Android Version History: A Visual Timeline (Infographic)
Maybe you’re new to Android and want to know what all this talk about Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich is all about. Maybe you’re the type who likes to live in the past. Whatever the case, we have just the thing for you! The fine …
IDC: Android hits 75% market share on fourth anniversary of platform
Four years in, nearly all the base are belong to Android.
Android 4.0+ inches forward in overall platform share
Android 4.0+ Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1+ Jelly Bean have notched a few percentage points in the overall breakdown of the platform. Moving up ever so slightly, the two builds have grown month over month while others slowly diminish. Most of the movement comes …
New platform figures indicate Android 4.0 powers more than 100 million devices
The latest Android developer platform figures are online and show a steadily growing Android 4.0 and 4.1 experience. As of the 14 day period ending September 4, Ice Cream Sandwich now powers 20.9 percent of all Android devices, or roughly 100 million units. How did …
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Google, Intel to Optimize Future Build of Android for Atom Processors
Get ready for even more innovation and choice in the Android universe. Intel and Google announced today that future builds of the Android platform will be written with optimization for the Atom processor line. Combined, these two companies will see that more OEMs and wireless …
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PRTM Analyzes Android and Forecasts the Future
Global management consulting firm PRTM recently spent some analyzing Android as a platform by benchmarking 57 handsets from 12 companies. They were looking at specific criteria such as the formal release date, the launch itself, and the chipset used in each device in order to forecast where the industry was headed. The findings were put together in a post title, appropriately, Android—Friend or Foe?
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New Platform Versions Report Shows 83% of Android Phones Running 2.x
As we near the impending Gingerbread announcement and its subsequent rollout to handsets, the legacy builds of Android will continue to dwindle. Newer, more popular phones with later versions of the platform will rise up to account for more market share. Take Froyo for instance. Announced back in May, Android 2.2 now accounts for more than 43-percent of the Android pie.
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Adobe AIR on the Android Platform
By Andy Rubin, Google VP of Engineering, Android Partnerships have been at the very heart of Android, the first truly open and comprehensive mobile platform, since we first introduced it with the Open Handset Alliance. Through close relationships with carriers, device manufacturers, developers, and others, …
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Future Smart Phone Buyers Considering Android Over Palm, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry
A new survey from ChangeWave research indicates that future smart phone buyers are considering Android than that of Palm, Windows, and Blackberry. Only three months ago, Android was last place in terms of consumer preference, tied at 6% with Palm. Fast forward to today and …
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Electric Pocket Puts a Fresh Face on Android, Offering PhoneFace Speed “Photo-Dialing”
Electric Pocket Puts a Fresh Face on Android, Offering PhoneFace Speed “Photo-Dialing” for Android-based Smartphones Wye Valley, UK (MobilityNewswire) April 23, 2009 – Electric Pocket is today announcing a new version of PhoneFace, a speed dial application that launches phone calls, text messages and emails …
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Top Global Announces Google Android Gateway Development to Extend Android Applications to Millions of Bluetooth Phones and WiFi Devices
Top Global Android Gateway platform integrates 3G radio together with WiFi and Bluetooth for connectivity to multiple Bluetooth phones and WiFi devices simultaneously. Using the Top Global Android Gateway, most applications developed for Android phone can be delivered seamlessly to millions of existing Bluetooth phones …
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