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Android At 59% Market Share

2012-05-25T15:52:00.000Z

I just stumbled over an article with new numbers regarding the market share. Mainly the article is about the dropping numbers of RIM now below 10%. But something other was more interesting.

Android market share is at 59% leaving iOS, with only 23%, in the dust. Now we could think of why the patent battle is waging. There is no other way for Apple to keep hanging on.

I was really wondering if you think about it how fast Android spread. And I honestly believe, the war is over. The patent and design lawsuits are rearguard battles. Android has won. No matter if Apple can manage to come back with the iPhone at release week, the massive amount of Android devices activated per day is huge on a solid basis. It's over. Congratz Android.

[via InformationWeek Mobility]

Lightbox Bought By Facebook. Google+ Is The Alternative for Instagram

2012-05-18T09:57:00.004Z

After the buyout of Instagram, Facebook also bought Lightbox, which had some remarkable success in the Android community. What's left? Google+ !

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

And I don't mean necessarily for Facebook, but for those image sharing services. Google+ has already a wide acceptance with photographers around the planet. Uploading and sharing photos is, in short, even easier than with Instagram or Lightbox.
With Ice Cream Sandwich having a lot of effects and filters integrated there is no need for special software. Yes, you read right. Everything you need is in there. Older versions of the Android can download on of the countless but great photo editors and share it directly from there.

The community on Google+ is awesome, especially for creatives. The good integration of photos and movies from day one, set the sails for attracting the most ambitiousness photographers you can find.

So no need to worry. The good thing: You can still spread your photos anywhere. A buyout by Facebook doesn't mean you can't share it there, too. However, in case of Lightbox, it looks like they will shut down the service, soon. I leave it to you to what you think about this.

Quick Review: Ninja Chicken Ooga Booga

2012-05-06T10:12:00.001Z

I have to admit, I like that title. That was the first push to download this game. And then I found that this is one of the most fun game, I've ever played.

You steer the brave Ninja Chicken to defeat the levels by sliding or jumping. Nothing more. But you really have to time this exactly, while collecting stuff and avoiding enemies. It's a modern level-based game, so you can quickly play a level and try as long as you want to beat it. And you can select any played level at any time.

The graphics are nice and look awesome on tablets, too. It installs on SDCard automatically. I like that when an app does this. The sound is also very nice. The melody is fitting, but you'll hear it quite a lot. The sound effects are awesome :) Poor Chicken "Ninja?". And you will hear this pathetic scream quite often because the game gets harder and harder very quickly. Although the controls are responsive, and I never faced a slowdown, it's tricky and you have to react quickly.

Of course there is a little downturn. To play a bonus level, you are forced to install another app that also allows you to buy in-game coins. Sure, this is the way they finance the game. But installing another app, isn't much what I want. They would have better used the in-game selling API that Google offers.

Still, it's definitely a recommendation if you want a simple, but fun game.

Graphics 7/10
Sound 7/10
Usability 9/10
Overall experience 9/10

Play Store Link

I Submitted This For The Outdoor Contest

2012-05-03T14:55:00.000Z

Android Central have an Outdoor Contest just now.

They ask people to send in their photos. You can win a Android USB-Charger. The green cute, Android-shaped one. I submitted this photo:

As a geocacher, I have plenty of outdoor photos. You may send only one. Hard decision, but I decided on this. What do you think ?

Yes, there is support at the Play Store!

2012-04-18T09:06:00.001Z

It's like we just want to believe that there is no human support on Google. But the ~~Zylon empire~~ Google's awesome Play Store, hast a 24/7 phone support for you.
Phandroid sort it out. And even free for you. You will be called back several minutes later.

But, either everyone is using that form now, or it's only for the US, many user reports that there is no form visible to them.

Well, well, well... Don't use it for stupid questions. Use it wisely.

Did You Know: Google Play Store Offers 24/7 Phone Technical Support?:

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Another Hiccup With GMail and Maps In Europe?

2012-04-05T14:21:00.001Z

It's an Odyssey... GMail (named Google Mail in Europe) updates never really were fun in Europe. Most of the time, there wasn't a update, when others already have it for month. Then there was a legal problem with the name. And now, with the latest version, some devices updates while others get "Not available in your country".

