Android activations hit 850,000 daily, over 450,000 apps now in the Android Market

2. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

And Apple's are? Face it, most of androids apps are also on apples too.

27. maier9900 (Posts: 272; Member since: 17 Dec 2011)

Most?!.. not even close.

44. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)

Dude, he's right. Most Android apps aren't that great. There's so many apps with grainy graphics and the simple white * green letters on black background. But if you're happy with it then that's all that matters.

And no, I wouldn't say most of apple's apps are on android too.

3. ilia1986 (unregistered)

ALL iOS Widgets aren't that great. And you know why?

BECAUSE IOS DOESN'T HAVE ANY WIDGETS!!

5. drahmad (Posts: 480; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)

whats so good about widgets? i hate them. they use extra memory extra battery , extra processor share and rarely helped me when i had android. i would rather prefer the simplicity and fluidity of windows phone and iOS

6. ilia1986 (unregistered)

Widgets are the primary tool to customize your phone. Aside from the theme of the icons, the wallpaper (live or static) you choose, and the ringtones. Widgets allow your phone to become your phone. That is the primary reason I love Android, even though I have an iPhone 4: Widgets. They allow an owner of an Android phone - to make his phone truly his. They allow him to customize the look and feel of his phone. Because widgets can be re sized, and come in different shapes, skins and theme - you can customize the look and feel of your phone.

Besides- after watching a lot of YouTube videos - widgets are insanely useful. They allow you to see your mail, your recent calls, your messages and your RSS feeds for example - all in on place. And if you want more info - that is a flick or two away. That's contrary to apps which you gotta first find the right app icon, then wait for the app to load, and after it loads - you gotta exit it if you want to do something else. Widgets are like windows on Windows - they truly enable you to multi-task with ease.

23. drahmad (Posts: 480; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)

add "for us" to what ever you say :p , cutomization is just a game. Not of practical use. i didnt even used a widget on my windows 7 pc where they don't consume any considerable resources

32. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

"customization is just a game. Not of practical use."

LMAO. the reason i customize is to make my phone more useful.

and you dislike widgets because they eat resources?

the current generation of android headsets has way more than enough resources to power 5 homescreens stocked with widgets. the next generation will be even better. maybe your lumia 800 doesnt have enough resources, but my g2x does. time for an upgrade? :P

33. ilia1986 (unregistered)

If customization is of no practical use to you - I bet that you wouldn't mind eating the same food and wearing the same clothes every day, then, now would you?

I really pity you. Customization is of critical use to everyone.

34. drahmad (Posts: 480; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)

good for you

10. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)

That's too bad,

My weather widget allows me to check the weather in various countries without jumping into an app an waiting for it to load

My calendar widget allows me to check all my appointments from 3 weeks into the future ans makes it easy to add events

My social network Widgets (scrollable btw) allow me to take a pic of what's going on without touching an app or sharing even faster

My bookmark widget allows me to jump into sites in a flash

And so on and on.....

11. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)

dude, my mail widget shows me 4 mail accounts at 1 shot, and since i run ICS, its scrollable so i can see ALL my mail without having to open any apps. Same as with my scrollable calendar widget and a dozen others.

people that say widgets dont do anything have never actually used them. Stock widgets are nice and all but the great stuff is in the market.

BTW, WP7's "live tiles" ARE widgets.. lol.

14. tedkord (Posts: 14120; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)

That's all true. I imagine they wouldn't work well at all on a device with an underclocked processor and no multitasking. Fortunately, my single core Android from last year handles them with no issues and absolute fluidity.

18. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)

this isnt meant for american consumption. These handsets are meant for emerging markets where people dont have money for iphones and SGS2's like africa, china, and india.

17. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)

Awwwwwwwhhh.......
couldn't figure out your Android phone and now you're bitter or, as you might simplistically say, iBitter.

Too bad; wa-wa-wa.........

4. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)

can i ask you how many thousands of apps you have on your phone? Even if only 1% of the apps in the market were "killer" apps, thats still 4500 to chose from.. and its obviously a much much higher number than that. And since most apps are cross platform and free on android, are you also saying that apples app store is double crappy since u have to pay for the same apps that are free on android??
Dont be a stooge.

7. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3117; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)

You must remember apple fanboys love wasting money, they dont like free stuff.

29. maier9900 (Posts: 272; Member since: 17 Dec 2011)

Most Apps on the Android market aren't cross platform like you mentioned, it's the opposite. When i had the HTC Sensation 80% of apps that i wanted worked... but recently i exchanged it with a Crappy SGS2 and half the apps i had on the Sensation don't even work on the SGS2 (all from the market), it says not compatible. And i got a lot of friends with dif. android devices that are having the same compatibility issues.

30. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)

Yea.... something tells me that entire statement was full of crap.

36. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)

agree i have yet to come across an app that i wasnt able to download on my s2..@maier9900 please tell me which apps didnt work...if half didnt work it shouldnt be that hard to come up with

42. maier9900 (Posts: 272; Member since: 17 Dec 2011)

I don't need to but just so you get the point, here is one to try on your SGS2, Take "PES 2012" for instance. Try and then post back.

43. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)

I would try but its a paid app...show me a free app that don't work...like you said many apps don't work.so it should not be to hard to find a free non working app...also read comments of pes 2012 from s2 owners and all seem happy.

45. maier9900 (Posts: 272; Member since: 17 Dec 2011)

there are multiple SGS2 on the market... i own the tmobile version. So tell me where i can go see those reviews like you said... give me a link.

46. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)

I can't speak for the t-mo version as I have the exynos version...maybe its a problem with the snapdragon processor...sorry you had to get the inferior s2

38. maier9900 (Posts: 272; Member since: 17 Dec 2011)

I guess you don't have much experience.

13. PAPINYC (banned) (Posts: 2315; Member since: 30 Jul 2011)

You are correct; they are 'greater'!!

(And, don't need iWiFi)

12. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)

dont forget they have been adding an extra 100k per day every quarter basically. it was only 700k in december and like 550k in like august.