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Google's Android Passes Apple Among New U.S. Users.

Google Inc.’s Android software outsold Apple Inc.’s mobile operating system for the first time last quarter among new U.S. smartphone users, according to Nielsen Co.
Android had 27 percent of the U.S. market in the second quarter, compared with 23 percent for the Apple iPhone OS, known as iOS, Nielsen said on its website today. Research In Motion Ltd. clung to its leading position, with 33 percent share.
Manufacturers such as Motorola Inc. and HTC Corp. used Android in a wider range of handsets, giving new smartphone purchasers more options. Still, the iPhone retained a higher share than Android among existing smartphone users, according to Nielsen’s research.
“There’s a massive hunger for smartphones, and the Android universe came out not just with one blockbuster device but with a whole series of blockbuster devices,” Roger Entner, head of telecom research at Nielsen, said in an interview.
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- bloomberg.com

[Q] With Google's Motorola Mobility Selling Price "for free"

With Google's Motorola Mobility Selling Price " for free "
- Shocking News menggunjang Teknology world industry in the early years 2014.Perusahan world giant search engine , Google is rumored to sell Motorola Mobility division to Chinese company Lenovo Mobile 'only' at a price of USD 2.91 billion , equivalent to Rp 35 trillion . Whereas in the year 2012, When I want Mengakuisasi Motorola . We must take pains to acquire Motorola with a ransom of up to USD 12.5 billion .
Why Google is willing to sell off one of its lines of business in the mobile device market at the price of Lenovo's " free" ?
Google CEO Larry Page , Motorola claims the sale to Lenovo's one important step for the development of Android-based devices in the market competition in the global mobile device . In the view of Page Motorola mobile vendors need to be able to produce the quality and menuh mobileyang innovation in order to remain competitive . And Lenovo assessed as a party that is very appropriate in the eyes of Google .
For that reason could possibly be explained why Google was willing to sell ' cheap ' Motorola to the vendor Lenovo . Lenovo claimed to help empower the Google Android operating system .
A receding addressed to Google employees , Page wrote , " Lenovo has a rapidly growing smartphone business and is the largest and fastest growing PC maker in the world . This step will allow Google to devote energy to drive innovation across the Android ecosystem , for the benefit of users in any smartphone . "
Meanwhile, according to the page reported by Cnet , Page also revealed that Googe will not release all patents owned by Motorola on Lenovo anyarnya owners . Most important patents still owned and used Google to enrich the products made ​​by them , in particular for the development of wearable devices .
" We will retain the majority of Motorola's patents , which will continue to be used to build the strength of the entire Android ecosystem , " said Page .
In its official blog , Google also said if the company will now focus more on encouraging innovation for the Android ecosystem , rather than for the benefit of smartphone users are increasingly competitive and growing rapidly . Description : Google's Motorola Mobility With Selling Price " for free " Rating : 4.5 Reviewers : steven senses Frontalisme ItemReviewed Netizen : Google's Motorola Mobility With Selling Price " for free "
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Android in most of mobiles and tables, some pcs, Google tv, chrome, gmail, Google glass, Nexus, Motorola... They are becoming in the XXI century thecnology imperium

Ｉsend an E-mail to Samsung: Why no Uber on non-Samsung phones?

That's not technique problem or whatever. Samsung want people to buy Samsung phone. On the website,it says functions may be limited bla bla... but, that does not mean you can limit the function on function to make people buy your phone. To all consumers who buy gear s2, it's unfair. It's discrimination.
As far as I knew, Uber in America and Wechat in China are limited for Samsung phone only.
Hope your company consider this problem seriously
And I wonder is there a way to install apps without Samsung's official store?

This is there attitude
Dear XXXX,
Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Samsung Technical Support. We always appreciate hearing from our customers.
After reviewing your Email, I understand that you are having concerns in regard of applications on Non Samsung devices. I will assist you with all the available information from our end.
I would like to inform you that we in email support only have the information in regard of Samsung phones. We do not have much information on Non Samsung devices.
I hope you understand our limitations. If there had any alternate options, I would have surely offered you.
Should you desire additional assistance, we invite you to access the web-link http://www.samsung.com/us/support/contact to speak to a Chat Specialist. Our technicians are more than happy to assist you further. Chat Support is available 24X7.
For additional support and updates regarding your product, please follow us at @SamsungSupport on Twitter or like our page at https://www.facebook.com/samsungsupport.
Thank you for choosing Samsung products.
If you have a minute, please fill out a brief survey to help us serve you better. To begin the survey, click on the “Start Survey Here” link at the bottom of this email. Please note that you can access the survey page only when the pop-up blocker is disabled in the browser.
Sincerely,
Pooja

So basically they are shameless...
They do not care their consumers, I mean, buy discrimination.
Think about this, they treat their gear s2 consumers unfair. They specific don't offer the service that all the consumers should get, because the pay the same money.

