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Why I Switched to Android from the iPhone
I’m a heavy Gmail user, and Android’s Gmail interface far surpasses the options on the iPhone. Reading, searching, labeling, and otherwise processing my email is the most important thing I need to do on my smartphone besides make calls, and it’s simply easier in Android. Android lets me manage ...
Google blocks paid apps for unlocked G1 users | iPhone Central
macworld.com — by Nancy Gohring , IDG News Service People who bought an unlocked version of the Android G1... phone are no longer allowed to download new paid applications from the Market, after a change Google made late last week. Google is prohibiting users of the ... (more) Google blocks paid apps for unlocked G1 users | iPhone ...
BloomBerg: Google Android May Run Asus Netbook, Rival Microsoft (Update1)
BloomBerg: Google Android May Run Asus Netbook, Rival Microsoft (Update1)
bloomberg.com — Asustek Computer Inc., which pioneered the market for sub-$500 laptops, may install Google Inc.’s free Android operating... system on its low-cost notebooks, challenging the dominance of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows software. Asustek has allocated ... (more) BloomBerg: Google Android May Run Asus Netbook, Rival ...
Android Market: Top Ten UK Applications
Android Market: Top Ten UK Applications
androidcentral.com — T-Mobile UK just released the statistics regarding the top 10 most popular Android applications. If you remember,... we published a report regarding the most popular Android applications according to US users a few months ago –there are similarities in ... (more) Android Market: Top Ten UK Applications
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Fundadora do Lifehacker e executivo da Sony dizem não ao iPhone
MacMagazine — ... Suas justificativas, no entanto, são bem plausíveis. As primeiras são de ordem prática: a integração natural entre o Android e os aplicativos do Google; o software do Android é mais customizável do que o software do iPhone e a interação entre usuário e gadget, no Android, é mais eficiente. ...

Porqué cambiarse de iPhone a Android
Celularis — ... (lean ese post que muestro como tuvo que hacer) y ahora escribió acerca de las razones del cambio que son tanto prácticas como filosóficas y vale la pena analizarlas: ...

Android Versus iPhone 3.0: The Showdown [IPhone 3.0]
Lifehacker — ... as iPhone 3.0 eventually. But when you're in control of the hardware like Apple is, you can do things like enable accessory support which means, for example, that diabetics can plug their glucose meter into the iPhone and download readings. Since Google's Android is just the operating system that will run on various handsets with different hardware configurations, that sort of software-to-hardware control will not be as easy. But given what we know now... As a former iPhone user who switched to Android , I can say: iPhone 3.0 hasn't made me regret my decision. Yet. Right now, ...

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