Hail to the Victor!

• Devices server a purpose - entertain, inform, get stuff done

• Music, Movies, TV Shows, eBooks and App stores

• Wide selection of quality content

• Competitive prices

• International availability

• Interoperable on a user’s devices

• Game Center

Ecosystem

How available is the content?

“Google's lack of international content offerings still hurt them in terms of the overall value proposition

of their platform” ~ Rene Ritchie

“Google's lack of international content offerings still hurt them in terms of the overall value proposition

of their platform” ~ Rene Ritchie

iCloud• PC-free set up, back up, and restore features

• Mail, Contacts, and Calendar sync across all devices - iPad, Mac, iPhone

• iTunes in the Cloud for apps, books, music, movies, and TV shows

• Documents in the Cloud

• Photo Stream

• Find my iPhone

• Find my Friends

• iMessage — free SMS between iOS devices

• FaceTime

Siri

• Canadian (English/French), Spanish (Spain/Mexico/US), Italian, Swiss (German/French/Italian), Korean, Mandarin (Mainland China/Taiwan), Cantonese (Hong Kong/Mainland China)

• Restaurant reservations — Apple has partnered with Yelp! and OpenTable (“where’s the nearest library”)

• Movies listing ("what G-rated movies are playing nearby”)

AirPlay

• Stream standard H.264 720p and 1080p video

• Stream MPEG-4 video

• From Mac, iPad, iPhone to Apple TV

• .M4V, .MP4, .MOV file formats

Open?

• IS NOT A FEATURE!

• Locked bootloaders

• Non-removable apps

• Delayed upgrades/patches

NFC vs Passbook

• NFC requires retailers to retrofit or replace POS systems with new units

• NFC is codes are transmitted in the clear

• Passbook is NOT a transaction system

• Passbook work today with retailers I already use – Target, Walmart, Starbucks, Fandango etc.

Privacy• Apple

• iPhone, iPads, iPods

• Macs

• Apple TV

• Google

• Advertising

• YOU!

Developers like to get paid

• Android platform users prefer FREE (as in FREE beer)

• 2/3 of Android users have never bought apps.

• iOS users are willing to pay for quality apps

• Corporations find it easier to develop to a standard – iOS has become that standard

Jon Lech Johansen, the developer of DoubleTwist, a desktop Mac and Windows app that provides Android with a third party option for media sync and desktop Android Market access resembling Apple's iTunes, complained about "Google's mismanagement of the Android Market," noting that "one should not need a PhD in Computer Science to use a smartphone," and that "Google does far too little curation of the Android Market."

Top Paid Apps

Top Paid Apps

Security

• App Stores

• The Mall at Short Hills vs Bazaar

• Buyer beware

• Permissions - which version of angry birds is the right one?

• Screen shot of permissions

The real problem with Android security though isn't malware that requires a fool's active co-operation. No, the true trouble is that Google still doesn't do anything like enough checking of applications for security risks before it lets them go on the Google Play Store. This is one thing that Apple does do better with its app store than Google does. ~ Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNet, October 2012)

Android Market = malware factory

Android OS adoption – October 1, 2012

Patching/Upgrades• Apple

• Sole responsibility. One patch targets all devices. 61% of all iOS devices updated.

• Android OS

• Finger pointing. Google creates patch/upgrade. Then maybe device manufacturer creates a patch for their devices. Then maybe cellular provider distributes patch. Or maybe they force you to buy a new phone.

Which is the real app?

Android OS adoption – October 2012

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