There are plenty of reasons to choose any one particular phone over the iPhone. But the people who specifically look for a smartphone powered by Google’s Android operating system often do so for hard-to-understand reasons, such as Android’s much-vaunted “openness.”

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Three Reasons for Regular People to Go Android Instead of iPhone

On May 26, Verizon added four new smartphones to its lineup, three of which are powered by Google’s open-source Android operating system: The LG Revolution, the Droid X2, and the Xperia Play. All three are more powerful, in one way or another, than the Verizon iPhone 4. But are any of them worth buying instead?

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Three Android Challengers to the Verizon iPhone Arrive

Such is the way of technology. Just two years after its release, the iPhone 3GS may be deemed “too old” for Apple’s next iteration of its mobile operating system, iOS 5.

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Rumor: iOS 5 will not be available for iPhone 3GS

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Why Android Fans Annoy IPhone Users

On May 22, 2011, in iPhone, by admin

Full disclosure: I’m an Android fan. I bought an HTC Aria on AT&T’s network, before Verizon got the iPhone. I like how Android phones work, I like that I can customize them, and I like that the Android operating system is open-source — I even run Ubuntu on my laptop.

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A jump in sales due to the launch of the iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless has helped Apple’s iOS operating system make gains in mobile ad share against Google’s market-leading Android OS, according to the March report on mobile platform trends by Millennial Media.

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Verizon iPhone boosts Apple iOS ad share gains over Android, study shows

A jump in sales due to the launch of the iPhone 4 on Verizon Wireless has helped Apple’s iOS operating system make gains in mobile ad share against Google’s market-leading Android OS, according to the March report on mobile platform trends by Millennial Media.

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Verizon iPhone boosts Apple iOS ad share gains over Android, study shows

SMART PHONES IPhone 4 accesses Web slower than Android systems Apple’s iPhone accessed the Web more slowly through mobile applications than phones using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, according to a report…

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IPhone 4 slower to access Web, Blaze study finds

SMART PHONES IPhone 4 accesses Web slower than Android systems Apple’s iPhone accessed the Web more slowly through mobile applications than phones using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, according to a report…

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IPhone Software Loses Speed Test to Android

On March 17, 2011, in iPhone, by admin

Apple Inc.’s iPhone worked slower loading websites 84 percent of the time in a test than phones using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, according to a Canadian software company.

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IPhone Software Loses Speed Test to Android

IPhone Software Loses Speed Test to Android

On March 17, 2011, in iPhone, by admin

Apple Inc.’s iPhone worked slower loading websites 84 percent of the time in a test than phones using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, according to a Canadian software company.

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IPhone Software Loses Speed Test to Android