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Re:What got you here on Apple, won’t get you there on Android by gte910h on Friday April 15, 2011 @02:13PM (#2451492)
>It's a new feature for Android,

Oh, so by android he means, 5% of android owners. Sorry, that's not a great thing to base a strategy around and it would be nice to clarify the different methods iOS has and the fact that this is only in Android W.Y.Z and only 3 phones have that delivery mechanism yet.

(Don't think I am not POed that apple is again on multiple versions. Why are they lagging the Verizon iOS version).

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Re:What got you here on Apple, won’t get you there on Android by MatthewPhillips on Friday April 15, 2011 @02:35PM (#2451596)
I see that you're taking this as an Android vs. iOS conversation and not a "how to effectively market to different audiences" conversation. I'll step out.
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Re:What got you here on Apple, won’t get you there on Android by gte910h on Saturday April 16, 2011 @01:49AM (#2453312)
I contend it is either A> Not a new feature or B> Not well distributed.

Show me a publication date of the feature and installed base and we'll talk.

It's either not new (which would make it a valid strategy item) or it's not widely available/adopted (which makes it useless). This isn't a niggling unimportant point. iOS had the same issue when they basically left 3G and older phones behind as android does with certain features.

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Re:What got you here on Apple, won’t get you there on Android by vetinari on Friday April 15, 2011 @02:21PM (#2451535)
New as "since 2.2", which means something over 2/3 of android users can use this feature.
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Re:What got you here on Apple, won’t get you there on Android by MatthewPhillips on Friday April 15, 2011 @02:36PM (#2451599)
Actually I meant new as in since January. But yes, it works on most Android phones. I meant new as in people aren't used to using it yet. It's something I'm sure a lot of Android owners aren't aware they can do. Which might be an advantage for those developers who do use it in marketing.
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Re:What got you here on Apple, won’t get you there on Android by gte910h on Saturday April 16, 2011 @02:29AM (#2453391)
I'm seeing 61%: Android various versions of OS 2.2 market share exceeded 61% of statistics from http://androidmet.com/03/android-various-versions-of-os-2-2-...
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