And that is really strange. On my Nexus S 4.0.3, I can't install the GMail update. Not in the country I'm in at the moment. And on my Galaxy Tab 7 original, I can install it with Gingerbread. Anothewr hint that there are issues that need to be solved. Updates for all, is the only way to go.

With Google Maps I never had problems. But again, on the Tab no problemo. On the Nexus S, it gives me an error message, that it will get downloaded soon, which never did for many days.

Still, my Nexus S can't be updates to 4.0.4 with the current OTA-Update. What's wrong? Looks like something is out of control with the Nexus S devices. I expected to be the other way around. That's why I purchased a Nexus device. Google, it's your turn...

Android 4.0.4 For Nexus S Is Rolling Out

2012-03-29T13:17:00.001Z

Well, the manual update from Nexus S 4.0.3 to 4.0.4 don't work here. That's a bad sign. Installation aborted... Looks like I have to wait for the first time ever for an OTA update. Sigh... it's getting worse every time.

Now waiting.

It should be more smooth on animations, and has a better camera performance. Stability improvements is a vague expression, and my ICS runs more stable than Gingerbread ever did.

From what I heard, it can take several weeks until the update arrives. What country when? Only Google or your carrier knows. Not very satisfying.

You can try your luck here and download ICS 4.0.4 manually from the official Google servers. You can find brilliant instructions at Redmond Pie and Android Police. But don't be sad if it doesn't work. I had no luck.

Android - Google+ - We’ve started rolling out Android 4.0.4, Ice Cream…:

'via Blog this'

Android Market Is No More. Called Play Store Now

2012-03-08T08:44:00.002Z

Sometimes I asked myself why Google isn't thinking of possible problems ahead.
So the Android Market is no more. It's now called Play Store withing something that is called Google Play.

The move is logical since there are not only Android-Apps in that store, but also movies, music and books. At last in the US. Who knows what else will follow. The selection of the name is somewhat wondering. Sony surely doesn't like to hear that. I mean "Playstation Store" is what they call their place for quite some time. Now Google comes up with "Play Store". I hope they have discussed this with Sony. The new logo looks nice and clean.
The same goes for the official Music-app. Google Music is no more, It's now "Play Music". Also a new icon, which looks a little bit polished, but stays the same. Too bad they get rid off the blueish design.

The transition was expected. It makes sense in the US. European users may have wondered why they have to accept new terms and why it is renamed at all, when in the end, everything will be the same for them. No books, no movies, no music. Users also may have discovered that, despite what language they set in the preferences, they now see the language of the country they are in. Not nice.

So let's see if Sony is okay with that name. I would have gone for Google Store.

Gingerbread Now Available For The Original Galaxy Tab

2012-03-03T17:04:00.000Z

No this is not an outdated post that reappears on the stream. After some weeks, I saw an update over Kies for the original Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 GT-P1000. And you won't believe it. It's Gingerbread 2.3.6 finally arrived.

It's no joke. I gave up hopes for Gingerbread. But after the update, you can see the new notification bar and a new lock screen. Of course the Google apps are also updated. Some new designs with the icons in the settings. A new app called "Sketch Memo" which is from Samsung. And the Gingerbread-Browser.

Optically that's much about it. But some bugfixes had been made. Google Music now works. And the app install problem with apps >25MB seems to be solved, too. Baseball Superstars 2012 e.g. now installs without problems. Before there was no way to download it. There was alway an error message saying that the device has insufficient storage. It works now. The Tab now feels a little more responsive.

So everyone in Europe, if you missed out on this, start your Kies (ugh) and try to update. It's worth it. And don't keep dreaming about ICS. It will never happen.

Android 2.3.6 / Kernel 2.6.35.7 root@DELL140 #2 (! O.o)
Build number GINGERBREAD.XWJQ8

Dolphin Browser HD Sonar Needs Work

2012-03-02T16:33:00.000Z

I was very curious about the new feature of the Dolphin Browser HD called Sonar. With Sonar you are enable to steer your browser via voice.

The examples show how you can open webpages, go back and forth, and even use the stressed "Weather ..." Unfortunately, it it works at all, it's way too slow. Yes, I have to admit, even a working speech recognition is much too slow for me, besides dictating some text. Clicking a shortcut or having widgets on the screen is much faster or even doesn't need any kind of action. But having said that, it's not really working. Sometimes I'll wait for over 1 minute, sometimes longer and I cancel the operation. The recognition is also not very accurate for me. Even "Weather ..." often can't be understood.
With the built in voice recoginition on Android 2.2, it's no problem. I assume there must be a bug. I tried it on the Samsung Galaxy Tab. No chance of using this usefully.

