Iphone Vs Android

iPhone vs. Android phone update-ablity

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 a 1:56 pm

Michael Degusta from the understatement did a tremendous job putting together a breakdown on iPhone vs. Android phone device update and support history. [Click/tap on the thumbnail above to go to his site and see it in full.]

Just as LTE-support, user-changeable batteries, different form factors, etc. are legitimate points of consideration when it comes to choosing beteen iPhone 4S and the various Android phones, so is vendor support and their history of OS updates. Not just for consumers, but for developers as well.

Steve Jobs considered Android "grand theft" of iPhone ideas

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Oct 20, 2011 a 11:15 pm

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According to the latest excerpt from Walter Isaacson's authorized biography of Steve Jobs, HTC's introduction of what Apple considered iPhone-live made Jobs "livid" and were equated with "grand theft".

"I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong," Jobs said. "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this."

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Galaxy Nexus, RAZR, PlayBook 2.0 come gunning for iPhone and iPad

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Oct 19, 2011 a 4:53 pm

BlackBerry and Android strike back: BBX superphones and Galaxy Nexus

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 a 9:49 am

Apple had their big Let's talk iPhone event a couple of weeks ago and have now released [iOS 5](http://www.imore.com/iOS 5) and iCloud, and launched the iPhone 4S -- now it's RIM's and Google's turn.

Kevin and Adam from CrackBerry.com are live at BlackBerry Dev Con 2011, hoping to get their keyboard-crunching hands on a next generation BBX (QNX) based superphone and Playbook OS 2.0.

iPhone 4 vs DROID BIONIC: Which should you get?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 14, 2011 a 7:53 am

Android Central has their full Motorola DROID BIONIC review up and if you're trying to decide on a Verizon smartphone, suddenly you have something new to consider -- iPhone 4 or DROID BIONIC, which should you get? Sure everyone is waiting on iPhone 5 this fall, but until Apple announces it, it doesn't exist, and by the time it ships there'll likely be a couple dozen more Android phones on the market to compete with it. As of right now, today, if you're looking to get a new smartphone on Verizon and you just can't wait, iPhone 4 and DROID BIONIC are the choice you have in front of you. So let's help you decide.

Does HTC violate Apple patents because Android founder Andy Rubin was inspired by them when he worked at Apple?

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Sep 2, 2011 a 10:34 pm

Long title, longer legal filing, but the gist is Apple seems to be claiming Android founder Andy Rubin was working for Apple and reporting to the man who filed for a patent on Apple's behalf that Apple is now suing HTC for violating in their Android phones. Even longer:

US Samsung Galaxy S II Android invasion begins [Competition]

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011 a 10:18 am

Phil from Android Central went and got his geeky little hands on the new Samsung Galaxy S II phones set to hit US carriers soon -- and come this fall go up against iPhone 5. And... they're big. Up to 4.52-inches of big. So big I'm wondering why Samsung didn't just simplify their branding and call them Galaxy Tab 4.5. (Maybe because Spring Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch just rolls off the tongue so much more easily?)

Apple photo gallery patent about to get all Samsung Galaxy phones banned in the EU?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011 a 11:37 am

A Dutch court today issued a European Union-wide injunction against the sale of Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, and Galaxy Ace phones, due to violation of an Apple patent involving swiping between photos in a gallery. The injunction would start taking effect in mid-October (around the time of iPhone 5 release).

iPhone, iPad untouched by mobile malware attacks

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 24, 2011 a 10:04 am

Anti-virus maker McAfee has released a report saying that iOS devices, including iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch were pretty much unaffected by the growing mobile malware attacks facing platforms like Google's Android. Jailbroken iOS devices were slightly more vulnerable, having had to deal with 4 variants of the same attack, but still far less than the 44 affecting Android (a 76% increase.)

Google buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion [Updated]

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Aug 15, 2011 a 8:40 am

Google has just announced that they're buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in an attempt to supercharge the Android platform. While the move will bring Google into the handset manufacturing business for the first time, potentially setting them up to deliver the same type of unified, integrated experience Apple is famous for, Google maintains they'll be running Motorola as a separate business. Which raises some important questions:

How will the play out for other Android licensees like HTC and Samsung? (Microsoft making the Zune killed the PlaysForSure alliance.)
Will all future Nexus-type devices come from Motorola going forward?
Will all future Motorola phones run stock Android going forward? (no more Blur.)
Is Motorola's patent portfolio strong enough to provide cover against Microsoft and Apple lawsuits?

Quotes from Larry Page and Sanjay Jha after the break.

[Google PR, Google Blog, Android Central coverage]