Here’s why the iPhone is better than Android

Apple is better than Google. Google is better than Apple. The iPhone is better thanAndroid phones. Android is better than the iPhone. The argument will rage on for years to come, and the truth is all four of those statements are accurate. The iPhone is better than Android… at some things. Android is better than the iPhone… in some ways. And so on.

We’ve covered a few posts in recent history that explain various ways Android phones are better than the iPhone, and now it’s time to take a look at the flip side of the coin and examine why the iPhone is better than Android handsets.

A number of tech blogs have tackled the various reasons Apple’s smartphone lineup might be better than rival Android devices, and the latest to do it is Business Insider. The site points to nine key reasons the iPhone is superior to Android handsets, and each and every one of the site’s points have merit.

To start things off, many talented developers still launch new apps for iOS first and then release Android versions somewhere down the road. This is a big advantage for iPhone users who like to be ahead of the curve.

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Lollipop nibbles off 1.6 percent of Android devices

Android 5.0 Lollipop finally has enough market share to appear on Google's radar.

According to the latest version of the Android Developers Dashboard, published on Monday,Lollipop has found itself a home on 1.6 percent of Android devices. That percentage accounts for all Android devices that visited the Google Play store during the seven days ending February 2.

This marks the first time that Lollipop has shown up on the Developers Dashboard since the OS launched last November. The Dashboard only shows Android versions with a share higher than 0.1 percent. And though a 1.6 percent share isn't a huge slice, it shows that mobile vendors and carriers have made some progress over the past month rolling out the new version.

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Android 5.0.2 Lollipop Images for Nexus 7 3G, LTE Version Now Available: What You Should Know

Google has finally rolled out its Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update for the Nexus 7 2013 version, which means owners of the aging tablet can now bask in all the Material Design glory of Google's latest iteration of the mobile platform.

Google posted factory images of the Nexus 7 tablet over the weekend, suggesting that an Android 5.0.2 Lollipop rollout was just around the corner. Sure enough, users of the 3G and LTE versions of the slate have reported that the update has finally arrived.

Unlike the 5.0.2 update on the older Nexus 7 released in 2012, this one seems to deliver a more-than-okay performance for the Nexus 7 2013.

For starters, the latest update to the newer Nexus 7 doesn't seem to affect the device's speed negatively. Gotta Be Mobile's Josh Smith, who spent a week playing with the update on the tablet, says the speed on the newer Nexus 7 is much better than on the slate's older version, which proved to be laggy and not as smooth as when it was upgraded from Android KitKat.

However, for those who have the 5.0.2 update on their older Nexus 7, one solution suggested by other users is to restart the device. This should give the older Nexus 7 a dramatic boost in speed for many users, although Google still has to directly address the speed issues in the device.

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Outlook for iOS and Android Review

Even if you're obsessive about checking email on your phone, there's a good chance you do little more than read and quickly respond to messages on the go. Microsoft's new dedicated Outlook app for iOS and Android aims to change that.

Based on the framework of Acompli, an all-inclusive email app recently acquired by Microsoft, the mobile version of Outlook is designed to put your most important messages front and center, with useful quick controls that let you organize your inbox and respond to invites with a few taps.

Sporting a user-friendly interface and deep integration with cloud storage services like Dropbox and iCloud, you just might find it worthwhile to ditch your phone's default mail app for the all-new Outlook.

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What Google's Unpatched Android Flaws Mean for You

Google caused a stir in the information-security industry this month by publicly disclosing flaws in the software of its rivals Apple and Microsoft. But now Google is itself taking heat for leaving two flaws in its own Android mobile operating system unpatched.

The first flaw, in the WebView component of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and older, will stay unpatched for "practical" reasons. The second, in Android's implementation of the Wi-Fi Direct protocol, may eventually receive a patch, but Google insists the bug is a low priority since it isn't as severe as its critics make it out to be. 

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Update Nexus 4 to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop via Barebones ROM with LTE, HD voice and improved battery

Barebones is a new custom ROM available for the fourth-generation Nexus smartphone codenamed Mako. It provides an efficient and minimal groundwork for Nexus 4 users to customise their device the way they want to. The ROM is compiled from updated sources and modified to be as lightweight as possible.

The ROM optimises the battery life of the smartphone, enables LTE, HD voice and contains working Android RunTime. Also, most of the stock apps, live wallpapers, and bloatwares are removed by this ROM.

Head over to the XDA source thread to know more about the ROM which features newer Android Lollipop version 5.0.2. 

If you want to update your Nexus 4 to Android 5.0.2 using the ROM, check out the followinginstallation guide. 

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One Of Google's Earliest Android Employees Explains Where It Loses To The iPhone

The Android versus iOS rivalry has been ongoing for nearly 10 years.

As of Q3 2014, Android owned more than 80% of the smartphone market around the world, but that's split between the dozens of different companies that produce Android phones. About 12% of devices around the world run on iOS, but that money goes straight back to Apple.

There's no clear answer as to which one is winning, but a few mobile executives recently provided some insight to The Information as to how developers view the mobile ecosystem.

Tom Moss, CEO and co-founder of a service called Nextbit that helps you sync data between Android devices, said he doesn't believe Android is offering anything different that makes it more appealing than iOS.

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