I'll hope for an update. The idea to shake the phone and giving your browser commands, do have some potential. But it needs to work breathtakingly fast and accurate.

Oh no, it's not Android 4.0.2 on the Xperia Active.

2012-02-21T15:06:00.001Z

For a moment I thought, I'll see Ice Cream Sandwich on the Sony Xperia Active.
But nope. It's just the Sony Software. Bummer. But ICS is coming soon according to Sony. I'll hope sooner than later. And I'm curios how the Sony UI will integrate. It's not bad at all, but differs a lot from the original vanilla stock Android UI.

And yes, it's okay to call it Sony. They recently took Sony Ericsson completely and now branding with a new name. So Sony Ericsson is no longer, it's Sony.

Now I hope the Manga-char of Sony Eri-chan isn't gonna be renamed, too :).

Official Pinterest-App Is In The Work

2012-02-17T12:32:00.001Z

You know, normally I don't even care about a service that is not available on Android with a native app. But here, I made an exception. Pinterest is a nice idea, and so I wrote an email and got a very positive response back.

The friendly response really set up hopes for Android users. Community manager Enid Hwang stated that they are working on a dedicated Android app. She wrote that there is a demand for it, and they will announce more about it.

I can't wait for it to see that happen and use the service. The mobile site is no real alternative to use Pinterest, but this sounds like it's not gonna take forever to have the app on your friendly Android.

Google Released Chrome For Android Beta

2012-02-07T17:57:00.001Z

You wanted it, now Google released a Beta of Google Chrome for Android in the Market.

Here is the Video:

Don't confuse this with the internal browser on Android. And you might be shocked about the size. 16MB for the compressed version. Add some after installed to your device. That will keep some from using it, especially people with limited app-ram.

You can get the new browser from the market. At the moment it's not available for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Froyo and possibly never will. It says Android 4.0 or higher. No luck for other phones.

Scan to download

Samsung Mobile Dissed Iphone Users in Super Bowl Ad [Video]

2012-02-06T09:16:00.000Z

Now Sammy really makes nice, pin-pointed ads recently. This Super Bowl Ad they aired yesterday was genius in fact.
Freezing iPhone-Fans lining up again, when someone walks by with a Galaxy Note. You know what's going to happen.

Best thing is you watch for yourself...

Samsung Mobile USA - Thing Called Love

AutoUploader Collides With Google+ Instant Upload

2012-01-25T18:07:00.000Z

For a while, I had both apps installed and functioning. Well kind of. I experienced problems and obscure crashes. I tracked down the problem and it looks like they possibly interfere.

To make one thing clear. In both apps, I used upload on WIFI only. In Google+ this never worked correctly, with or without Auto Uploader. Sometimes the G+ app uploads photos with reduced resolution , and most of the time they get ignored. With the other app, it always works, and uploads your photos in the original resolution.

After I made some photos before I returned to my WIFI later, I sometimes experienced a big slowdown of my phone (Nexus S / ICS 4.0.3 and 2.3.6) and often, the notification bar disappeared or has the Auto Uploader message sitting in the bar forever. Even killing the app does not work. You'll have to reboot before it's gone.
And recently I found out when this happens. If Google+ starts instant upload and Auto Uploader starts to upload, too, something interferes badly. Not only the internet connection is getting slow of course, but the whole phone gets unresponsive and extremely slow.

I think the problem is the bogus Google+ app. I don't know why instant upload never worked here. Looks like all Googlers uploading their photos instantly over 3G, too. Well, I'll guess they don't have to care about data caps :) Looks like they never really tried that feature.

However, I turned off instant upload on the G+ app and use the other. Like I said, it doesn't reduces the image resolution and is therefore a much better solution anyway.

And yes, it's available on the market.

Scan with your Android to download

MIT Resuscitate AppInventor

2012-01-24T10:08:00.000Z

The MIT has released the source code for AppInventor, and brought back the easy-to-use Android-app maker, back to life. Google abandoned the project last year, and gave away the code.

