Article: the near future for iOS and Android

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AdamRedwoods (Posted 2013) [#1]

http://stevecheney.com/on-the-future-of-ios-and-android/ Interesting perspective. I was more interested in the Bluetooth LE analysis.

muddy_shoes (Posted 2013) [#2]

Interesting read. Not sure I'm convinced that local comms apps like EFTPOS are going to drive the market very hard the near term. Such things require buy-in from both sides. Service providers can't ignore customers with incompatible Android phones and those same Android users who don't feel the need to rush out and get a hardware refresh every 6 months seem unlikely to be convinced to buy a new phone for what will be unusual use-cases for a while yet.

Xaron (Posted 2013) [#3]

That's an interesting read, thanks Adam!

therevills (Posted 2013) [#4]

Interesting... but a lot of rumours... and who is Steve Cheney and why should I care what he blogs about?

Sammy (Posted 2013) [#5]

Quite illogically pro-apple in many parts IMHO. For example "Integrated HW/SW from Apple will likely retain a performance edge". I have both Apple and Android hardware but consistently certain Android(mainly Samsung & Google) devices have had the performance edge for quite a long time now with no sign of Apple getting even close.