I get my stats anywhere I can find them. Here’s a source that I haven’t seen before – Pornhub Insights, showing all kinds of differences and similarities between Apple iOS and Google Android users.
Insightful!
Tag: mobile
Upcoming Android devices
The touch screen on my Nexus 4 is dying. There’s a strip right across the center, which doesn’t work anymore. The device is still alive, but it won’t last long. In fact, I’ve already borrowed an old Sony Xperia from my brother, for the day when the angels will take my phone to the Android heaven.
With that in mind, I started looking for what’s going to be my next device. I’m planning to get one closer to Christmas maybe, so not exactly in a rush. The official Google blog’s post “S’more to love across all your screens” from a couple of days ago came just in time.
The line-up covers upcoming tablets, phones, and Chromecast devices. On the smartphone front, there are two devices – 5.7 inch Nexus 6P built by Huawei, and a 5.2 inch Nexus 5X built by LG. Nexus 6P starts at $499, which I’m not yet prepared to pay for a smartphone (even though I use it heavily on a daily basis). Nexus 5X starts at $379, which is much more reasonable. Both phones feature a fingerprint scanner (finally, away with all those passwords and patterns), and a 12.3 MP camera for better pictures. Nexus 6P comes in an aluminum body, which sounds nice.
Nexus 5X seems like an excellent option for me. Of course, I’ll have to wait and see when it gets released, real-priced, and reviewed.
On responsive images
Toptal runs the article “One Size Fits Some: A Guide to Responsive Web Design Image Solutions“, which discusses one of the trickiest problems of today’s web design and development – responsive images. They cover several tools and approaches – from HTML5 elements to on-the-fly image resizing and source shuffling.
Much recommended!
Replicant – fully free Android distribution
Replicant is a fully free Android distribution running on several devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on freedom and privacy/security.
Found via a mention in the Slashdot interview with Richard Stallman.
It’s Official: Google Says More Searches Now On Mobile Than On Desktop
Search Engine Land reports:
Last year we heard informal statements from several Google employees that mobile search queries would probably overtake desktop queries some time this year. Google just confirmed this has now happened.
The company says that “more Google searches take place on mobile devices than on computers in 10 countries including the US and Japan.” The company declined to elaborate further on what the other countries were, how recently this change happened or what the relative volumes of PC and mobile search queries are now.
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Google groups tablets with desktops. So this is just smartphones and does not include tablets.
There’s also an interesting misalignment of this report with some Comscore reports.