Why Android has lower Internet usage

There is a lot written on how android users are less data savvy that their Apple counterparts.

The actual reason for the disparity is due to the profile of the phones that carry Android.

Apple sells one model of its phone and generates the huge numbers that it does. By contrast android and its partners generate their sales through hundreds, if not thousands of models of phones. Most of the phones which they sell are low end phones which are extremely inferior in quality and performance. The android developers on the other hand are forced to produce apps which can be installed on all Android phones. Now most of the android phones cannot run too many apps. They are not designed for that kind of performance.

The poor performance of most Android devices is the reason that they are not used heavily therefore consuming much lesser data.

Apple Maps - Australian Fiasco

So now the police have set about putting up warning about various mapping product. At least the Australian police seem to have cartographic experts who are qualified to put out warnings about cartographic products!

So a few weeks back I was driving from a place called Raichur (North Karnataka) to Bangalore. Yes its a place not too many people have heard about just like Mildura. I was using Google Maps for directions and somewhere along the way this wonderful app located me somewhere in the middle of Czech Republic. Obviously I was a little concerned when the map showed me off by a few thousand miles. To add to the misery, there not a soul in sight for kilometers and I had to continue driving hoping that the direction in which I was headed was correct. I was in Czech Republic for about 40 Kilometers after which it put me back in India.

Fortunately, I did not approach the police about the incident and also I do not believe that the Indian cops are very keenly interested in cartographic issues.

So, What is the point? Well, clearly nobody is perfect. The problem with Apple is that there are just too successful. They have the highest profits in the mobile industry. The company is therefore under a great deal of scrutiny. Also, the millions of blogs that follow the company need fodder to write about and hence they hang onto any obscure report that may materialise.

I would like to know how many of the blogs the Australian Apple Maps incident have actually spoken to the officer involved!

The blogging community need to leave Apple alone. They have made a mistake and have admitted to it. They are not crowdsourcing data, which means that their product development is on a different slope as compared to Google. Let them do what they believe is right and then time will let us know if the approach was right or not.

Till then, just let them be.

Italian Navy Flag

So half the Indian population does not know the Indian Navy Flag. Hence it's safe to assume that none of them know the flag of the Italian Navy

The media is advertising the Italian Navy flag to such an extent that whatever message Italy wanted to put across is done by the news. Don't make an issue of it and ignore it, the job of not getting the message out is taken care of.

But no... Their journalistic excellence has to shine through.

Why Apple will not allow widgets...

Well, to answer this question, we need to look back at Windows. So when you installed a program in Windows, the program was saved in a particular folder and then shortcuts were placed all over the system, in order ensure that you would be able find the bloody thing. Else, you would be required to meander through a labyrinth of folders to finally arrive at the ".exe" file that you may need.

For those who have used the Macintosh, they know that there exists an application folder where one could find all of the programs. They are saved there and could be simply deleted from there.

What makes the Windows a slower system is the redundancy. Widgets are the Android avatar of these same redundancies. You can have the same app accessed through the menu folder or through the home screen or widgets and so on. These redundancies slow down the performance of a system and at same time introduce a new layer that needs to be understood by the non-tech savvy user.

If you were to ask an average Windows user to tell you, where Chrome.exe can be located, I am sure they probably would not be able to locate it. Now, ask a Mac user where Chrome is installed and most of them would get it right. This simply due to the intuitive nature of design of the system.

The same will hold true Android Vs iOS.

Now, does this reduce possibilities for the advance users, well, it certainly does. But, Apple manufactures for the masses not just for the tech-savvy user. This is reflected in numbers. Samsung Galaxy S3 sells 10 Million units in 2 months, Apple sells as many iPhone 5's in 2 weeks or probably less!

Why Apple will not allow widgets...

Well, to answer this question, we need to look back at Windows. So when you installed a program in Windows, the program was saved in a particular folder and then shortcuts were placed all over the system, in order ensure that you would be able find the bloody thing. Else, you would be required to meander through a labyrinth of folders to finally arrive at the ".exe" file that you may need.

For those who have used the Macintosh, they know that there exists an application folder where one could find all of the programs. They are saved there and could be simply deleted from there.

What makes the Windows a slower system is the redundancy. Widgets are the Android avatar of these same redundancies. You can have the same app accessed through the menu folder or through the home screen or widgets and so on. These redundancies slow down the performance of a system and at same time introduce a new layer that needs to be understood by the non-tech savvy user.

If you were to ask an average Windows user to tell you, where Chrome.exe can be located, I am sure they probably would not be able to locate it. Now, ask a Mac user where Chrome is installed and most of them would get it right. This simply due to the intuitive nature of design of the system.

The same will hold true Android Vs iOS.

Now, does this reduce possibilities for the advance users, well, it certainly does. But, Apple manufactures for the masses not just for the tech-savvy user. This is reflected in numbers. Samsung Galaxy S3 sells 10 Million units in 2 months, Apple sells as many iPhone 5's in 2 weeks or probably less!