It's a software to make Android-apps quite quickly. For simple apps, this is a popular solution. However, as it looks right now, there is still some way to go. Only the source is available, and it's in an early stage. So don't expect magic just right now.

But good to see, the project is not dead.

Google and MIT announce open sourcing of the App Inventor code | App Inventor Edu:

'via Blog this'

What's Up With WhatsApp ?

2012-01-16T17:06:00.001Z

I just read (beware of German) on accident, that it was removed from the iTunes-Store. It's still available on Android.
Now there are messages flying around, saying that it won't be free anymore from January 28, 2012.

Image by abulhussain via Flickr

Rubbish, says Chip online. Those messages are fake. It still is distracting, although the official statement that WhatsApp will cost $9.99/year after the first free year, is already removed. And still, there are no answers, why the app was removed from the app-store. Apparently a new version is held by Apple and waiting to be released.

Thanks to the open approach on the Android Market, there is no missing app there. But the uncertainty remains, whether it will be free forever, or going to cost.

One more reason to stay with the email/GTalk or XMPP combination, which is more flexible and realtime on modern devices. With any attachment. I wrote about this before.

Android Polaroid Camera Shown At CES

2012-01-11T09:38:00.001Z

Polaroid made the tech-world wondering. Out of nowhere, they showed their new smart camera SC1630 running Android OS. It has a real 36-108mm lens, and 16 Megapixel resolution. A 3.2 inch screen and WiFi-capabilities makes this a real Android device.

Don't be mistaken, it's a real camera. Point and shoot style. There is a lot of skepticism about if the camera will be better than other smartphones. Of course. Even with a mediocre sensor, the real 3x zoom lens will get better results than any smartphone without. Plus the 16MP sounds tempting enough.
Sometime in 2012 we will get our hands on it. Sounds like a thing, many have waited for.

Press release from Polaroid:

Polaroid Announces the SC1630 Smart Camera Powered by Android™

Fusing the Feature Set of a High-End Digital Camera with the Power of Android*, the Polaroid SC1630 Makes Snapping and Sharing High Definition Digital Images an Instant Experience

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Polaroid today announced that capturing and sharing high-end digital images is now seamless with the Polaroid SC1630, an Android powered smart camera. The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera features a high definition 16 megapixel camera with built in 3X optical zoom, touch screen display and Wi-Fi, making uploads to social networks as easy as the touch of a button. Merging the optics of a digital still and video camera with the limitless power of the Android platform, the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera evolves the process of clicking, editing, uploading and tagging to an instant experience on one device.

With the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera powered by Android you will no longer need to choose between your smart phone and your point and shoot camera because it offers the best of both worlds. Delivering everything expected from a digital camera but powered by Android, the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera surprisingly packs all the features needed to conveniently capture, connect and instantly share beautiful HD digital images and video into one device, weighing a mere five ounces.

An ultra-portable, two-in-one instant sharing powerhouse, the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera leaves even the most powerful camera phones in the dust by combining an advanced imaging feature set with an unmatchable Android powered mobile platform:

Capture Like the Pros: Life's quickest moments are no longer at risk to becoming blurry images from a basic camera phone. Built on a 16 megapixel CCD senor, the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera treats images to a 3X optical zoom – a feature not found in most mobile phones. Choose from 18 scene modes and then click and view crystal clear images – captured at 36mm or full 108mm magnification – on the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera's 3.2'' widescreen display.

Enhance Your Moments With Smart Features: The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera powered by Android takes the work out of being behind the lens with automatic face and smile detection. Also, gone are the days when digital images that never connected with a USB cord went unorganized and forgotten. The Smart Album feature of the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera automatically organizes photos by date, location and people. Plus, geo-tagging features can add longitude and latitude coordinates to photos.

Edit, Share and Save: Now there is no reason to leave the party – everything needed to edit, save and upload can be done anywhere right on the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera. On-board editing features include cropping, red-eye removal, resizing and color correction. Backed by the power of Android, the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera uploads images to social networks with the touch of one button and can hold up to 32GB of memory via a microSD card.

Instantly Connect to the World: The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and optional cellular data connections empower digital images to be shared from anywhere in a snap.

