Best Android/IOS Chess Apps 2013. Facts, Figures and Trends.

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JuLieN
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Re: Best Android/IOS Chess Apps 2013. Facts, Figures and Tre

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Alex54 wrote:Marcel, let me know the results of that interesting match. We have made a lot of them, but I want to know your results.
I think 15+10 and 20 games is the minimum time/games to have an approximate idea.
For when Prédateur on Android?.

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First game ended up as a draw in 49 moves (HIARCS had white pieces).
Here's the thread for this mini-match:
http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=500502
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kinderchocolate wrote:No, Android is always and always the secondary market behind iOS. It has more market share, but it means nothing as most of it come from cheap devices and users who will never consider purchasing any kind of thing. Higher market share only benefits the hardware vendors.
i would not call mobiles for >500 euro "cheap devices" :-)
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