via onlinemba.com. (Link removed by request.)Cool info graphic. The key stat here for me is this one: “In 2009 alone, Apple accounted for 3.5 billion app downloads—bringing in 99.4% of app revenue, $2.4 billion dollars. As a comparison, Android Marketplace brings in about $60 million a year.” $60 million, versus $2.4 billion. And people wonder why all the top developers are still with Apple, despite…

> However, Android isn’t the only operating system that’s victim to junkware. HTC’s HD2, a Windows Mobile phone for T-Mobile, also includes some unusual software picks, including a Blockbuster app. > > So who’s to blame for this annoying bloat? > > “I’d say the carriers might be more nefarious on this than the device manufacturers,” said **Steve Drake**, a mobile analyst for IDC. “The carriers have the final say about what goes on there” because they generally handle promotion, support and distribution of the phones. > > The exception to this…

> Google has tested the software in schools “with groups that included sixth graders, high school girls, nursing students and university undergraduates who are not computer science majors,” according to the *New York Times*. via [macworld.com](http://www.macworld.com/article/152640/2010/07/appinventor.html?lsrc=rss_main)Just what every Android developer wants: to be competing with sixth graders for Android users’ attention. I fail to see how this addresses the much larger issue of app QUALITY on Android. This will do far more to turn talented developers…

> comScore was careful to note that this data came from just before the iPhone 4 launch (which happened in late June), so there’s some possibility that Apple’s share will see an uptick before the next report. Keep in mind, too, that there was a [high-profile leak about the new iPhone](http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/apparent-next-gen-iphone-front-facing-camera-better-battery.ars) in mid-April, which many believe to have depressed iPhone 3GS and 3G sales as users awaited the new model. via [arstechnica.com](http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/07/…

> The advertisement also makes note of reception with the device. > > “Most importantly, it comes with a double antenna design,” the advertisement reads. “The kind that allows you to hold the phone any way you like and use it just about anywhere to make crystal clear calls. You have a voice. And you deserve to be heard.” > > Of course, the advertisement is referring to recent [widespread reports](http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/24/some_iphone_4_launch_units_lose_signal_when_held_with_left_hand.html) that the iPhone…