Category: android
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Back on iOS after 5 years
In the summer of 2012, after quitting Apple, I went out on a limb and got my first Android phone. 5 years later I have switched back to iOS. It is interesting to see what has and has not changed, and what I miss about Android after two weeks with iPhone X.
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The long and the short of mobile messaging incompatibility
15 years ago in Japan, I thought it was pretty cool that I could send short messages via text to my friends. That wasn’t a thing yet in North America. I was living in the future! But it was complicated. There was “short mail” and “long mail.” Short mail could be sent at a steep…
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Nexus 5
See all unboxing photos on Flickr. It has only been a few days but I have to say that I am immensely enjoying my Nexus 5. For months I have been complaining incessantly about my first Android, a Samsung Galaxy S3. The quality of the software was pretty low, but most of all it was…
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My first few days with an Android phone
[Sidenote: Funny how I just posted about leaving Apple and now I am talking about my new Android phone…] Alright, so a couple of Android observations after having this new Samsung Galaxy S3 for just a couple of days. I still haven’t adjusted completely, so I am trying to keep these observations limited to more…
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Mobile operating system market share, Feb 2011.
papadimitriou: Mobile operating system market share, Feb 2011.