No Other Faceoff! We Just Say It Is About Android Vs. Android!

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With the entrance of Nexus One based on the Android platform, people's interest in this operating system has been growing. And even the question arises; can Android dethrone other smartphone platform? The market analysts are trying to compare it with other smartphones in the context of Android application developers' choice.

While some people like to express that iPhone's ingenuity will keep it the most relevant, other put across that the clear advantage of Android OS is that it is fully multitasked, supports multiple home screen or desktops, has an interactive desktop, supports widgets, supports Adobe Flash, etc. Above all, the Open Source nature of Android really helps developers while working on.

According to AppStoreHQ's Research, 1412 developers as per their database have published apps for both iOS and for Android; that ends up breaking down to 15% of Android developers and 3% of iOS developers.

It seems that Android OS too is evolving rapidly just like the iPhone. In the last three months, we have seen that Google updated its Android operating system, introducing Android 2.2, aka FroYo while Apple ...
... shot back by making its latest mobile operating system, iOS 4, available which was formerly called iPhone OS 4.0.

Android may challenge Apple and other smartphone software makers, be it Microsoft (MSFT), Research In Motion (RIM), Palm (HPQ), and Symbian, the world's most popular mobile-operating system. But, this time we would not focus on if Android is gaining over other smartphone platform.

It is agreed that the Android is one of the most talked-about and hotly debated operating systems on the block these days. But the question is how it measures up in the arena of public opinion? As the technology has been accelerating quickly over these months the Android devices seem to be competing nicely with themselves. Every Android device that came to the market so far, each has been making a significant media splash at its launch. And mostly in the public eye, is there one Android to rule them all?
Then, which Android device is wining? The social media junkies are saying about a few Android devices, including the Droid X, the HTC Evo, and the HTC Incredible. Chatterscope, Tweets Analysis tool of LEWIS, a global public relations consultancy, collected 13,303 tweets about the Droid X, 976 about HTC's Evo, and 427 tweets about the HTC Droid Incredible. It clearly proves that the Droid X, since after its launch in the month of July 20010, saw the lion's share of buzz in terms of volume.

Let's come to an application to parse Twitter data about these three Android phones. It is The Archivist, which looks at users, links, keywords and tweet volume over a period of time. Their research analysis shows that the HTC Incredible lags in terms of overall mentions — possibly because the Incredible launched at the end of April of this year; on the other hand the Evo and Droid X, which debuted June 4 and July 15, respectively, haven't quite cooled yet in terms of media mentions and general public interest.

The Droid X is showing a predictable peak around its launch date, but mentions have sharply declined, perhaps signaling a dropping-off in consumer interest. Then again, the Evo's sustained buzz signals good things for that device. Overall, during a 12-day period, the Archivist picked up 63,329 tweets about the Evo, 43,025 about the Droid X, and just 6,466 about the Incredible.
Now more and more Android super phones roll out with each passing month, so let's wait to know which phones are catching interest of the users!

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