So desperate they have to lie

[KDroidX]

Yeah CNN didn't do the poll, Yankee Group did it. Who knows, they could be fanboys trying to make their precious iphone regain its honor

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah CNN didn't do the poll, Yankee Group did it. Who knows, they could be fanboys trying to make their precious iphone regain its honor

Follow the links I pasted above about Yankee Group. The author of the survey blogged that the iPhone 4 didn't have an antennae problem and dismissed the consumer reports article just 2 days before Apple owned up to the problems.

The report the CNN article is based on is suspect at best.

 

[Dr. Shady PhD]

That's alright because i like the way they lie
(eminem song FTW)

 

[Intervenient]

The thing about Android is that users don't need to fully embrace it yet. Just the fact that it's starting to gain market share is getting under the skin of iPhone users. It honestly feels like a lot of iPhone users are trying to validate their purchase, and can't stand that the Android platform is succeeding even a little bit.

 

[ari-free]

They were tired of Apple always being 5% vs Windows and they saw iPhone as their best chance to finally dominate the industry.

 

[Deleted User]

They were tired of Apple always being 5% vs Windows and they saw iPhone as their best chance to finally dominate the industry.

Funny thing is, one of the blogs mentiones the Apple vs. Windows thing and says something like "just because you hold a small market share, it doesn't mean that you're not by far the best platform", then goes on to say how that doesn't apply when Apple is holding the larger market share

 

[Ramzes13]

I really find these news articles funny...i am on my second cell carrier, and now my third android device. My best friend swithed to verizon from att to get a droid



Maybe we should start maing up numbers too, after all didnt google say some 160,000 android powered devices we being activated per day as of 2 months ago (please correct me if im wrong)?

 

[srmccoy]

It's one thing to have an opinion on a matter, it's another to twist the numbers and bend the truth to make your opinion appear as fact. Then, the author follows it up by arguing and attacking those who comment (before locking them completely)? This publication will be dead within 2 years, at most. That isn't journalism, that's crap.

 

[centauress]

It's one thing to have an opinion on a matter, it's another to twist the numbers and bend the truth to make your opinion appear as fact. Then, the author follows it up by arguing and attacking those who comment (before locking them completely)? This publication will be dead within 2 years, at most. That isn't journalism, that's crap.

Two years? I give him/her twelve to eighteen months.

I commented - TWICE! - to the 'Earning increased, so the antenna problem is faked' (Not real title, but an accurate synopsis,) and the 'editor' not only didn't post, but locked the comments!

This POC isn't long for this world...

 

[Tre Lawrence]

It's truly not that serious.

 

[Deleted User]

Two years? I give him/her twelve to eighteen months.

I commented - TWICE! - to the 'Earning increased, so the antenna problem is faked' (Not real title, but an accurate synopsis,) and the 'editor' not only didn't post, but locked the comments!

This POC isn't long for this world...

Problem is, rabid apple fanbois will slurp up anything that this guys writes, and that's enough to keep him in business. You don't have to be good, or even right, you just have to bring in the eyeballs to view your ads.

 

[KDroidX]

I commented on nearly every iphone/android article (8 in all) he approved one and i got like 4 likes then he deleted it. all the rest were never approved i guess

 

[srmccoy]

It's ok. The group that came out with the statistics that Bill Palmer (@BillPalmer on twitter for those of you who would like to leave a comment but can't) grossly exaggerated and misconstrued has clarified their findings so that they're not so easy to spin.

Yankee Group Blog Blog Archive Setting the record straight on iPhone and Android

 

[Tre Lawrence]

LOL... after mynamewastaken posted his/her findings, I went and looked up some more data on Yankee Group.

• They were the folks that got into hot water with the whole Linux vs Windows fiasco. I couldn't remember the firm, but it was Yankee.
• Good luck finding who sponsors the surveys. Make no mistake: their surveys are sponsored by major entities. I was not able to find out who sponsored this iPhone survey, and they guard that info very seriously.
• They don't release all the data from their surveys. The entire survey is only provided to the client/sponsor. They release targeted information.
• They have had to retract at least one major past survey when challenged on the unscientific nature.

Best I can tell, it is a frilled PR firm. Microsoft hired them way back when (through a shielding branch)to the survey mentioned in the first bullet.

And now, I hear they are retracting some of this current survey? Okay.

 

[srmccoy]

Further info: CNN corrected their article. The research shows 20% of ALL Smart phone users would buy Android. Not 20% of Android users would buy Android.
Most iPhone users love AT&T - Jul. 23, 2010

 

[UncleMike]

Further info: CNN corrected their article. The research shows 20% of ALL Smart phone users would buy Android. Not 20% of Android users would buy Android.
Most iPhone users love AT&T - Jul. 23, 2010

I'm sure the frothing fanboy masquerading as an editor will ignore this juicy little tidbit.

 

[ManchesterUTD]

But isn't it 20% only because we wouldn't NEED to buy a new one
unlike iPhone they have flaws all the time, so they need to buy the latest one

 

[ari-free]

but the latest iPhone has more flaws...

 

[TheBarron]

Seriously? 2010? Lol, pass whatever you're smoking...

When we review the numbers in early 2011 and I'm hysterically wrong, then you can point at me and laugh all you like. Just remember what I predicted. I didn't say more people in the US would be walking around with an EVO than an iPhone, I said android v apple smartphone marketshare. You know, the one where Blackberry still destroys Apple, etc?

It will also become clear that it's not even really a fair fight, because of the array of devices android will be on. A large percentage of owners won't even know what they have, as opposed to iPhone where often the brand is what they bought in the first place.

 

[centauress]

It will also become clear that it's not even really a fair fight, because of the array of devices android will be on. A large percentage of owners won't even know what they have, as opposed to iPhone where often the brand is what they bought in the first place.

I've actually had the phanbouys tell me, "frankly, I hate the phone... but it's an Apple!" like that fixes all the massive glaring faults.
"I got hit with the 'Rickroll' thing ... but it's an Apple!"
"I have to jailbreak to fix the so-and-so ... but it's an Apple!"
and the new favorite - actually heard just outside the physical San Francisco Apple store.
"My phone can't make calls without a bumper on it ..." followed by the zombie chant of... well, you know what it is...

I know all phones have followers, but geeze, this is cult-level, 'drink-the-poisoned-kool-aid' zaniness...

 

[snapper.fishes]

Polls are about as reliable as the Time most influential online poll, and guess what happened to that one.

 

[alex51]

I've been around pda's/smartphones since the Treo 650 and I have no reason to believe Android will do anything but thrive.Sure with the new Windows os ph's coming out some will fall for the hype and switch but there will always be next great next step in evolution.To prove my point look how long Palm os,Windows os ph's have been around and so will Android.It most likely will evolve to closer resemble it's original origins.

 

[Isthmus]

Here is what I find funny about these sites, how do they explain Android's ever increasing (and accelerating) market share,, even after the introduction of the Iphone 4 (and not just in the US, but in all markets where Android devices have been introduced)?

 

[HustlinDaily]

Whoa. There is a guy named Joe Butt on this planet.

 

[Steven58]

Meh... the money's going to android. Wall Street knows who's buying what and Android's taking over the market, baby.