Jobs suggests that competitors’ device activation tallies may be inflated, Google quickly responds
Not satisfied to simply trump Google's daily device activation numbers , Steve Jobs added insult to injury at the Apple press conference this afternoon, claiming that unspecified "friends" have been counting handset upgrades in their statistical totals and not just newly activated phones. As you might imagine, Google was not terribly pleased at this turn of events, and issued the following retort: "The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services." Now, we don't honestly know who's telling the truth here and we'd like to be able to take both companies at their word, but this isn't the first time even during this particular Apple shindig that questionable claims were thrown out as fact.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: afternoon, apple, claims, entry, injury, kamal, newly-activated, retort, Steve, steve-jobs, trump, truth
Data suggests handheld phone bans while driving aren’t helping
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Highway Loss Data Institute (try saying that five times fast) seems like it'd be the first organization in the world to vehemently support bans on the use of handheld phones while driving, but interestingly, it's come out with some data recently to suggest they're not doing much good. A study of insurance claims in four regions where laws have been passed -- New York, Washington, DC, Connecticut, and California -- both before and after the bans went into effect, compared to adjacent regions where use was allowed, apparently shows no demonstrable drop in accidents
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-bans, claims, couple-factors, entry, experience, factors, factors-at-play, handheld, highway-safety, organization, personal, phones