Maybe we need an Android tweaking thread

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Google's Android has blown by Microsoft's Windows Mobile to rank third among smartphone operating systems, according to ComScore's latest numbers.

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[whisper]

Originally Posted by E

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For Apple, I'm not sure if this is as big deal of a deal as it is for Windows, RIM and Symbian.

I don't think Apple want's to play in the full cell phone market, which Android is playing in. I think it want's to position itself in the higher end of the market. Mercedes market share is small - but there is nothing wrong with that and they prefer it to be that way.

I think we're really going to see an explosion of Android phones in the low end of the market and potentially the enterprise. I think that is the bigger threat to Windows, RIM and Symbian.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by E

That would be nice--especially if it had some kind of Foursquare functionality that let people "check in."

NOOOO! Do not do that or you will be public enemy # 1, E

I am still want to be able to slip out of CE session without being noticed by others.

[E]

Originally Posted by whisper

For Apple, I'm not sure if this is as big deal of a deal as it is for Windows, RIM and Symbian.

I don't think Apple want's to play in the full cell phone market, which Android is playing in. I think it want's to position itself in the higher end of the market. Mercedes market share is small - but there is nothing wrong with that and they prefer it to be that way.

I think we're really going to see an explosion of Android phones in the low end of the market and potentially the enterprise. I think that is the bigger threat to Windows, RIM and Symbian.

It's also important not to over-read market share. In many ways, it's a meaningless metric. The Android market share has to be divvied up over a lot more players than Apple's.

Really, at the end of the day it's about volume x profit per unit. Apple doesn't have to win the volume game to come out ahead in that equation.

But I think the market share trends definitely reveal that MS is being penalized for sitting out so long.

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Originally Posted by Mojo

NOOOO! Do not do that or you will be public enemy # 1, E

I am still want to be able to slip out of CE session without being noticed by others.

"Mojo just checked into 'Developing valuation apps for Android'"

But where is he?

[AndrewC]

Originally Posted by E

It's also important not to over-read market share. In many ways, it's a meaningless metric. The Android market share has to be divvied up over a lot more players than Apple's.

Really, at the end of the day it's about volume x profit per unit. Apple doesn't have to win the volume game to come out ahead in that equation.

But I think the market share trends definitely reveal that MS is being penalized for sitting out so long.

For Apple and especially Google, their focus may not be just HW / SW profit. It is the advertisement market that they are after! How did Google make money?

They make money from advertisement, a very special one, i.e. advertisement that is based on analytic. With the GPS on smartphone, they can tell exactly where we are. Do you think soon or later we may see ad on our smartphone around 11 am about the lunch special from the Chinese restaurant just across the street? or when we attend the SOA meeting in Florida, we receive ad about the warehouse sale which is only 5 minutes walk from our hotel? Do you think I am dreaming? or do you think this is a big $$$ market that both Google and Apple are fighting for?



http://advertising.apple.com/

[ADoubleDot]

Originally Posted by Mojo

NOOOO! Do not do that or you will be public enemy # 1, E

I am still want to be able to slip out of CE session without being noticed by others.

uh, your phone is still a mobile device right? you're checked in on your phone, your phone is with you, you're on the beach in hawaii. What's the problem here?

[ADoubleDot]

Who is this AndrewC guy? He seems sharp

[E]

Originally Posted by AndrewC

For Apple and especially Google, their focus may not be just HW / SW profit. It is the advertisement market that they are after! How did Google make money?

They make money from advertisement, a very special one, i.e. advertisement that is based on analytic. With the GPS on smartphone, they can tell exactly where we are. Do you think soon or later we may see ad on our smartphone around 11 am about the lunch special from the Chinese restaurant just across the street? or when we attend the SOA meeting in Florida, we receive ad about the warehouse sale which is only 5 minutes walk from our hotel? Do you think I am dreaming? or do you think this is a big $$$ market that both Google and Apple are fighting for?


http://advertising.apple.com/

It's big. Probably bigger than we know right now. We'll have virtual ads within virtual economies in no time. Wait, I think we might be there now.

[ReserveRage]

Originally Posted by no driver

Definitely save your contacts either to your phone or to Google so that you can use them to their full potential. I've got addresses for family so that I can navigate to their homes etc, pretty sure the SIM entries can't handle that.
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Thank you, sir! I will try this out tonight when I have free time and report back.