Android accounts for one-quarter of mobile web traffic
Android is mopping up Apple and RIM's declining mobile mindshare in the US, you'll find nothing but corroboration from Quantcast. The analytics firm reckons a full one-quarter of mobile web traffic stateside comes from devices running Google's OS
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The idea we keep hearing from users trying to excite everyone about IPTV always comes back to "I wish I could pay only for the channels or shows I like, and not have to pay for the rest."
This idea will likely never come to see fruition in the way these people envision it. Here's why:
Most cable networks are owned by larger companies that own several stations. For example, MTV owns Nikelodeon, VH1, Comedy Central, Spike TV, and BET, not to mention the nearly dozen MTV or VH1 spin-off channels. In order to carry any of those channels at a reasonable rate, MTV insists that cable networks carry all of them. This gives MTV a larger audience to demand higher prices for advertising with, and it gives the cable network 'more options' to offer the viewer, making the cable deal seem more cost-effective.
The truth is, if you wanted only Comedy Central, you'd probably end up paying the same amount for it as you do for all 20 stations owned by MTV and carried by your cable provider.
Alternatives already exist. TiVo, Netflix, and your friendly neighborhood bitTorrent all offer cheaper ways to watch these shows (with varying degrees of user effort, legality, and cost).
If you only watch 100 hours of TV a year (about what 5 shows worth of episodes offer in a year), you are better off buying them for a buck or two an episode on iTunes or renting them on DVD anyways. Even buying the boxed sets brings the cost down to about 2-3 dollars an episode.
you aren't paying for all of the content cable offers you - you are paying for :access: to that content. It's the difference between paying for concert tickets or the CD of the live performance.
Personally, I don't see how IPTV can ever be as convenient as flipping channels. Loading and buffering times, MSoft's inability to design a navigable menu, and the reliance on "Comcastic" internet service (shudder) are all major obstacles here. Then again, I never flip channels myself these days, as my TiVo keeps me covered in that department.
with a proper multicast network, it would be just like flipping channels