Five Reasons Why Android is better than iPhone
1. Sliding keyboard – The phone does not look too huge but it still has a Sliding keyboard, sliding out when u need it. This is not in iPhone, there is a touch-screen there, which is not so comfortable for people not good at using the touch screens.
2. Using Apps – android is able to run multiple applications at the same time. on the other hand, iPhone can’t but only allows native applications such as Mail, iPod and Phone to run in the background.
3. Faster than iPhone – iPhone was the fastest, but the reviews of Android phone already state that the Android phone is faster than the Apple iPhone. Speed always counts, and Android beats iPhone.
4. PC connection – Unlike the iPhone, you don’t need to have iTunes to manage your phone. Now, I say this with a bit of a chewed-up tongue because Android can’t sync with the Linux desktop yet. That’s okay for now. But Android can mount the SD card so that it is usable (via drag and drop) by any operating system. On this you can add music and files, which will then be usable on the phone.
5. The open operating system – The Android OS powered by Google is an open system, which can be played with by the developers and many cool apps and games would be coming in, and there would be everything available for free, unlike the paid apps as in the App store by Apple. And being a Google product, developers would get really handy with Android.
Are these reasons enough to get you to move from your iPhone to an Android phone

Android demolishing iPhone in sales

NPD says that in the first three months of 2010, Android captured 28% of the smartphone market, while Apple's iPhone grabbed only 21%.

Google's Android phones passed the iPhone in market share in the U.S. for the first time during the first quarter 2010.

Android is on all of the U.S. carriers and is the flagship smartphone on a couple of them like T-Mobile and Verizon. Verizon, the nation's best network, which had sold Motorola Droids as fast as Apple initially sold iPhones had just launched the HTC Incredible. While Sprint will be announcing the HTC Evo 4G this summer, considered by many to be the premier Android phone.Even Apple's iPhone U.S. carrier, AT&T, carries Android phones, and Google offers a Nexus One with radios specifically for AT&T's network.

Android's rise has been dramatic, as seen below.

Apple only releases one iPhone a year on just one network, AT&T. Most Apple customers understand this and wait for the summer to upgrade their phones. Many iPhone contracts will come up for renewal this July.

Statistics show that Blackberry still leads the pack with 36% of the smartphone market, though it has fallen significantly in the last two quarters from its 50% pedestal.

Apple's iPhone maintains lead over Blackberry, Android in US

Apple continues to be the top position in smartphone market share, even in the united states where a variety of hardware makers have released popular phones using Android (Sony Erricson, Motorolla, HTC etc). RIM's Blackberry platform takes the number two spot.

According to a new report by Nielsen, in the month of November sales of phones from all Android owners together made up the largest segment by platform among "six month acquirers," with 40.8 percent of "adult smartphone customers" buying phones running Android.

Apple's share of these 'recent adult owners’ was reported to be drastically less, at 26.9 percent, although Apple's assigned share had grown over the previous six months from 20.9 percent in June 2010, prior to the launch of iPhone 4.

RIM's BlackBerry platform came in third among 'recent adult owners,' making up 19.2 percent of the market, a significant drop from its 35 percent high in June. RIM's lost 15 percentage points appeared to be gobbled up by both Apple (which grew by 6 percentage points over the same period) and Android (which grew by 13).



However, the report notes that"when it comes to in general consumer market share, Android OS (25.8%) is still behind Apple iOS (28.6%)." RIM figures in-between iOS and Android, with a 26.1 percent share of the overall market.

Apple's overall share of the smartphone market was up just over a proportion point across the last six months, while Android grew by nearly 11 percentage points and BlackBerry fell by nearly 8 percentage points.



Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

Nielson's latest figures disagree with the concept that Android as a platform has already outpaced Apple's iOS in the US and globally, an idea that has gained populist traction in spite of the poor performance of Google's Android Market and the lack of support it is getting from key third party developers.

An earlier report by Gartner stated Android shipments worldwide had ballooned from 3.5 percent last year to a whopping 25.5 percent in the third quarter of 2010. Gartner's data didn't show that growth coming from mainstream Android owners such as Samsung, HTC and Motorola however, instead praising Android with tens of millions of units from "other" producers.

Gartner's numbers differed from a similar IDC mobile phone market report by an amazing 77 million units (the smartphone market itself is currently only 81 million), casting a reliability shadow over Gartner's statistics and reporting. Gartner's dependence on assumptions that high volume sales of no-brand phones in emerging markets are likely using Android actually spells problems for Android licensees in the leading nations, as those volumes of phones do not add value to the platform's app market but may be contributing downward pricing pressure for licensees who are relying upon Android to deliver an affordable product.

A flood of tens of millions of Android phones by "other" producers can only delay global sales of HTC, Motorola and Samsung models while subtracting from the differentiated value those brands can deliver. HTC and Samsung have chosen to also release new Windows Phone 7 models, and Samsung launched its own Bada platform this summer in an evade bet against Android.

Who's on first?

Another metric of smartphone sales and use, based on web share, was also recently used to propose that RIM's BlackBerry platform had flowed ahead of Apple's iOS in the US.

The rush appeared to be related to RIM's rollout of its first WebKit browser, and only appeared when the use of iPod touch devices were excluded from the platform tally. internationally, the StatCounter figures showed that Apple had taken over the top position in 30 countries, including all of North America, Europe and Australia. The second runner up was Symbian, with RIM's BlackBerry only taking a lead in South America and Android only leading in Samsung's home nation of South Korea.



A third metric, looking at mobile activations, was also recently used to propose that Android had eclipsed iOS as a platform. Google began reporting activations earlier this year, with Apple taking matter with the numbers Google had declared and reporting that it was still ahead in September and again in October. regardless of giving its software away, Google still don't appear to have eclipsed Apple in activations even with its 300,000 per day number reported last month.

A fourth metric, based on ad impressions cited by third party ad networks, assigned Apple's iOS and Google's Android a tied position at 37 percent of all smartphones last month. In that report, by Millennial Media, separates "connected devices" into its own market segment apart from smartphones and simpler feature phones. Apple iOS makes up a large percentage of these "connected devices," which include the iPod touch and iPad.

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Red Bull Energy Drinks: More Good Effects Or Side Effects?

From the time that Red Bull first came out in the market, it became an instant hit among those who have tried and tested its effects on the body. It is no wonder why this energy drink have become a household name in no time at all. But along with its popularity came the speculations about its side effects. The idea is that if something is that good, then there must be something in the ingredient that can bring the opposite reaction. This may be one of the thoughts that the not-so-convinced consumers have in mind. One of the side effects that is being pointed out in Red Bull energy drinks is its caffeine content. There are those who believe that there are high amounts of caffeine being contained in a single bottle of this energy drink.What people do not know about is that the amount of caffeine present in Red Bull energy drinks is the same as the amount that is in one cup of coffee that people normally like to take. Caffeine in every other beverage is really not good for the health. Every health expert knows that high consumption of caffeine can bring about high blood pressure, alleviate heart disease risk and even diabetes. That is, if you are one of those who are addicted or is used to taking any beverage high on caffeine more than the normal number of times. This just shows that caffeine in Red Bull energy drinks, in other energy drinks and other types of beverage is one issue that can be subjected to debates based from those who have seen more of its positive or negative effects.

red bull is now being thinker of as a friend or enemy. people use red bull as a energy drink, but do they really know whats in it.

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