Get Productive: Need to check-in on where friends are gathering, get directions or make the next move in your favorite game? Backed by the power of Android, the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera supports Google's Android Market, making it truly like no other camera available today. Now you can snap, share and link up with more than 400,000 apps.

"Polaroid has helped the world bring stories to life through photographs for the past 75 years," said Scott W. Hardy, President, Polaroid. "The newest member of the Polaroid family, the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera unites the beauty of high-end digital images with powerful Android connectivity features. The result is an instant experience of click, capture and share that enables social networks to see and experience the moment as if they were there."

Designed to be just as fashionable as it is portable, the simple, clean lines and straight forward interface of the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera makes capturing and sharing effortless. Loaded with features that enable easy capture, connecting and sharing on the fly, the rechargeable battery can last all day on a full charge.

The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera powered by Android can be viewed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the Las Vegas Convention Center's Central Hall (booth #13613) from January 10 - 13, 2012. High-res images of the Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera can be found at http://www.tradeshownews.com/events/2012-International-CES/Polaroid/ .

The Polaroid SC1630 Smart Camera will be available in 2012. Price is TBD.

*Android is a trademark of Google Inc.

Android-Manga Surfaces In Japanese Magazine

2012-01-03T17:04:00.000Z

I like that. It's so cute. I mean seriously? Who want's that only boy anyway?

From left to right: Apple-kun, Casio NV-Chan, Fujitsu Toru-chan, Elle G-chan, Sam Sung-Chan,Sharp-chan, Soni Eri-chan, HTC-chan, Moto Lola-chan

It's a whole Manga-series in the highly known ASCII-magazine.
Wow, look at Moto-chan and Sam-Sung-Chan, and the elegant Sony-Eri-Chan :)

[Crosspost from Moe Moe Kyun]

Apple Loses Another Injunction In Germany

2011-12-22T15:24:00.001Z

Apple is under pressure.
The newer try for an injunction over the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N has failed. The judge doesn't see the point of Apple, saying that it differs a lot, and can't be mistakenly held for an iPad2.

Now while Apple is trying to get back the market share of iOS, that they lose daily to Android, it looks like it's time to get it back with innovations, and not with lawyers. More and more people starting to boycott Apple for their behavior. Quad-core Android tablets are just around the corner, and god is still dead...

[via Heise]

700.000! That's The Magic Number

2011-12-21T11:04:00.000Z

700.000 Android devices activated per day.
An impressive number. No updates or custom Roms included in this numbers. It's activation of new devices.

Andy Rubin stated this in a tweet and was confirmed. Wow. While the patent-trolls at Apple are still trying to put Android to the rest with lawyers, the customers showing clearly what they prefer, by buying!

Take that, iOS fanboy-developers. I think it's time to rearrange priorities.

I'm curious for the numbers after the holiday season.
Go little green robot, go!

Ice Cream Sandwich Arrived On The Nexus S

2011-12-19T10:58:00.001Z

Here we go. On Saturday I received the official Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 update for the Nexus S. There was a lot of cheering, and some downturns.

Finally, it happened. Googles reputation is getting a bit better again for me, and it was in my deadline for the update. So my next phone will be an Android again for sure.
After the updating, you literally have a new phone. Even the app drawer is different and includes widgets and an Icon for the Android Market. Much changed, not only within the UI, but with features and things that work new from the ground.
The calendar app, mail, clock, everything looks different. Roboto is everywhere, which makes the screen look very good.

First there is some consistency. You can swipe away unwanted things like notifications. It's fast even on the Nexus S with a single-core 1GHZ. Some apps are not. The Music app isn't fluent. That's for the Market, too. Waiting for the responses of your action, is not uncommon. That was also a problem in Gingerbread with the new versions.

The real time voice recognition works a little slower than on the Galaxy Nexus. In English it's accurate enough for even longer texts. If I switch to German, the recognition is horrible. It almost never inserts a German word when speaking. This is an obvious bug.

You can make Screenshots from anywhere within the phone. Even the power off-screen can be captured. This is really nice for people showing off their discoveries to friends or share it on Google+, Twitter or wherever they have apps for. It's saved in the folder "Screenshots" on the SDCard memory.

Only very few apps need an update, like Agenda Widget Plus. You need to uninstall and reinstall it, to get it work. I had no other app on my phone that didn't work right away. The mem usage is not negatively on terms of main memory.

