When Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO, was asked a question at LeWeb on why some of the coolest apps come out on iOS first (instead of Android), he responded that Android will the platform of choice by next year. Robert Scoble debunked the idea and claimed that “iOS is the king” and that Eric Schmidt...

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In 2005, when Google acquired an obscure startup Android, few would have thought that Android will go on to become such a huge phenomenon. Android came to stage almost 1.5 years after Apple introduced its first version of iOS and honestly the first version of Android was nothing short of an experiment. Not surprisingly, Apple...

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Given the rate at which the mobile computing space is growing, it not surprising to see significant interest in this market. The latest entrant in this space, Amazon, has made no bones about its intentions. So much so that M. G. Siegler over at Techcrunch suggests that a “war is brewing” in the mobile computing...

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Given the rate at which the mobile computing space is growing, it not surprising to see significant interest in this market. The latest entrant in this space, Amazon, has made no bones about its intentions. So much so that M. G. Siegler over at Techcrunch suggests that a “war is brewing” in the mobile computing...

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Google made no bones about the importance of Android for the company at its annual developer conference (Google IO 2011) in San Francisco. Google made several announcements (listed below) regarding Android and seems to be on track to make Android an even better platform, not only for phones and tablets, but for several other devices....

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GV Mobile appeared to on top of the list of Google Voice apps available for the iPhone/iPod before Apple decide to boot out all the Google Voice apps from its App store. Lot has changed since then. VoiceCentral came out with Black Swan edition, a very powerful HTML5 based GV “app”. GV Dialer seems to...

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If you have been on the Internet, chances that you would have heard the recent comments of Nokia’s outgoing EVP Anssi Vanjoki that embracing Android would be like Finnish boys “peeing in their pants” for warmth during cold winter months. This comment was Vanjoki’s response to growing pressure on Nokia to adopt Android for it’s...

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In one of our earlier articles, we talked about the various ways to access VoIP. It’s ironical that most alternatives to access VoIP require either special software (read SIP clients or softphones) or hardware (e.g., ATA). Given the ubiquity of instant messengers and the fact that instant messengers already support voice chat, it is natural...

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Despite my critical remarks against Apple’s policies, I have remained a loyal iPhone user for the past 2 years. During this period, I have used all the three generations of the Apple phones (iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS) and have been quite happy with the performance of my “jailbroken” phones. So much so that...

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Apple reportedly sold over 700,000 iPads (including pre-orders) on day 1. iPad were also sold out at Best Buy nationwide. Considering that the iPad is not the first tablet device, it struck me as a huge feat by Apple to succeed in a domain where the veterans like Microsoft have failed. This got me thinking...

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