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus went on sale in the UK earlier in the week. It’s the first smartphone to get Google’s next generation mobile operating system – Android 4.0 dubbed Ice Cream Sandwich.
AnandTech has published some initial performance analysis of the flagship smartphone obtained from the GLBenchmark database, which reveals that it performs better than iPhone 4S running iOS 5 on the SunSpider Javascript benchmark and the Rightware BrowserMark, but lags in the graphics departments.
iPhone 4S Carrier Test: Verizon Most Reliable, AT&T Fastest
Posted by iPhoneHacks on Nov 18, 2011 | Comments (8)
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For the first time, users in the US have the option to choose from three wireless carriers – AT&T, Verizon and Sprint while buying iPhone 4S.
We had taken you through the pros and cons of each wireless carrier based on a number of parameters such as pricing, network reliability, speed, ability to surf while you talk etc to help you decide, which one is a better network.
