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| What’s the biggest fail in Android’s history? #androidfeedback Posted: 31 Mar 2012 07:00 AM PDT
After four and a half years and a track record full of highlights and records, it's safe to say that Android is off to a great start. We've watched over the years as various carriers and hardware makers entered the mobile space, employing Android at different levels. Thousand of apps and billions of downloads later, we have an ecosystem that is second to none. Unfortunately, we've had plenty of missteps along the way. On second thought, there have been a lot of them. Samsung Behold II, anyone? We set out these past few days to find out what you think some of the bigger flubs and disasters were from Android's history. We tossed a few around here that might be worth adding to the list but don't want to bias anyone. OK... Garmin, Dell Aero, and a string of MOTO FLIP series come to mind. Below is a sampling of your feedback collected from Facebook and Twitter. Check out what fellow Android users are saying about the biggest fails in the the history of our beloved platform. Do you agree with them? Did they completely forget about something? After you're done with the feedback, be sure to chime with your own opinions in the comments section. Android version 1.0-2.2... Otherwise known as the phone operating system versions that you really hope you don't have when you're in an emergency and need to call 911 but your "Dialer App" is frozen. - David R. Taking forever to release software updates for phones. It's amazing what a tiny percentage of Android phones have Ice Cream Sandwich. It was released almost 6 months ago! - Andrés O. T-Mobile hands down. Their customer service has gone to sh** on the last year and I've been a customer since they were Voicestream. And they lost the Nexus line. - Annette H. Google "play store" name ....makes the entire OS seem like a kids toy - John D. #honeycomb - Inasah I. The oversized phones that are made now! Why the hell do we need a bigger phone? 3,7" = max screen size imho #devolution - Eric The Droid Razr and then the Maxx coming out like a month later. That or the bionic being delayed for like a year. - Stephen Custom interfaces is the biggest fail. Imagine what it would be like if there was pure Android instead of sense, touchwiz etc - Asmir S. Paid market unavailability (out of the box) in many countries. - Obai The update partnership announced last year at I/O. We haven't heard a peep since. Nothing has really improved. - SantoTheWriter It's Your Turn! What do you think is the biggest fail in the history of Android?
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| Amazon bests Google at developer revenue, says Flurry Posted: 31 Mar 2012 06:30 AM PDT
While many people may judge the success of an app store solely on how many apps it holds, this is only partially true. If you ask an app developer where this success lies, more than likely they're going to tell you success is where the most money is made. With this in mind, a recent study done by analytics firm Flurry is most interesting. The group took a look at several apps that stretched fairly evenly across the Apple App Store, the Amazon Appstore, and Google's own Play Store and the revenue that was generated for the developer from those three separate markets. Based on the data obtained, Flurry found that the Apple App Store in general scored developers the most revenue, unsurprisingly given Apple's higher ratio of paid apps versus free. Where it gets a bit interesting is that, using the Apple App Store as a base comparison at 100%, the Amazon App Store brought in 89%, where the Play Store brought in a rather meager 23%. As Flurry's blog astutely states,
This study follows closely behind the news that app developer Mika Mobile is dropping support for the Android OS due to not bringing in enough revenue to justify developing for the fragmented Android ecosystem. That said, it's not all a wash. Google is putting it's market through a renaissance period currently, centralizing its assets better (apps, music, and video) under the Google Play moniker and making them more easily accessible across their range of products. With Eric Chu, the former manager of the Android Market, stepping down earlier this month, and management now pared down to one individual overseeing all of the Play Store media assets, there's plenty of room for maneuverability to make things right with developers. So what do you think? Is the Amazon App Store better for developers? Do you like what Google is doing with the Play theme? Let us know in the comments! Source Flurry blog Amazon bests Google at developer revenue, says Flurry originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY
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