# Killer Chrome

URL: /show/coder-radio/41/
> Google shuffles the head of Android to a new role, folding Android under the Chrome division. We take live calls and speculate on the long-term possible transition from Android to ChromeOS, how it would impact developers and how the transition could be accomplished. Plus rumor has it Windows Phone 8 will lose support in July 2014, and the dark cloud of uncertainty around the struggling platform this creates. Then the hard choice when developing for desktop Linux, the Samsung problem, and much more!

- Show: [Coder Radio](/show/coder-radio/)
- Episode: 41
- Date: 2013-03-18
- Hosts: chris, michael
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/P5NKegkbdpU





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### Dev Hoopla

  * [mdominick.com – Chrome > Android](http://blog.mdominick.com/indexb4c4.html?p=398\\%22)

> My guess is that the conversion will start slow. Perhaps Google will start
> to push Chrome apps for the Android version of Chrome. Maybe in a year, when
> those rumored Google stores start to show, we’ll see a Chrome for Mobile
> “developer phone.” Regardless of the conversion starts, my bet is that
> within the next five years Google will start publically pushing Chrome as
> its next generation operating system.

  * [Samsung Dominates Android, Threatens HTC and Google (Videos – International Business Times](http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/445856/20130314/samsung-dominates-android-threatens-htc-google-videos.html#.UUdVqFvEqyg)

> Google is fixing its eyes on its favoured partner, Samsung. The Android OS
> made the [South
> Korea](http://macnn.com/rd/258888%3d%3d%20http_/www.juniperresearch.com/whitepapers/The_Smartphone_Opportunity/index.html)nech giant become the dominant smartphone maker in the world with nearly 215
> million smartphones in 2012 or 40 per cent of the global market.

  * [Apple leads mobile revenues, well ahead of Samsung | Electronista](http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/01/apple.gross.margin.per.device.dwarfs.samsung/index.html)

> Data released by UK's [Juniper
> Research](http://macnn.com/rd/258888%3d%3d%20http_/www.juniperresearch.com/whitepapers/The_Smartphone_Opportunity/index.html)hows that although [Samsung has
> retaken](http://macnn.com/rd/258889%3d%3d%20http_/www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/01/samsung.retakes.smartphone.lead.over.apple/index.html)he smartphone sales lead from Apple, with 42.2 million sold against 35.1
> million, Apple is easily leading in terms of revenue from mobile sales. It
> estimates that Apple's mobile revenues were $29.3 billion, when including
> the iPad. By comparison, Samsung's revenue from all mobile devices including
> feature phones came in at $17 billion.
>
> They're actually generating more than 100 percent of the industry's earnings
> — 106 percent, to be precise — according to a report from Canaccord Genuity.
>
> That may seem impossible, but it's largely because rivals — like Research In
> Motion, Nokia, and Motorola — posted operating losses during the September
> quarter, the firm said.

  * [Apple, Samsung control 106 percent of industry's profits | Mobile – CNET News](http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57542043-94/apple-samsung-control-106-percent-of-industrys-profits/index.html)

  * [Apple vs. Samsung: The Longer Vie](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-08-30/apple-vs-dot-samsung-the-longer-view/index.html)

  * [Samsung, Apple grow U.S. phone sales as others lag — Tech News and Analysis](http://gigaom.com/2011/10/05/samsung-apple-grow-u-s-phone-sales-as-others-lag/index.html)

  * [Microsoft Says Windows Phone 8 Support Ends July 2014, Still No Official Successor Announced | TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/18/microsoft-says-windows-phone-8-support-ends-july-2014-still-no-official-successor-announced/index.html)

  * [Mainstream support for WP 8 ends July 2014, WP 7.8 September 2014](http://wmpoweruser.com/mainstream-support-for-wp-8-ends-july-2014-wp-7-8-september-2014/index.html)

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