I did not even mention anything about marketshare nor did I imply that malware has anything to do with it. I'm merely pointing out that Apple's walled garden approach is basically useless unless they screen the source code of every app submission (a truly gargantuan task). App approval has it's strengths but by no means is it impervious to malware.

Because iOS apps have never done anything bad right? Wrong! I can find more examples if you'd like.

The iOS app store can have it's fair share of malware too. It's easy to hide snooping software behind a simple game for example. In fact, all apps can access the contacts list, recent youtube searches, email settings and even non-password field keystrokes. When developers submit apps they only submit the binary and not the source code so Apple's app approval monkeys basically only cover what they can see. This "walled garden" argument is stupid for this reason.

BGR, the source of this info writes:

In other words, they said it's going to be optimized for tablets first but did not specifically state that it won't be on phones.

The article summary, as usual, is incorrect. The article itself is much MUCH more accurate because the summary fails to make the distincting between strength and toughness.

Strength generally refers to the yield strength which is the highest point on the elastic portion of a stress strain curve. Beyond that stress the material undergoes plastic deformation which means it'll be deformed even when the stress is removed. Toughness refers to the amount of energy that can be absorbed by the material before it breaks completely (i.e. tugging on a rope till it breaks). This is the entire area under the stress-strain curve. The two are NOT the same.

Most materials are either high strength or high toughness. Glass for example has very high strength but very little toughness. As such when it yields it simply shatters. Strength on the other hand has lower strength but more toughness - it absorbs a great deal more energy before fracture which makes it ideal for buildings (you want to have enough of a warning before your building collapses!).

So to answer your question, yes a lot of materials are stronger than steel but they are often brittle which is NOT ideal for building bridges out of them. This article summary fails to mention it because the OP thinks strength is the same as toughness but he/she is completely wrong. The material in question has both strength AND toughness (due, I think to the way it handles crack propogation) that makes it have a strength and toughness ratio that is better than steel. That'll make it a much better building material. Steel will probably still be used however, since it doesn't require palladium o_o