When talking to prospective clients I often point people to Google’s platform versions web page. However, a comment today on twitter has made me think about this information in a slightly different way.
 
The web page actually says "Android devices that have accessed Android Market within a 14-day period ending on the data collection date". Most […]

If you take a look at the Facebook statistics page you will find that it has over 800 million active users with over 350 million active users currently accessing through their mobile devices. This is fairly high proportion of users.
What does this mean for developers? For most it means having some way of sharing app specific data […]

The understatement site has an enlightening survey on how (US) phones have (or haven’t) been able to be updated to later versions of Android.
Last May, I covered the same topic and concluded that consumers have expectations that probably aren’t viable. I also mooted the idea that maybe OEMs might abandon major upgrades and only provide […]

I have been following the news out of Nokia World and have been asking myself why people buy Nokia. My previous criticisms of the Nokia/Microsoft tie-up have been based more on a technical/developer/UI viewpoint. However, most people aren’t like me. What makes people buy Nokia phones?
Firstly, there is actually a technical aspect. For example, people […]

MEF’s Global Consumer Survey has reported that mobile Internet access is outpacing fixed-line Internet access. 72% use mobile Internet on a daily basis with 18% no longer using fixed line to access the Internet at all. It’s interesting that only a few years ago it was difficult to get people to use the Internet on […]

Microsoft has a new post bragging how they now have license agreements accounting for over half of all Android devices. The comments in the Microsoft post make entertaining reading, particularly the one that shows the patents are very generic such as implementing both long and short file names in the same file system.
My thoughts are similar […]

Research2Guidance has an interesting post breaking down the share of apps removed from app stores. In the case of Android 37% of apps have been deactivated since launch of the Android Market.
 
This got me questioning why developers might have removed their apps. Here are the main reasons why I think so many apps have been […]