http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/How's that even debatable? MS has 90% market share, Mac has 5% and everybody else is shareing the remainder.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/GO ANDROID
]]>Apr 23rd 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Probably because Windows hardly had an operating system when Apple launched their first computer with a GUI in 1984. Windows never really started taking the home market until Windows 3.1. Even then their biggest breakthrough was with Windows 95.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Also Microsoft was actually making software for the Mac back then interesting enough. In fact the first version of Word actually launched on a Mac OS before it even launched in Windows.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
So let me get this straight...

From what you people are saying, Apple is better than Microsoft because they have their own popular products, but 6.37% market share, while Microsoft doesnt have popular products but 90.72% market share?

Wow..]]>Apr 23rd 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Number of apps isnt a good measure .. what I wanna see is the revenue. What's the total revenue? Apple's app store as i understand it has revenue in the billions.
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Wow! What did Apple ever do to you on a personal level? That much hate?!! Be wary of hating... it only burns you. ]]>Apr 23rd 2010 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Only thing about comparing income from apps is the fact that there are a lot of free apps on android using ad support. So by that math, I'd say more free apps are better for the consumer but wouldn't show when it comes to app revenue unless you take in account ad revenue also.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Especially since Apple's a few weeks away from curb stomping Microsoft in Marketcap. Should be fun.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
I would actually like to see Android do the opposite and blown even more minds and by that I mean:

Less Apps and More Sold Builds]]>Apr 23rd 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
The Apple II was a pretty hot product, release 1977.
The Mac was not, released 1984, way too expensive.
Windows 1 came out in 1985, and was a complete dog.
Windows 3.11 was released in December 31,1993 and was the real turning point for Windows.

In other words, Apple was kicking MS's butt until the mid 90's.

September 19, 1994 Apple sued MS for the look and feel of Windows.
Thanks to John Sculley, MS won the battle.

1997, Steve Jobs returns to the company, and begins to drastically alter the company's direction.

2010 (prediction) Apple will surpass MS in marketcap ]]>Apr 23rd 2010 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
"2010 (prediction) Apple will surpass MS in marketcap, "

If you look how PC and netbooks sells, I don't know how could MS be beaten this year. Windows 7 not included XP and Vista already double the install base of OS X and it didn't lose any steam at all.
PC market is rebounding

http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2010/01/while-pc-market-rebounds-apple-slips-into-5th-place-in-us.ars

Android is starting to picking Apple shares, with such war going on, how will your prediction come true?]]>Apr 23rd 2010 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
You miss the point. Apple's phone business (booming) is very profitable whereas Google's Android is given away for free, in hopes of making money on advertising. So Apple is making money hand over fist not only on the devices, but also from the ATT deal where they get a couple hundred bucks on each phone.

The Mac, especially laptops, are rocking right now wherease the PC market relies on Netbooks, which don't make any money.

Basically MS obsesses about marketshare, Apple obsesses about profit. And that's why Apple is winning.

PS. The iPad, as big as that story was a few months back, was not factored into this quarters financials. So of course, that's another huge boost in EPS next quarter ;).

Also iAd is coming, which should piss Google off big time.]]>Apr 23rd 2010 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
1. Why do I need to have C:\ and D:\ and E:\ ? In UNIX we have one root directory
2. Windows has come a long way but technically it used to be a POS in the past with legacy 16 bit code and what not. Apple had preemptive multi-tasking way before Windows.
3. Shell programming in Windows is a nightmare. If you have written any shell scripts then you know what I am talking about. I can use the Terminal in OS X to write fancy shell scripts. Batch files are a joke.
4. No other operating system or language uses backslash as a path separator. It is an escape character. Any programmer here knows that.
5. By the way, go to your favorite company Google and see how many of their software engineers use Macs..... you will be very surprised!

My own 2 cents as a long time programmer. I would love to hear from other CS graduates. Not from anyone who thinks he knows a lot about gadgets because he can tinker with stuff.

If you know very little, you like Apple. If you know a little more, but think you know a lot, you like windows. If you know a whole lot more ... you like Apple. And if you really know ... you like Linux (I have no beef with that)
]]>Apr 23rd 2010 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Most of those apps suck and there aren't any real games. Just because Android gains marketshare doesn't mean it's better. ]]>Apr 23rd 2010 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 23rd 2010 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/"“the way to make money in this business is by setting de facto standards.” Bill Gates...
Windows and Microsoft Office remain the biggest de facto standards of all but they haven't set anything since then ( other than listening to Steve's famous "one more thing"). Meanwhile, Apple came out with ipod, ipod minis, Iphone, and iPad. They clearly saw the future as we know they own the mobile market. Apple clearly set the de facto standards since 1997 as Apple's share price shows. (When Steve Jobs assumed the CEO position at Apple on July 9, 1997 Apple shares cost $3.42 and the company had a market cap of around $3 billion. This week Apple shares hit $266 with a market cap of $241 billion — 80 times larger than it was 13 years ago. Microsoft shares, in contrast, went from $17.67 to $31 in the same time frame — not even a doubling despite more than $80 billion in share buy-backs by the company.) so as an investor's point of view, Apple is far more profitable company than MS. No competition lol... and looking at my old man's face every time Apple makes a splash, It's a truth. ( Owns little bit of Apple share he bought back in 80's and still brags about it)

]]>Apr 23rd 2010 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/We had a Mac back in the 80's. And I have to say, switching to DOS was a step backwards.]]>Apr 24th 2010 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 24th 2010 3:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Yes, it's good for developers. But I don't think most customers really care. What they care is about quality and hype. If an app gets attention people will download anyway.]]>Apr 24th 2010 3:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Butthurt old Mactards opening up old wounds

/trollface]]>Apr 24th 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 24th 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/thats not a good measure for the people, you want free apps, not to be paying $15 an app (ipad) or $3 for ipone/touch]]>Apr 24th 2010 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 24th 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 24th 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 24th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 24th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://bit.ly/android-apps-exagerated-apps]]>Apr 24th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Considering that Google filed for a patent on location-based advertising, I'd say they welcome iAd - if only for the legal insulation.]]>Apr 24th 2010 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 24th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/Apr 25th 2010 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/23/android-market-clears-the-50-000-app-mark-says-androlib/
Also, you say, "1. Why do I need to have C:\ and D:\ and E:\ ? In UNIX we have one root directory"

Yeah, you do have one root directory for your files, but you also have to mount any devices you plug in. For example, if I plug in my flash drive, Ubuntu automatically mounts it using the mount command. In some versions of Linux, you have to manually mount them.

Instead of C:\ or E:\, you get /mnt/sda1, /mnt/sda2/, /mnt/sdb1.

There are obvious differences between these two methods, but they both accomplish the same basic task.

By the way, I am also a software developer, and I cannot stand working with Cocoa / Objective-C in Mac. If I want object oriented C, I will write code in C++ (which is what I do, considering I am a C++ developer).
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They bought stocks which they then sold back to Apple. At the time, Apple actually had a couple BILLION in cash, so Microsoft didn't actually "save" anything.]]>Apr 25th 2010 8:37PM