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Note how Uber doesn't even mention plans for an Android app in 2008. Fast forward 10 years, 80% of smartphone shipments are Android phones.
by theCricketer 9y ago
Note how Uber doesn't even mention plans for an Android app in 2008. Fast forward 10 years, 80% of smartphone shipments are Android phones.
- SilasX 9y agoThey also supported the text-message version as a primary use case. I don't think they do that anymore; you have to use an external service [1] to get that functionality. Btw, you might be interested in this snapshot of the Uber home page from January 2011: https://web.archive.org/web/20110109084838/http://www.uber.com/learn https://web.archive.org/web/20110109084838/http://www.uber.c... [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/06/15/no-smartphone-now-you-can-hail-an-uber-via-text-message-textber/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellenhuet/2015/06/15/no-smartph...
- yodon 9y agoAndroid sales in 2008 were so minimal that market share articles from back then don't even bother quoting nunbers - even Windows Mobile was a more significant player than Android in 2008.[0] [0]https://www.engadget.com/amp/2008/12/04/iphone-triples-market-share-in-q3-2008/ https://www.engadget.com/amp/2008/12/04/iphone-triples-marke...