A big downturn is, there is no face unlock on the Nexus S with ICS. I know it's a gimmick, but one I would like to have. The feature is simply missing and you can't use it. Maybe there is a reason for Samsung to put a 5MP camera, instead of a more modern 8MP in the Galaxy Nexus. The same goes for the instant shot. Picture-taking is a little bit faster than with Gingerbread, but there is no "Zero shutter lag" feature. Not even near. Too bad, I hoped for that.
You can, however, make panorama shots and you have some real-time video effects, and a video editor in your app drawer.

So all in all, some of the promoted feature does not work with a Nexus S and the official ICS 4.0.3 release. That's a little sad, but for some it was expected. For some, it was not. Ice Cream Sandwich runs fine on the Nexus S, and the apps are compatible in almost any case. You have a new phone. Count that as negative or positive like you want. But if you're coming from Gingerbread, you have to relearn some stuff from beginning.

I'm satisfied so far and now I have to keep an eye on the battery usage. I have the feeling that it consumes more battery. But that is possibly only, because I can't get my finger off the phone :).

Google Wants A Siri-Clone? Really?

2011-12-14T11:27:00.000Z

Google acquired Clever Sense recently, only after a few days earlier, it was confirmed that internally Google already worked on a competitor to Siri.

With all the news headline and hype about Siri, it was inevitable somehow, even with Voice Actions already running for over 1 year on Android devices, much earlier than the Apple bought Siri and came with their version of Voice Actions.

Andy Rubin said at the first official ICS presentation, that it's not the way to operate a phone. And I think he is right. I said before about Voice Actions, and after seeing Siri, that this is definitely not the way.
Can you imagine sitting in a doctor's waiting room and shouting commands? Or in public transport? Have luck to use it on the street with all the voices and car noises. Not to mention any place where many people are. like meetings, bar, malls...
What's about privacy concerns? Do you really want to dictate your personal email, while someone is sitting next to you?
The only place you really can get use out of it is in your car (if you're driving alone), or in your house. And there you probably have a computer waiting. I can understand the fascination. I had that with Google Voice Actions when it came out. But after a few days I realized, I was so much faster by just clicking the icons on the screen, than actually invoke the voice recognition, speak what I want, and waiting for the recognition.

Now having said that, it's not such a big deal that Google, once again, released this app for US only at the moment, without any obvious reason. Maybe they think the jerks outside the US can't even talk English. Maybe they are right. If you want to even call American language "English". So, if you speak English something and live within the boundaries of the USA, you could download the app right now from the market and having fun to make using your phone even more ineffective :)

Amazon's Kindle Fire Will Get An Update To Address Performance Issues

2011-12-13T09:26:00.000Z

Since the Kindle Fire was released, critics piled up about the performance of the UI and the overall feeling while using the device. It seem less responsive than many thought, and despite it's essentially an eBook-reader expect full tablet superpowers.

Image by Brian Sawyer via Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA

Now Amazon seems to address this issues and promising an update coming soon for the Fire. That sound like a good idea. Users apparently buy it as an tablet rather than an ereader, which isn't surprising. The New York Times writes that not only performance problems will be solved, but also glitches in the multitouch navigation. Further, an edit option for the list of recent documents or visits will be added.

Analysts keeps on their high number prediction of selling devices and Amazon itself said it was it's most successful product release ever.

[via The New York Times]

Google Currents Not Available For Europe?

2011-12-09T10:54:00.000Z

Okay, now it's getting ridiculous.

You can't install Google Currents, the Flipboard-Killer, because you live in the "wrong" country?

Google is doing a good job of upsetting users around the globe. You can argue on Google Music, because it's license-problems. You can argue with the sense of releasing some shopping-apps or the Google Books app. But seriously, a news reader?

What do you think people all over the world are reading on the web? The Bavarian Lederhosen-Magazine?

Dear Google, yes, most of them can read English. And while it's annoying that Android apparently can't convince the Flipboard-developer to make that app available for anything else than the iOS, you do not even allow people in Europe to install your product?

I'm a bit angry about that. What's the point? Maybe it's a mistake. But this may not happen. It's ridiculous and a shame for the international Android-users. This local madness has to be addressed.

If you leave the users in other country as 2nd class, maybe the look for other companies, that treat them 1st class.

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