Android Provides More Eyeballs to Advertisers, While iPhone Offers Most Revenue to App Creators, Study Finds

It’s one thing to measure the number of smartphones sold of each given brand or operating system. But adding up sheer numbers doesn’t always indicate how big the opportunity is for either app developers or advertisers. New figures from Millennial Media indicate that the Android remains king of the heap when it comes to a vehicle for delivering ads, while the iPhone remains tops when it comes to making money for developers.

Amazon's Big Book

Amazon’s Big Book

Wall Street's Case of the Mondays

Wall Street’s Case of the Mondays

WARNING: iPhone Sales Ranking in Mirror May Be Smaller Than It Appears

Get this: Apple’s iPhone 3G is now the second best-selling mobile handset in the U.S. According to NPD Group, the device outsold the BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and Palm Centro between June and August to claim about 17 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. Moreover, about 30 percent of stateside customers who purchased an iPhone 3G during that period switched mobile carriers to do so.

HTC Can’t Disguise Windows Mobile Flaws

It’s exciting to think about iPhone competitors giving better software a real try. But HTC’s Touch Diamond doesn’t hide the outdated Windows Mobile well enough or often enough for a user to want to buy a whole new device.
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iPhone 2.0–Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick Two.

Choosing a smartphone reminds me of the old adage from product-design people: “Good, fast, cheap: Pick two.” Much more so than a personal computer, a smartphone is an exercise in compromise. This will continue to be obvious even after Apple announces “iPhone 2.0″ at this week’s conference for Macintosh and iPhone software developers.