Android apps worth a try. There Are Now Over 300 Million Android Devices Worldwide. 27 February '12, 11:37am Follow To coincide with Mobile World Congress, Google has announced its latest figures for the growth of the Android ecosystem. The company reports a year-on-year growth rate of more than 250%, with 850,000 new Android devices activated each day.
Google says that this means that the total number of Android devices around the world has topped 300 million. Google doesn’t tend to give out total numbers of Android devices very often, preferring to publish activations-per-day rates. Meanwhile, there are 450,000 apps on Android Market – that’s triple the amount just one year ago, when Google announced 150,000 total apps. Of course, it’s worth noting that Android is a diverse operating system, with users running a wide variety of version numbers, from comparatively primitive builds up to the latest version, 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Google promises more news from Mobile World Congress and we’ll bring you it as it emerges. Google On Microsoft’s Android Patent Tactics: It’s Extortion. Earlier today, Microsoft and Samsung disclosed that they reached a cross-licensing agreement over patents.
The key point: it’s a bad blow to the notion that Android is free. Instead, it’s more like “free” with huge Android OEM partners like HTC and now Samsung agreeing to pay Microsoft to use Android. Google must be pissed off. And they are. Here’s their statement: “This is the same tactic we’ve seen time and again from Microsoft. Yes, they used the word “extort”. Today’s maneuver is only the latest in a series of moves by Microsoft to destroy Android, or get paid trying. Google’s move to buy Motorola gives them some leverage, but clearly not enough if Samsung is still willing to enter into an agreement like this.
This back and forth will not be over anytime soon. Update: Microsoft Responds To Google’s Extortion Claim: “Waaaah.” Microsoft Responds To Google’s Extortion Claim: “Waaaah.” God I love this stuff. Microsoft’s head of communications, Frank Shaw, has just responded to Google’s “extortion” claims — on Twitter, of course. This type of response is clearly Microsoft’s M.O. And we thank them for that. I’m sure someone from Google will hop on Twitter to respond as well. These are serious claims, but neither side is clearly going to move on this. They both obviously think they’re right. Below, Shaw’s response: And more from Shaw: He links to this post. We recognize that some businesses and commentators – Google chief among them – have complained about the potential impact of patents on Android and software innovation.
I’ll break this one down for Shaw: Google, pay up. Euro ban for Samsung Galaxy phone. 24 August 2011Last updated at 16:52 Apple claimed that Samsung's Galaxy phones infringe a patent it holds Samsung has been banned from selling three models of its Galaxy smartphones in a number of European countries. The preliminary injunction was handed down by a court in the Netherlands after Apple filed a claim for patent infringement. It claimed that Samsung had copied technology owned by Apple relating to the way photos are displayed on mobile devices. The embargo is due to come into effect in seven weeks. A district court in the Hague upheld Apple's claim concerning one specific patent - EP 2059868 - which outlines an interface for viewing and navigating photographs on a touchscreen phone. However, the judge rejected several other patent issues, as well as Apple's claim that Samsung had stolen many of its design ideas. The ruling covers the Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Ace models.
Samsung victory? Apple claimed Samsung copied its designs Software update. Microsoft & Apple attack Android. Kodak Patents For Sale. 100 million Android fans can't be wrong. By Beth Kowitt, writer FORTUNE -- When Google (GOOG) acquired a tiny wireless startup called Android in 2005, few at the search giant had particularly high hopes for the deal -- if they even knew about it.
At that point Google had purchased just a handful of companies, mostly software makers it had quietly folded into its operations. (Big, high-profile deals like YouTube and DoubleClick came later.) Besides, not many people knew exactly what Android did: The upstart was in stealth mode, and co-founder Andy Rubin, best known for creating the Sidekick mobile device, said little about its product or mission. Executive chairman Eric Schmidt would later joke that he scarcely noticed when Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin bought the company. Today, of course, Android is impossible to ignore. But Android ultimately triumphed thanks in large part to its corporate benefactors: Google co-founders Page and Brin saw the broader potential of Android almost from the outset. Google on the go. Android Tablet Users Can Finally Read Digital Magazines. Top 10 Awesome Android Features That The iPhone Doesn’t Have. The first spot on this list should be the notification bar! Notifications really set Android and iOS apart. 1.
True App Integration: agree! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Android Is Destroying Everyone, Especially RIM -- iPhone Dead In Water. The Freight Train That Is Android. March 24, 2011: March 24, 2011: [Follow Me on Twitter] “People get ready, there’s a train a comin’” - The Impressions From Zacks via Yahoo: Mark Vickery, On Thursday March 24, 2011, 4:58 pm EDT “BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NasdaqGS: RIMM – News) beat its fiscal 4Q EPS estimates by 2 cents per share, but missed slightly on quarterly revenues and offered guidance well below the current consensus.
This has sent RIMM shares down nearly 10% in after-market trading…” Yesterday, after the market closed, Research in Motion, the makers of the Blackberry device, announced that they would be lowering their current quarter earnings due to lower average sales prices. In a separate announcement, the company proffered that their new tablet will support Android apps, yet the CEO also made it clear that he believes the world is overly focused on the criticality of having a large numbers of applications on your platform.
Can be found in Jonathan Rosenberg’s “Meaning of Open” blog post.