So basically you are mad at their support staff for not having information, made at Samsung (the whole company) because of a corporate decision to limit some apps to Samsung phones.
What they did isn't discrimination, it's not anything but a business decision. Is Apple discriminating by only allowing apple watches to be used on iPhones? How about Google not allowing android wear to be used on windows devices, how about on iPhone, are all apps from the play store available on the app store?
Does it suck that you can't use the apps you want? Certainly does. But is it an issue of discrimination or Samsung doing anything other companies are not doing? No its not.
It's unfair of you to expect Samsung to cater to you. Don't want their product? Don't buy it. Don't like their policies? Don't buy their products.
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It's a poor business decision that carries through customer support. As a business Samsung maintains the right to exert such decisions, as a consumer, it's our right to complain about them, and dissuade potential users who would not wish to purchase a device with stunted functionality.
It was not expected prior to purchase that Samsung would stunt and limit their products functionality to their own phones, when the watch is advertised for use with other android phones. It's not discrimination, but there's an element of deception.
As opposed to not allowing android wear to be used on windows devices (additional effort where the wear OS is property of Google), Samsung took an active stance to limit a third party developer's app to use with their own phones, when that app could easily be used with others.
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So basically you are mad at their support staff for not having information, made at Samsung (the whole company) because of a corporate decision to limit some apps to Samsung phones.
What they did isn't discrimination, it's not anything but a business decision. Is Apple discriminating by only allowing apple watches to be used on iPhones? How about Google not allowing android wear to be used on windows devices, how about on iPhone, are all apps from the play store available on the app store?
Does it suck that you can't use the apps you want? Certainly does. But is it an issue of discrimination or Samsung doing anything other companies are not doing? No its not.
It's unfair of you to expect Samsung to cater to you. Don't want their product? Don't buy it. Don't like their policies? Don't buy their products.
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talalalal said:
It's a poor business decision that carries through customer support. As a business Samsung maintains the right to exert such decisions, as a consumer, it's our right to complain about them, and dissuade potential users who would not wish to purchase a device with stunted functionality.
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True, you can complain. True it may have been a bad decision to limit certain functionality, or a good one, depending on your view. It may push people who do not have a Samsung phone to buy one.
talalalal said:
It was not expected prior to purchase that Samsung would stunt and limit their products functionality to their own phones, when the watch is advertised for use with other android phones. It's not discrimination, but there's an element of deception.
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Why not? I believe it says not all functionality will work with non-Samsung phones. If not I apologize because I seem to remember it saying that, but could be wrong.
talalalal said:
As opposed to not allowing android wear to be used on windows devices (additional effort where the wear OS is property of Google), Samsung took an active stance to limit a third party developer's app to use with their own phones, when that app could easily be used with others.
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You assume it is Samsung limiting the availability of the apps, and not the app developer. Do you have evidence of this or is it wild speculation?
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ZTE has halted operations because of US ban

From CNN:
"ZTE Corporation, one of China's largest tech companies, has halted "major operating activities" after a US ban against the company went into effect, according to a new public filing."
"Some of the company's products, which includes smartphones and telecommunications equipment, appeared to be taken offline Wednesday. "

And this is so stupid because not everyone lives in the US.........

Unfortunately ZTE have not kept up an agreement with the US and action has been taken .... makes me think thank god for tdm and his amazing work

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And this is so stupid because not everyone lives in the US.........
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The biggest part of the seven-year ban involves no buying any products from US based companies. So no Qualcomm chips, no Dolby, etc. That's what really is devastating to them.
That being said it still sucks. It seemed like they were heading in a good direction, but they violated terms of a legal settlement. I'll still be using my Axon 7 Mini as a "backup" phone, but unfortunately won't be able to get another ZTE...
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Is there still a point to purchasing one and going through the trouble of rooting it so that I will work on Verizon?

igresham said:
Is there still a point to purchasing one and going through the trouble of rooting it so that I will work on Verizon?
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If I were you I would maybe go with Huawei, they manufacture most of the parts themselves. Don't know if they will be also banned soon
ZTE should partner with Huawei and get the parts from them. Although I am unsure which supplier is being used for WiFi (if it would be Broadcom it would be funny)

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If I were you I would maybe go with Huawei, they manufacture most of the parts themselves. Don't know if they will be also banned soon
ZTE should partner with Huawei and get the parts from them. Although I am unsure which supplier is being used for WiFi (if it would be Broadcom it would be funny)
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Partnering with Huawei might get past finding a supplier for the CPU/SoC - switch from Snapdragon to Kirin. Mediatek would be another option.
Still, they'd be stuck needing to roll out a whole new lineup of devices based on the new hardware.
In any event, would still have trouble purchasing a license for Google-certified Android software such as the Play Services, Play Store, etc.
However, it's starting to look like the USA strategy all along was to use this export ban as a bargaining tool to force China to make concessions in ongoing trade negotiations. There's nothing like going thermonuclear (figuratively speaking) to catch your adversary's (also known as "trading partner's") attention. Trump has recently tweeted that he's open to "working together" with the Chinese government to re-start ZTE's operations. (On the other hand, I've read in other news sources claiming that the most recent string of events with the USA backpedaling on the ZTE file is evidence of China preying on a naive USA trade strategy. Who knows: Maybe both opinions are true?)

Which manufacturers have the best OS support for low/mid - range products

Hello. I'm looking to buy a new Android Tablet. I'd really like something that has regular security patches for as long as possible because it will contain a lot of secure apps such as banking, 2FA, etc.
Which manufacturers have the best reputation for support beyond their flagship models?
Thank you.

I would say Xiaomi. Given that they allows for bootloader unlock, you can get security updates and bug fixes even for more years after the official support is dropped. Nowadays every manufacturer support is around 3 years.

AFAIK Google and Samsung actually grant 5 years support.
Don't think OEMs of low / mid-midrange products will also offer this support: the costs simply would be too high.

Thanks. I think for the money I have I'll have to stick with Samsung. Does anyone know what Lenovo is like for support? I often see their tablets but know little about how well they are supported.