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I would estimate Android has more ad-supported applications so I'm not surprised at all.
To reiterate, this statistic has nothing to do with web traffic.
Original release: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmV...
Please forgive the metacomment, but god TechCrunch is terrible, I've never been so frustrated reading a blog 1) What's with the unreadable, unlinked graphs? I can barely make them out 2) I tried to go to the source by clicking the "released" link, which took me to... another TechCrunch article! 3) All the other links in the article are to other TechCrunch articles too! How's that for sourcing... 4) I looked all over…
5) When I copy and paste a line from their article, they add "Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/27/admob-android-passes-iphone... . IMHO That's just lame.
Offending file: http://tcr.tynt.com/javascripts/Tracer.js
The stats are for "AD" content, not Web Traffic. I would estimate Android has more ad-supported applications so I'm not surprised at all. To reiterate, this statistic has nothing to do with web traffic. Original release: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmV...
I can't think of any ad-supported Android apps. (I have a lot of apps, and none of them have ads.)
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I agree, but only if Apple allows unsigned apps on the iPhone. Then its a matter of taste & money. Money that I would be willing to spend if I owned the phone after purchasing it, like I own my MacBook Pro. My hope is that Android is so successful that Apple has to allow unsigned App. Until then I am happy developing apps for Android.
Allowing only signed apps has one huge advantage: no malware. I do feel that Apple should weaken its requirements and only disallow bad apps.
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I agree, but only if Apple allows unsigned apps on the iPhone. Then its a matter of taste & money. Money that I would be willing to spend if I owned the phone after purchasing it, like I own my MacBook Pro. My hope is that Android is so successful that Apple has to allow unsigned App. Until then I am happy developing apps for Android.
You're effectively saying, I hope that Apple becomes such a minority platform that they're forced to open up. But why would you want to develop for a minority platform, even if the stop actively chasing people away? It's a catch-22. This stance benefits Apple now, when they have the early mover advantage, and delays the advance of Android but unless they're very quick to change strategies and smooth things over with…
But why would you want to develop for a minority platform
My prediction is that we will be in the same situation with iPhone vs Andriod that we are now with Mac vs Windows in 5-7 years. Andriod will be the cheaper but less polished product sold to the masses, while the iPhone will be a more upscale, more expensive product for the people with discriminating taste. Right now there is a lot of innovation going on in the mobile market, but the reality is that soon some features…
Okay a lot of people have given you a pass for this (as Hacker's News, almost entirely as a reflection PG's spoken beliefs, is very Apple-fawning), but this is silly. You aren't special for buying a Mac, nor are your tastes better.
Everyone's anecdotes are different, but personally I equate owning an Apple PC with being very susceptible to marketing. The iPhone was a clear winner until maybe 6 months ago, however since then anyone choosing an iphone again is mostly a "Consumer" and not a discerning purchaser.
The stats are for "AD" content, not Web Traffic. I would estimate Android has more ad-supported applications so I'm not surprised at all. To reiterate, this statistic has nothing to do with web traffic. Original release: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmV...
I would estimate Android has more ad-supported applications so I'm not surprised at all. I can't think of any ad-supported Android apps. (I have a lot of apps, and none of them have ads.)
http://metrics.admob.com/2010/04/march-2010-mobile-metrics-r...
Still, hooray for Android! This is just the first of many passes Android will do in the future.