850,000 Android devices activated daily
The latest daily Android activation numbers are sure to make your head spin. The head of Google’s mobile division Andy Rubin announced at the Mobile World Congress in Spain this week that there are 850,000 More...
Steve Wozniak sings Android praises
Steve ‘The Woz’ Wozniak has become an unexpected voice for the benefits of Apple’s rival Android platform. Wozniak, who is of course the co-founder of Apple, said in a recent interview with the More...
Xbox Live might come to iPhone, Android?
One of the most distinguishing and highly differentiated features of Windows Phone might lose its Windows Phone exclusivity. A few eagle-eyed Microsoft onlookers happened upon a new job listing at the company’s More...
3.7 million Android activations over Christmas
It was a very Merry Christmas for Google’s mobile operating system this year. As Google’s Android head Andy Rubin wrote on Google+, “There were 3.7M Android activations on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats More...
Sony Ericsson on Ice Cream Sandwich plans
Sony Ericsson, which has provided one of the most ambitious Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade promises to date, has released more details on the process and when it’s set to begin. So far no device is being upgraded More...
Android takes 53% of US smartphone market
The NPD Group has confirmed that Google’s mobile Android operating system managed to claim more than half of the U.S. smartphone market in 2011. The popular OS captured an impressive 53% of smartphone sales More...
Android activations reach 200 million
The number of Android devices that have been activated has doubled in just six months. That’s an even more impressive statement when you realize that six months ago, there were already a whopping 100 million More...
Q3 smartphone sales jump 42%
While the mobile phone industry saw only a tepid growth of 5.6% in the most recent quarter, the number of people buying smartphones is rapidly on the rise. According to mobile tracking firm Gartner, more than 115,000 More...
Screenshots leak of Google Music store
Shots of what appear to be a Google-powered music shop on Android have surfaced. This is understandably leading to even more speculation that Google’s long expected entry into the competitive digital music More...
Amazon App Store updated ahead of Kindle Fire
In what is no doubt a move to prepare itself for all that is entailed in offering a full Android tablet, Amazon has updated its proprietary app store format. The Amazon App Store for Android, version 2.0, has a More...