{"id":65438,"date":"2012-11-23T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T13:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=65438"},"modified":"2012-11-23T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T14:08:37","slug":"only-guys-trying-to-make-a-point-use-android-akc-jnr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/65438-only-guys-trying-to-make-a-point-use-android-akc-jnr.html","title":{"rendered":"Only guys trying to make a point use Android: AKC Jnr"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Mxit<\/a> head Alan Knott-Craig Jnr<\/a> says that the company did not deliver on the promise of smartphone applications at Mxit, but that there are big things coming from the mobile messaging service in this area.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Bandwidthblog\u2019s Charl Norman<\/a>, Knott-Craig said that one of the mistakes which was made at Mxit was to get third party developers to develop the platform’s iPhone application.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe complexity of the beast like Mxit\u2026means that it is difficult for somebody to come in cold and re-skin it [the Mxit Internet messaging client],\u201d said Knott-Craig.<\/p>\n

The former Mxit and iBurst<\/a> head added that the platform did not do too badly when it came to Android<\/a> and BlackBerry<\/a> platforms.<\/p>\n

However, Knott-Craig questioned whether BlackBerry can be seen as a smartphone, and downplayed the importance of the Android platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still think iPhone is where it is. The only guys using Android are the guys trying to make a point. The vast majority of influencers in the world are using iPhones,\u201d said Knott-Craig.<\/p>\n

Curiously, Android has already overtaken Apple\u2019s iPhone in terms of smartphone users in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The latest Vodacom<\/a> figures show that there are currently 700,000 Android smartphone users on its network \u2013 significantly higher than the 500,000 iPhone users.<\/p>\n