Nexus One is known to be the most advanced android phone till date (it’s a reasonable argument that HTC Desire is a better handset as it is mostly based on Nexus One’s improvements.)  and coming from Google, it had the “iPhone Killer” tag attached to it. Nexus One was expected to do a lot better than all the other Android phones because of its initial hype and the fact that it was Google’s first handset launch.

Flurry recently released data which showed Nexus One sold 135,000 handsets as oppose to 1 million Generation One iPhone’s sold in the same period after its launch, i.e. 74 Days. Why 74 Days you may ask! Flurry picked 74 days as the number because that’s how long it took Apple to sell 1 million iPhones after its first launch which has now become the benchmark.

These numbers also include a few thousand free phones that were given to Googlers around the world as part of the Dog food drive. Though it might not be a significant number, it does have an effect when a company ends up selling 135,000 phones only.

Though it might not sound like a fair comparison between Nexus One and iPad as one is a mobile phone and the other, so called “Tablet”, day 1 pre-order sales of iPad only goes to show the brand value and product popularity Apple enjoys in consumer electronic market.

On the other hand, Motorola’s Droid surprised everyone with its sale of 1.05 million phones in the same time. Flurry points the 3 possible reasons as to how Motorola managed to beat Apple to its initial sales numbers.

1. Consumer Perseption & Demand
2. Relative Subscriber Base: Verizon has a considerable larger user base than compared to AT&T
3. Holiday Season Sales:  The other two phones from Apple and Google were not launched around the holiday season nor did the 74 day period cover the holiday season, only Motorola’s Droid did.

This is just the beginning of the Mobile wars between the tech giants. Next time flurry comes out with a similar graph I am sure we will have Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 7 as one of the contenders.

Getting a favorite application for your Apple iPhone should not necessarily sting your pockets or force you to dole out that treasured dollars from your wallet. There are other interesting ways too. We are not talking about any sleazy ones; but then, we are talking about the legal and most importantly, FREE iphone applications.

Wondering how? Here is how to get paid Apple iPhone applications for free and  choose from numerous best iPhone apps.

To get free iphone apps, you will need to write the review for any of the iphone applications you are desiring to pocket in for the Fuelmyapp site. If they like it, the application is yours for free, of course not before fulfilling the terms and conditions imposed.

FuelMyApp : Choose from Best iPhone Apps

Why the application is made freely available? Simple. You write an iPhone application review for the website and they will return the favor giving you the application you’ve reviewed absolutely FREE. A sort of barter system.

This should also help the application developers to get quick reviews of the applications that  have just been launched or are awaiting reviews.

Here is how to get paid iphone applications for free –

Step 1 : Visit the FuelMyApp site (Click here to go.)

Step 2 : Choose a premium application and report your review.

Step 3 : Done. You will be allowed to download the otherwise paid iPhone application absolutely free (conditionally).

Note :

1. 1. If you are an iPhone owner, you will need your App Store nickname and Paypal address to get started.
2. 2. If you are an iPhone Application Developer, just register with Fuelmyapp and you are ready to go.

However, there are certain terms and conditions that should be met. For instance, you are required to pay the application price to Fuelmyapp.com before you run into the application of your choice.

Once you submit your honest review of the application you have chosen, the community should refund the amount to your account, provided the review is justified according to the developers and the website community and more importantly if they approve of it.

Click here to visit the FuelMyApp site for further details.

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]]> http://tnerd.com/2009/10/04/review-an-iphone-application-and-get-it-for-free/feed/ 0 http://tnerd.com/2009/09/28/finally-the-iphone-mms-support-goes-live-thanks-to-att/ http://tnerd.com/2009/09/28/finally-the-iphone-mms-support-goes-live-thanks-to-att/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:17:40 +0000 Shahbaaz http://tnerd.com/?p=5943 Apple iPhone, much conceived as one of the most advanced mobile phone with countless explorable dimensions surprisingly lacked a very simple multimedia feature. The MMS support.

Although, Apple made attempts to imbibe it long time ago, perhaps, it was the carrier support and a few minor clitches that prevented it from going live. But, realizing the demand and the dire need of MMS, Apple, as promised, has eventually rolled out  a new update to the Apple iPhone OS 3.1 which activates the iPhone MMS.

Even before the update was made available for public downloads, “Wireless carrier AT&T began sending out text messages this week letting iPhone users know that multimedia messaging capabilities will be available on Friday, Sept. 25” reported Apple Insider.

To get MMS support on your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3G S, just connect your iPhone to iTunes and download the update. But make sure that your carrier version reads “AT&T 5.5″ and then begin your update. Maybe, you will need to restart your iPhone for the MMS thing to work.

The update is supposed to stimulate the MMS support in to iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS only, while the original iPhone users are deprived of the feature. So, the privileged iPhone users will now be able to “send and receive photos, contacts, audio files and locations with the Messages app,” through the AT&T carrier.

Click here to update your carrier settings in iTunes.

Click here to update your iPhone OS to iPhone OS 3.1.

Watch the following video for a brief demo on iPhone MMS.

Many iPhone users, especially those who explore the internet capabilities of the iPhone or rely on it for round-the-clock entertainment fear every second of the rapidly melting battery backup, which is quite a universally accepted belief.