Smartphone development: going cross-platform

Release Date ‎May 12, 2011‎ in Australian Personal Computer

	CNET's got your Android coverage right here CNET - Scott Ard - ‎May 14, 2011‎ Chromebooks and cloud music and tablets, oh my! It was very busy this week at Google's I/O developer conference. With all the news (and killer freebies) that got tossed around at the event, you're forgiven if you failed to notice that we ...
The iPad and iPhone Expand Apple's Enterprise Reach BusinessWeek - Darrell Etherington - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Android may have passed iOS once and for all in device activations, but Apple is still winning in the enterprise market, according to Microsoft Exchange hosting provider Intermedia. Of all ActiveSync-capable smartphones activated ...
Google And Amazon Leave The Door Wide Open For Apple's "Music Locker" To ... San Francisco Chronicle - Dan Frommer - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Google and Amazon have both introduced their first takes on "music locker" services over the past couple of months. But neither is particularly interesting, and both companies have left the door wide open for an Apple service to dominate. ...
Oxygen Forensic Suite 2011 v.3.3: New Possibilities for Extracting Digital ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Oxygen Software, one of the leading developers of forensic software for police and security services, today announces version 3.3 of the popular program for forensic extraction of user data from smart phones, mobile phones and PDA, Oxygen Forensic ...
iPhone outpacing Android among business users Vancouver Sun (blog) - Gillian Shaw - ‎May 12, 2011‎ The iPhone is outpacing Android devices in market share among business users according to statistics released today by Intermedia. The stats are based on the number of ActiveSync-based smartphones ...
Apple: When Will We Get the iCloud? Wall Street Journal (blog) - ‎May 12, 2011‎ We continue to believe Google's moves could actually be a good thing for Apple �" given it deflects all anti-trust arguments �" particularly around content �" and encourages continuous innovation. We continue to believe Apple's ecosystem is the standard. ...
Abandonment issues The Economist (blog) - ‎May 12, 2011‎ OWNERS of the iPhone 3G are hopping mad�"at least for the moment. Apple quickly produced an update to its iOS operating system that eliminates pesky location caching and tracking problems that the firm attributed to sloppy programming. ...
	Google suffers curse of diversity with Android The Guardian - ‎May 11, 2011‎ Sales of smartphones running Android have now overtaken those of iPhones. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images One of Apple's great advantages in the phone and tablet markets is the lack of choices it provides to customers. ...
Google I/O Day One: A Complete Rundown PCWorld - Daniel Ionescu - ‎May 11, 2011‎ Google is putting on a show for developers at this year's I/O conference and the first day was a bumper one. It was all about Android, including software updates for smartphones and tablets, new movie and ...
Top five reasons Apple will survive without an iPhone 5 in 2011 ElectricPig.co.uk - Nick Marshall - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Sometimes it's just too easy to get caught up in the ongoing spec war currently underway in the Android community. Talks of quad-core processors and 15-megapixel cameras with 3D recording and playback sound great on paper, ...
	Why Google Music is good for Apple International Business Times - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Google launched a slew of new products and services at its conference this week, pitting itself against the king digital content, Apple. But the entry of the world's largest search company to the music space may not be as foreboding for Apple as one ...
iPhone, iPad, and Android Make Enterprise Gains Windows IT Pro (blog) - Jeff James - ‎May 13, 2011‎ We've already blogged about the iPhone and Android making inroads into the enterprise, but some recent data published by Microsoft Exchange hosting provider Intermedia indicates those devices -- and now the iPad -- are having even more success getting ...
	Will Too Many Android Handsets Trip Google? PSFK - ‎May 13, 2011‎ One of Apple's great advantages in the phone and tablet markets is the lack of choices it provides to customers. This may sound counterintuitive in our consumerist culture. But the Android mobile ecosystem, which is growing like crazy, has been, ...
Apple Gaining Control over Android's Dominant Features Speech and Navigation Smartphone business news - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Apple is nowadays concentrating high over the things that are really causing hindrances to overtake the acceleration of Android. Android's major plus points are Speech and Navigation features that are really gaining upper hand over the Apple's iPhone. ...
Tampa federal court will take on privacy issues in Apple, Google lawsuits Bizjournals.com (blog) - Margie Manning - ‎May 13, 2011‎ A high-profile legal challenge to the location tracking features on Google Inc.'s Android operating system on smartphones and mobile devices has landed in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The suit, filed Tuesday, is the second in ...
