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Hot Android News For The First Monday Of October!

 
With the smartphone wars escalating, no self-respecting tech company should allow their product to be left standing in the wake of another company’s progress. Thus, we see the smartphone wars getting bitter by the day.

Today’s update is about two things:
The iPhone 5 will be released on October 4. Thus, the rabid Apple fanatics will be camping out on the Apple Stores by midnight of October 4, US Time. That means around noon our time for the East Coast residents, or around late afternoon for us, if we’re talking about the West Coast. Either way, the Apple universe is already waiting with bated breath.

That being said, we came across a piece of news putting the iPhone/iOS in a good light, while disparaging the Android’s flaws.

In a nutshell, the post is saying that the Android’s stats are bloated, and the numbers are not really significant; they don’t necessarily mean that the Android is ahead of the iOS. They are saying that the 550,000 activations a day for the Android do not necessarily mean more market share, as other activations could also mean that users have either upgraded or rooted their OS, among other things.

Here’s what we can say about this note: We’re betting that less than 2% of that 550,000 are actually power users and would dare to root their Androids. At that generous rate, it means only 11,000 people dare to root their devices in a day. And we are being generous at that. Most likely, only 1% of that 550,000 are actually daring – or knowledgeable enough to root or upgrade their devices. And no sane user would update his device every day for the whole week. A user may update or upgrade once after buying the device. With the speed (or slowness) of the release of the next versions of the Android, it’s highly unlikely that a user will be upgrading his device every month. Every 6 months, if his hardware can handle it, probably. But every month? Every week? Every day?! Not impossible, but very improbable.

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There’s another sad news for Android users, especially for the HTC owners: HTC recently pushed out a system app that collected data fromtheir Android users’ handsets. The purpose of the app is not clear to the users, but it gathers data, ostensibly for HTC’s benefit. What makes the security breach worse is that it exposes this data to basically any other app that needs to collect data. This means almost ALL the free apps available on the Android Market. Free apps need to collect some user data because of the ads they will be pushing on the user. However, these apps are generally secure if the HTC app is not in the system, because their access is limited only to what they need and what are declared safe and allowable by the Android Market’s standards. With the HTC app in place, however, they will gain access to data they previously have no access to.

So what is a security-conscious user to do? First is to check your system for “HtcLoggers.apk” via the Settings/Applications/Manage Applications/Running menu. If you do, uninstall all free apps, especially those with permissions to collect data. (We’re sad to see your free games go.) Then either use the premium, no-ads applications for now, or put up with a Spartan (sort of bare) Android for now.

And to keep abreast with the updates, call HTC support and ask them about when they plan to remove the app and if it’s possible to downgrade to the HTC Android version without the HTC app that contains the HtcLoggers.apk package.

Alternatively, you can sell your HTC and get a Samsung or a Cherry Mobile instead.

These are two of the hottest news for the Android today. Come back for more tomorrow!

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Android vs. Apple

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Apple has conditioned its fanboys and fangirls that in order to be "cool," Apple everything is the only way to go. However, the Android happened. Suddenly, those with incomplete Apple conditioning are starting to get swayed.

The great part about Apple products is that they are engineered to perfection. Or at least, near-perfection. Built to sync across devices, if you wanted a world of perfect synchronization from laptop to desktop to tablet to phone and even mp3 player, live in the Apple World. All you need is an iTunes app and you're all set.

The bad part about Apple is that it's Apple who calls the shots on how your device is going to behave.

Not so with the Android. If the iPhone's characteristic design and layout of its interface is a comforting predictable to you, then maybe you really were meant to remain an Apple fan. But if you're like a good number of geeks who aren't content with how the manufacturer designed its gadget and are itching to mod your machine to death, then you're not meant to stick to Apple. You were meant for greater things. And if it's a phone or a tablet you're after, you're meant for the Android.

The Android as a machine is the geek's uber-toy. When you get your Android, root it in order to gain total control over your new baby. Then after you do, customize it to the full.

The iPhone's dashboard is like a jellybean crate: a random spread of your phone's offerings. The Android's dashboard, on the other hand, is a maximizer's dream: no pixel is left to waste as each icon brings you a functionality you can program. You can tweet directly from your dashboard, you can customize it so you can call your family with one click, or you can organize your dashboard to suit the profiles you need.

Want to group your social networking apps in one place? Doable. Want to keep your email, organizer/calendar and to-do list in another? Can do. Want to create separate panels for SMS and phone functions? Yes you can. The Android is highly customizable. It doesn't box you in on one interface that you may not necessarily be fond of.

And did we mention that the Android has flash and multitasks really well?

Don't blame us when you ditch your iPhone.
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