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[News] UNIX and Linux Are Winning the Mobile Game, But Apple Employs Children

  • Subject: [News] UNIX and Linux Are Winning the Mobile Game, But Apple Employs Children
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:04:10 +0000
  • Followup-to: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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HTC Desire is 'best yet' Android phone: Droid overload?

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| The Google Nexus One is no longer the king 
| of the Android hill anymore. The HTC 
| Desire, unveiled Tuesday, is the latest 
| must-have Android phone. The handset is 
| basically a Nexus One on steroids and is 
| sure to put a pit in the stomach of any 
| new Android owner who thought their phone 
| was the coolest. 
`----

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/336625/htc_desire_best_yet_android_phone_droid_overload?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1

Apple admits using child labour 

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| At least eleven 15-year-old children were 
| discovered to be working last year in 
| three factories which supply Apple.
| 
| The company did not name the offending 
| factories, or say where they were based, 
| but the majority of its goods are 
| assembled in China.
`----

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7330986/Apple-admits-using-child-labour.html

Apple cites suppliers for violations

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| The supplier code of conduct and the site 
| audits are intended to protect workers' 
| rights and to improve factory conditions.
| 
| Apple did not identify any suppliers by 
| name or the countries in which the 
| infractions took place.
`----

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10461082-37.html

Apple: Underage Workers May Have Built Your iPhone

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| That iPhone you adore may have been built 
| by a child. 
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/190384/Apple_Underage_Workers_May_Have_Built_Your_iPhone.html?tk=rss_news

Study: Android, IPhone Fastest-growing Smartphone Platforms

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| Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the 
| fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 
| 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS 
| overtaking those of Windows Mobile, 
| research company Gartner said Tuesday. 
| Symbian and Research In Motion's 
| BlackBerry still lead the market, it said.
`----

http://www.pcworld.com/article/190027/study_android_iphone_fastestgrowing_smartphone_platforms.html?tk=rss_news

Android: The Boys' Club of Smartphones?

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| iPhone users, in comparison, are pretty 
| close to evenly divided when it comes to 
| gender. A full forty-three percent of 
| Apple fanatics are female, AdMob finds. 
| Palm's webOS is a similarly balanced 
| story, with 42 percent of its user base 
| waving the woman card.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/190250/Is_Android_the_Boys_Club_of_Smartphones.html?tk=rss_news


Recent:

Former Apple exec says iPad too big, "smarted out"

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| The iPad is too big and lacks communication
| capabilities, argued the former Apple
| executive who oversaw the demise of the
| company's iconic-but-flawed Newton more
| than a decade ago.
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http://www.techworld.com.au/article/335179/former_apple_exec_says_ipad_too_big_smarted?fp=2&fpid=1&rid=1
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