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[Boz]

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On top of new hardware, today's Samsung event will apparently see the launch of an exclusive Flipboard app, which marks the first time the visual reading app has appeared on Android. Unfortunately for everyone using a current Android device, Flipboard for Android will be exclusive for a time to the Galaxy S III, according to Slashgear. Their early hands-on with the device shows that it's much like the iOS version, with the added ability to browse your news via a large homescreen widget.
Flipboard also just launched a teaser page saying the app "will be available on select Android mobile phones" in the coming months.

http://www.theverge....-iii/in/2760821


So I guess they saw how Instagram exploded on Android and have finally realized that Android is the platform to be on. Rush rush to Android Flipboard guys, that's where the gold is

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Boz, on 03 May 2012 - 19:41, said:

So I guess they saw how Instagram exploded on Android and have finally realized that Android is the platform to be on. Rush rush to Android Flipboard guys, that's where the gold is

I think you will find more and more apps becoming available for Android. Considering the Android OS has the majority of the market, devs would be fools not to put forth a little extra effort (if they are having that many problems) and write more for Android.

[Jan]

Boz, on 03 May 2012 - 19:41, said:

http://www.theverge....-iii/in/2760821


So I guess they saw how Instagram exploded on Android and have finally realized that Android is the platform to be on. Rush rush to Android Flipboard guys, that's where the gold is

Or because it was insanely popular on iOS it's bound to do well on other platforms from free advertising...

[Boz]

Jan, on 03 May 2012 - 19:55, said:

Or because it was insanely popular on iOS it's bound to do well on other platforms from free advertising...

Nah.. gaining 30 million users in a month is hardly because of advertising. It definitely helped because new Android found out about it's availability, but the fact is that they were at a specific number on iOS and weren't moving this rapidly. It only happened when they came out on Android. It's more of the fact that sheer number of Android users wanted it and bam, this is what happens. It's a case study on why Android is far better platform for developers and popularity of startups.

I mean seriously, they more than doubled their users in a month that it took them 18 months previously. There is no advertising and good press that can shift these numbers this much.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

Boz, on 03 May 2012 - 20:12, said:

Nah.. gaining 30 million users in a month is hardly because of advertising. It definitely helped because new Android found out about it's availability, but the fact is that they were at a specific number on iOS and weren't moving this rapidly. It only happened when they came out on Android. It's more of the fact that sheer number of Android users wanted it and bam, this is what happens. It's a case study on why Android is far better platform for developers and popularity of startups.

I mean seriously, they more than doubled their users in a month that it took them 18 months previously. There is no advertising and good press that can shift these numbers this much.

/face palm

First off, that reasoning of yours was argued and proven many times opposite in another " coming to android" thread you created.
Also FlipBoard has been requested to be Android since FlipBoard came out, if your reasoning was correct, it wouldn't be an exclusive for the Gal SIII, and it wouldn't be for " select Android ". It would have been out concurrently with the other versions.

And above all it is from advertising that it has it's popularity, the advertising of " word of mouth ". The many and many of people since FlipBoard came out it has been requested ( it's just about on every App to Get list, as well as Android App Request list ), it is just now coming out, as an exclusive. Which to me at least, says that they didn't care enough until somebody wrote a fat check.

As far as moving this rapidly,, you do realize that when one of the most requested apps on mobile's comes to another platform, it's expected it's not going to be slow. Because many people have been waiting for it from the start, as well as the Word Of Mouth Advertising and recommendations from Websites reviews. So yes it's userbase is going to jump rapidly, but from the apps quality, not androids, as it could go to PC/OSX and it would still jump higher then when it first came out for iOS

[Nashy]

Why the hell are you lot arguing about why it's going to Android. Who the hell cares!!! It's a friggin app that's popular, why would ANY developer need a reason other than "They have lots of users". Seriously, this is probably the most pointless, nerdy and friggin stupid argument of read on Neowin.

[iKenndac]

Exclusive to the Galaxy SIII? WTF? Android really doesn't need forced fragmentation due to business deals like this on top of the fragmentation issues that already exist

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iKenndac, on 04 May 2012 - 08:21, said:

Exclusive to the Galaxy SIII? WTF? Android really doesn't need forced fragmentation due to business deals like this on top of the fragmentation issues that already exist

I am sure this is on a temp/promotional thing going on here. It will come to all of Android probably soon after.

[Melfster]

techbeck, on 04 May 2012 - 18:54, said:

I am sure this is on a temp/promotional thing going on here. It will come to all of Android probably soon after.

I think it will be a subset of android phones that get flipboard not all Android phones.

[HawkMan]

Boz, on 03 May 2012 - 19:41, said:

http://www.theverge....-iii/in/2760821


So I guess they saw how Instagram exploded on Android and have finally realized that Android is the platform to be on. Rush rush to Android Flipboard guys, that's where the gold is

Available on select android handsets.... What was that thing android wasn't again...

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

Melfster, on 04 May 2012 - 18:59, said:

I think it will be a subset of android phones that get flipboard not all Android phones.

Hopefully all of them get it, I think a majority of it is server side anyway ( page layout and feed retrieval )
FlipBoard is an Awsome app, the more that can use it the more official feeds it will get ( like Engadget and couple others )

[Pow]

Wasn't there a recent thing on how developers might not develop on android because of the level of piracy and they pretty much get nothing out of it?

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Pow, on 04 May 2012 - 19:15, said:

Wasn't there a recent thing on how developers might not develop on android because of the level of piracy and they pretty much get nothing out of it?

That was RIM BS that was being tossed out. RIM called android a cesspool concerning piracy.

[+techbeck]

Melfster, on 04 May 2012 - 18:59, said:

I think it will be a subset of android phones that get flipboard not all Android phones.

Kinda doubt that. They will lose out on a lot of money if they limit the phones. No reason to limit it really.

[HawkMan]

Except that's specifically what they say. Available on "select" handsets. Not all android handles, select. Meaning they don't want to make it work on every damn android screen size and resolution.