| Despite being a far smaller population You're conflating markets. iOS is a marginally smaller deployed base of mobile smartphones, but is neck and neck if not in the lead when you factor in the iPads and iPod Touches. As to actual web usage, however - http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-201202-20130... For over a year now Android has held the lead. So what now? As an Android user-- where's Mailbox? Why would you want Mailbox? Mailbox is essentially a clone of the Android gmail client on iOS where a decent client wasn't available. Mailbox is a non-starter on Android because the need isn't there. Android isn't "winning" anything outright except for the budget smartphone market. You quote "winning" in John Gruber style despite it not even appearing in the post you reply to. Further the "budget smartphone" nonsense is nonsense, as the top Android smartphones, time and time again, are the top tier devices like the GS3 and the HTC Ones. EDIT: I can see your reply however you are marked as DEAD criley (there are a rash of dead people all across HN for some reason today. Technical malfunction? Zombie day?). However to your response, firstly I merely responded to your incorrect facts so I'm not sure why you retort as if you're put off by a fanboy. Secondly, the #1 description of Mailbox is simply as a better gmail client for iOS, oft compared, exactly as I mentioned, to the Android gmail client (with swipe to archive, etc). |