Apple's iPhone trumps Android in enterprise adoption, iPad dominates Apple Insider - ‎May 13, 2011‎ By Slash Lane A new survey of ActiveSync-based smartphones in the enterprise found that Apple's iPhone is the market leader with a 61 percent share and growing, while Google Android owns just 17 percent. The business user data was released this week by ...
	Manage your iPhone battery life with an iOS app Product Reviews - Marlon Votta - ‎May 13, 2011‎ An ideal application to check the amount of charge left on your device is iMax Battery Pro. Make sure you manage your iPhone battery life with an iOS app. Have comfort in knowing that your device is fully charged, or how long you have before needing to ...
	Apple Still Leading Android in Enterprise, Study Says Minyanville.com - Mike Schuster - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Last month, Good Technology found that the iPhone 4 on AT&T and Verizon held a commanding lead over Android devices in the enterprise. And when it came to the iPad versus competing tablets, it wasn't even close. ...
Businessmen Don't Want Android, They Want An iPhone Cult of Mac - Ed Sutherland - ‎May 13, 2011‎ If you thought Android would be the choice of the pin-stripe business crowd, think again. Turns out the iPhone is the pick for the cubicle, as well as the art studio. The Apple smartphone is used by 61 percent ...
Research and Markets: iPhone and iOS Forensics. Investigation, Analysis and ... Business Wire (press release) - ‎May 13, 2011‎ “iPhone and iOS Forensics. Investigation, Analysis and Mobile Security for Apple iPhone, iPad and iOS Devices” As sales and usage of iPhones increase so does the demand on organizations that conduct examinations on this device. iPhone and iOS Forensics ...
Meet Android Open: O'Reilly Begins Early Registration and Call for Proposals DirectionsMag.com (press release) - ‎May 13, 2011‎ -As the Android juggernaut rockets past the iPhone and Blackberry to dominate smartphone platforms, O'Reilly Media introduces the Android Open Conference. Android Open, October 9-11, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco, is the first conference to ...
	IPhone Giving Android the Business in Enterprise All Things Digital (blog) - John Paczkowski - ‎May 13, 2011‎ The Android onslaught may be winning territory in the consumer market, but in enterprise it's a different story entirely. There, Apple's iOS devices are far outpacing Android devices in market share.* According to Intermedia ...
How to tether an iPhone PC Advisor - Carrie-Ann Skinner - ‎May 13, 2011‎ If you're internet goes down, then utilising your smartphone's 3G connection by connecting handset to your PC (a process known as tethering) is a great way to get back online. Previously, the only way to ...
Google Moves Could Be Good For Apple: Analyst International Business Times - ‎May 13, 2011‎ By IB Times Staff Reporter \| May 13, 2011 4:58 AM EDT Barclays Capital continues to believe Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) moves could actually be a good thing for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The brokerage reiterated its "overweight" rating on shares of ...
iPhone v BlackBerry Tech Leader - Yaseen Theba - ‎May 13, 2011‎ After my review of the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 I was asked to compare the iPhone to the BlackBerry. The problem I have is that the new Bold 9900 is not yet available and I have no indication when and at what price we can expect it. ...
	Android Breaks Through 100 Million User Barrier 3G.co.uk - Miles J Thomas - ‎May 13, 2011‎ Google Android is going from strength to strength as it breaks through the 100 million barrier of Android users. In addition, there are over 400K Android devices being activated a day. 3G learnt of this via the recent 4th Google I/O in San Franciso. ...
	O'Reilly conducting The First Android Open Gmtennis - Techno News - ‎May 12, 2011‎ Android operating system as the world best selling platform for smartphones and tablets has been projected to bring more billion people goes online. Its system is based on Linux kernell and being known as the core of many open source applications. ...
	Smartphone development: going cross-platform Australian Personal Computer - David Braue - ‎May 12, 2011‎ We explore the difficult process of developing apps for multiple platforms. It's a lot of work, sure, but there are benefits if you dig your heels in. Scott Powell doesn't care much for iOS, the operating system powering Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and ...
	50% iOS subscribers willing to share personal info The Mobile Indian - Prasoon Kumar - ‎May 12, 2011‎ Even more may agree to share personal data for free content or other utilities. Users may now get magazines on iPad as subscribers' information was the main standoff issue between Apple and ...
Google's message to Apple and Microsoft is clear: Bring it on. V3.co.uk - Iain Thomson - ‎May 12, 2011‎ The Google I/O developer conference may have finished, but the message to some of the biggest players in the industry is pretty clear: let's rumble. The first target for Google is Apple. The iPhone and iPad have been enormous successes ...