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 * Apple [http://www.sencha.com/blog/apple-shows-love-for-html5-with-ios-8 continues to develop Safari on iOS] and other platforms, adding capability to its platform to maintain compatibility with the web as an adjunct to its (huge) native ecosystem. They've learned some lessons from other competitors including Google and Microsoft, and are ensuring the rendering engine stays modern. Users will need modern devices to take advantage of the updates, and with iOS reported as not working terribly well on the 4S, it's one of the first big fragmentations Apples mobile platform will see (the iPhone 4S and 4 represent about 20% and 10% of the iPhone's market respectively).
-* As a follow-up to last week's Android One overview, [http://www.bgr.in/reviews/android-one-review-impressive-but-not-ground-breaking/ BGR India posted a review of Spice's Android One phone offering], the $100USD [http://www.flipkart.com/spice-android-one-dream-uno-mi-498/p/itmdzuakgnatgyzs Uno], and India Today reviews the [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/micromax-canvas-a1-android-one-review-google-smartphone/1/384434.html Micromax Canvas]. In a nutshell: a nicen ok screen, Nexus-like software experience with acceptable performance, crappy battery life, a requirement of external storage to use media, and a price that feels higher than it should be. These are first generation models, and as software and hardware is updated over the coming months we'll see if they can close the gap perceived between Android One phones and phones like the Moto E (which is a little more expensive, but not much).
+* As a follow-up to last week's Android One overview, [http://www.bgr.in/reviews/android-one-review-impressive-but-not-ground-breaking/ BGR India posted a review of Spice's Android One phone offering], the $100USD [http://www.flipkart.com/spice-android-one-dream-uno-mi-498/p/itmdzuakgnatgyzs Uno], and India Today reviews the [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/micromax-canvas-a1-android-one-review-google-smartphone/1/384434.html Micromax Canvas]. In a nutshell: an ok screen, Nexus-like software experience with acceptable performance, crappy battery life, a requirement of external storage to use media, and a price that feels higher than it should be. These are first generation models, and as software and hardware is updated over the coming months we'll see if they can close the gap perceived between Android One phones and phones like the Moto E (which is a little more expensive, but not much).
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