(Credit: Lookout)

BARCELONA — The Android Market is growing at three times the rate of Apple’s App Store, according to a report released today by mobile security firm Lookout.

The number of Android Market apps increased about 127 percent since August, while the number of apps in the Apple App Store grew at a rate of 44 percent during that period, the company said in its latest App Genome Project report, which is based on an analysis of more than 500,000 mobile apps for those mobile platforms.

“The Android is maturing fast,”

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Apple is working on new versions of the iPhone that are aimed at slowing the advance of competing handsets based on Google’s Android software, according to people who have been briefed on the plans.

One version would be cheaper and smaller than the most recent iPhone, said a person who has seen a prototype and asked not to be identified because the plans haven’t been made public. Apple also is developing technology that makes it easier to use the iPhone on multiple wireless networks, two people said.

[via Business Standard]

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With Verizon the strongest carrier for the Google Android mobile operating system, the arrival of Apple’s iPhone on the largest network in America is expected to displace around a million Android handset sales in the first quarter of availability.

Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray said on Thursday that Verizon typically would have sold between 4 million and 5 million Android handsets this quarter if Apple’s iPhone were not available. But he sees the arrival of the iPhone taking a chunk out of Android sales on Verizon, disrupting them by about a million.

[via Apple Insider]

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This week, smartphone giants Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Samsung posted fourth-quarter earnings that, each in its own way, reflected the looming presence—and successes—of Apple.

Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha noted that the Android-booster had made strides in the smartphone space during the quarter, but that sales were nonetheless affected by Verizon’s announcement that it would soon offer an iPhone 4. Meanwhile, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, despite announcing that the world’s leading phone maker had managed to increase smartphone sales by 38 percent during the quarter, conceded that Nokia still hasn’t created a smartphone that can compete with the appeal of the iPhone or top-selling Android devices.

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During Apple’s earnings call Tuesday, the company revealed the sale of more than 16 million iPhones in a single quarter.  With iPhone soon available on Verizon those numbers are expected to rise further.

Now, some interesting information concerning iPhone to Android users on Dallas-based AT&T’s wireless network has surfaced showing the popularity of iPhone and the lack of solid Android competitors sold by the carrier.

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The smartphone has too many shortcomings and users are better off waiting until Apple releases the next generation model later this year, according to the venerable consumer magazine.

Consumer Reports is advising people to hold off buying the iPhone 4 from Verizon Wireless next month, saying the device they’ll be getting is a middle-aged smartphone that Apple will likely replace in the summer with a new generation.

via Information Week

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Apple investors’ biggest concern right now is whether Steve Jobs will remain deeply involved with the company. Whatever happens, though, Apple still faces a long-term strategic question: Will it be content to be a high-end niche player in smartphones?

via The Wall Street Journal

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The long awaited announcement came out of New York today; an Apple iPhone will be available from Verizon in February. This is great news for frustrated Verizon customers longing for an iPhone or frustrated AT&T customers looking for a service that doesn’t drop calls on a frequent basis. However when you start to think about it, you have to wonder whether or not buying a Verizon iPhone 4 today (or next month) makes sense. Here are some reasons why you might want to hold off on a Verizon iPhone or maybe consider an Android smartphone instead.

1.The Verizon 3G iPhone Will Soon Be Obsolete

2.Verizon 3G Network Has Drawbacks

3. No Surfing and Talking at the Same Time

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