Andy Rubin, the head of the Andoid development team at Google, just tweeted that there are over 300,000 activations of Android phones per day. This is 100,000 more activations per day since August 2010. Simply incredible… If you think about the numbers, that is 2,100,000 weekly activations or 9,000,000 monthly or 109,500,000 yearly. That’s a lot [...]
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Google: Over 300,000 Android device activations every day
December 10th, 2010 
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No Comments »[video] Andy Rubin presenting Motorola tablet and Android Honeycomb
December 7th, 2010 Droid Under the cut is a video of Google’s Andy Rubin showing off Tegra 2 Motorola tablet prototype running Android 3.0 Honeycomb and the all-new Google Maps. I WANT IT! And I want it NOW!!!
Posted in Android Applications, Android Phones, Android Tablets Tags: Android 3.0, Android Honeycomb, Android Tablet, Motorola, Pads 2 Comments »
Motorola Defy coming to Telstra
November 30th, 2010 Droid Motorola Defy has been recently released throughout America and Europe, but it looks like the Defy will be heading to Australia soon. The Defy will be available from Telstra on November 30th.
Apple iPad vs Samsung Galaxy Tab
November 28th, 2010 Droid The holiday season coming up and I’m willing to bet a lot of people in the market for a nice tablet device to their loved ones, or make a nice gift for yourself. The question is: what should I buy? Not so long ago, the obvious answer was – iPad. It was not the first [...]
Samsung Continuum Review
November 23rd, 2010 Droid Samsung Continuum is a new Android smartphone from the Korean manufacturer, currently being distributed by the US mobile operator Verizon. Not that long ago I posted some initial information about Samsung Continuum, including pictures and the promotional video. In this post you will find a more detailed review of the device, and info on whether [...]
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Presented Android 2.3 Gingerbread at Web 2.0 Conference
November 17th, 2010 Droid Earlier today at the Web 2.0 conference 2010, Eric Schmidt not only presented the new legendary super secret phone, but Android 2.3 Gingerbread as well. Amongst the new features included in the Gingerbread update are support for NFC enhanced device interaction and RFID tags. Schmidt noted that this technology (using NFC and RFID to pay [...]
First pictures of Samsung Nexus S
November 15th, 2010 Droid Good people from Engadget managed to get few clear shots of the upcoming Samsung Nexus S smartphone. It is rumored to be running Android 2.3 Gingerbread, have 4-inch screen size, and if you look at the pictures you will see the front-facing video camera in the top-right. It is also believed to come with Wi-Fi [...]
10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab
November 14th, 2010 Droid If you’re holding off on the Galaxy Tab because the screen just isn’t large enough for you, then you’ll be happy to know that Samsung is showing off a Tab-like device that sports a 10-inch screen.
[Video] Motorola introduces Droid 2 Global
November 12th, 2010 Droid Droid 2 Global was expected to arrive with great pomp and advertising. However the ad for this new device from Motorola just appeared on Verizon’s website without much notice. Motorola can be credited for putting together a YouTube video that reveals the features of the world’s first 1.2 GHz smartphone. The handset maker does a [...]
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Android devices keep dominating smartphone ratings by Consumer Reports
November 12th, 2010 Droid Back in August this year Consumer Reports published its last smartphone rating. A lot has changed since the last report. Having said that, there is one thing that hasn’t changed at all – the fact that Android-based devices dominate the ratings. It’s almost embarrassing, actually.
