Android Faithful Hate Apple And Wouldn’t Buy iPhone

Now we all know there’s no real love lost between the iOS faithful and the Android faithful and both sides will defend their chosen platform to the bitter end. Apple gear has dominated the mobile space for quite some time but Android is eating away at Apple, and will undoubtedly become the most dominant in the mobile arena.

Well according to an article over on Cnet, it appears that according to a recent survey by Business Insider, although iOS users would purchase an Android device if there was an Android handset that was “better in most key ways than an iPhone,” it appears that Android users aren’t so willing to swap to the iPhone.

According to the survey, which consisted of mostly Android and iPhone users, most of those Android users said they wouldn’t consider purchasing an iPhone, the reason for this is because they “hate Apple,” although the survey doesn’t go into why said Android users hate Apple.

Apparently the survey took in over 2000 participants and according to the figures only 31.2 percent of Android user would consider buying an iPhone if said iOS device “worked better with non-iPhone apps and products.”

However; apparently 55.7 percent of Android users marked the box that indicated “Nothing: I hate Apple.”

So our question is, do our Android toting users really hate Apple rather than just disliking the iPhone, and if so why do you hate Apple? Have to say I am one of the Android faithful, but personally I don;t actually hate Apple or the iPhone. Feel free to voice your opinions to our comments area below.

HBO Go app set to stream its way to iPhones, iPads and Android devices

Are you familiar with the HBO Go online streaming service that lets subscribers catch up on HBO's award-winning and ass-kicking TV content? Well, 'appy news for you, dear reader, for it's about to hit smartphones and tablets early next month. Android and iOS HBO Go apps have been teased by a new video on HBO's YouTube channel, with promises of "instant and unlimited access" to "every episode of every season" of your favorite shows, garnished with a selection of hit movies. The apps and streaming will be free to HBO subscribers, who'll be able to get their Sopranos nostalgia on over 3G as well as WiFi. May 2nd is the date on which the teaser video ends, though it doesn't explicitly say that the service will be enlivened then. We'll just have to wait and see.

[Thanks, Joe]

Facebook Android App Gets Updated: Tag Your Friends

For all you Facebook Android users out there in green bot land, you may like to know that there is a new update available for your Facebook application that enables the user to get a bit more social with their Facebook friends.

According to the guys over on Droid-life, the new update for Facebook for Android delivers the ability for users to tag friends when updating their status along with being able to search friends easier, and add you phone number to your profile.

The Facebook for Android update also delivers numerous bug fixes and apparently if you want to tag your friend in a status all you need to do is to type in ‘@’ along with their name, similar to Twitter.

That’s about it in Facebook for Android version 1.5.3, so all you need do now is hit up the update button on your Android smartphone or head on over to the Android Market.

Android Gingerbread Update for Samsung Galaxy S Suspended

The other day we saw the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Samsung Galaxy S at long last start rolling out to certain Galaxy S devices in Europe; however it appears that the rollout of Android Gingerbread didn’t last that long.

According to an article over on Phone Arena by way of Engadget, it appears that Google has slapped a hold on Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the Samsung Galaxy S without stating a reason for doing so.

However apparently Vodafone UK has piped in and stated that there are no known problems with the Android Gingerbread update in Europe, so hopefully this should mean that Google would sort out whatever problems they believe there is out quite rapidly.

Does this news of a temporary suspension of Android 2.3 Gingerbread coming to the Samsung Galaxy S just take you to the bring of anger or are you quite happy to wait until such times as the Google guys say its all clear to push out the update once again? I know I’m getting a tad impatient for the update to come.

iOS outreaches Android when iPod touch, iPad are counted in the mix

Filed under: iPad, iOS

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Apr 19th 2011 at 6:00PM

Some fascinating statistics have been released by comScore based on its MobiLens marketing analytics service, and the numbers show that iOS devices (including the iPad and iPod touch) outreach the Android platform by a whopping 59% in the U.S. market.

The comScore numbers show a total installed base of 37,868,000 iOS users in the United States, with Android OS devices lagging behind with only about 23,763,000 users. Those numbers come out to 16.2% (Apple) and 10.2% (Android) respectively for share of the total U.S. mobile subscriber market. The installed US base of iPhones and iPod touch devices were almost equal, with both device totals approximately twice as high as the number of iPads. That statistic is amazing, considering that the iPad had only been on the market for 10 months at the time that the study was performed.

comScore's senior vice president of mobile, Mark Donovan, noted that the numbers indicate that "the Apple ecosystem extends far beyond the iPhone," and that the assumption that the Apple user base is made up of "Apple fanboys" is invalid. [Was anyone assuming that? We doubt it. –Ed.]

The comScore study also show that iPad owners aren't necessarily owners of iPhones. While iPhone owners make up about 27% of iPad owners, close to 14% of iPad owners had Android phones. The numbers also show that Samsung, LG, and Nokia are over-represented among iPad owners in comparison to their shares of the smartphone market.

The age demographic for the iPad was a final index created by comScore, and it showed that the age profile is skewed mostly towards those in the 25-34 year old age range. Almost half of iPads are sold to Americans between the ages of 25 and 44, with another 30% of the Apple tablets going to the older U.S. demographic over the age of 45. These numbers should be of interest to iOS developers, who may want to start creating apps for an older audience.