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6.8 Million Android And iOS Devices Were Activated on Xmas Day, 242 Million Apps Downloaded | TechCrunch
It was a very Android and iOS Christmas. Mobile apps research form Flurry released estimates on how many Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas day, as well as how many apps were downloaded. On a combined basis, 6.8 million devices were activated, up 353 percent from the 1.5 million average activations a day over the first 20 days of December. And that number from 2.8 million combined activations on Christmas, 2010, the previous record. Flurry doesn’t break out the split between iOS and Android. But you can triangulate the numbers with other publicly available stats.
According to new data from Nielsen, Android has continued to pick up steam in the United States, and retains its crown as the most-used smartphone OS during Q3 2011. Google’s mobile OS now accounts for 43% of U.S. smartphones, up from the 39% we saw back in July. Apple’s iOS, on the other hand, has remained lock-steady at 28% this whole time, putting it at a distant second. Despite their lack of growth on the software front, Apple still rules the roost when it comes to hardware.
Android Still Most Popular Smartphone OS, iOS Holds Steady In Second Place | TechCrunch
Typical Android User is Anything But Typical [INFOGRAPHIC]
What are Android users like? Are those who use Google‘s smartphone operating system and its associated gadgetry male or female? What sort of clothes do they wear? Are they married? Do they wear watches? Get your answers to those questions and lots more in this infographic from the people at Bluestacks, makers of an app player that lets users run Android apps on Windows PCs.Android Market races to 10 billion downloads — Tech News and Analysis
After launching a little over three years ago, Android Market has caught fire with downloads, hitting 10 billion over the weekend. Google’s mobile application store is now up to 1 billion downloads a month as growth is accelerating while the number of Android devices sold soars. The Android Market didn’t pass the 1 billion download mark until July 2010, almost two years after it launched in October 2008.
Android accounts for more than half of smartphone sales — Tech News and Analysis
One in every two smartphones sold in the world is an Android device, according to Gartner, which said that Google’s mobile platform has surged to a 52.5 percent market share worldwide in the third quarter. Android’s blistering growth, which doubled from 25.3 percent a year ago and is up from 43.4 percent in the second quarter, is coming at the cost of almost every other smartphone platform, including iOS. Overall, the smartphone market grew 42 percent year over year to 115 million smartphones sold in the third quarter. But with Android outpacing the market, other competitors are having a hard time keeping up.Blodget’s charts history of battle between Android and Apple; says Apple should be worried « « The Equity KickerThe Equity Kicker
We are going through a phase of hardware replacement in our family at the moment. We have just bought our first Mac computer as a PC replacement (a Mac Mini ) and Fiona has got a new iPhone. I still use a Blackberry for email, but I carry an iPhone as well which is due for replacement. It seems like I’ve been waiting for a long time now for an Android device that matches up to the iPhone, and given that the 4S isn’t much of an advance I’m thinking I will probably go for the new Google Galaxy Nexus (hopefully available this month).
When you really boil it down, which apps that you've downloaded from the Android Market do you actually use? According to new numbers from Nielsen, outside of the Market itself, Facebook is the next used app across age groups on Android. Four out of every five people use Facebook for Android, outdistancing Google's own apps and just about every other app on the platform. That comes as no surprise. Facebook is the most popular app of all time, with 350 million people accessing the social network from mobile devices. Across the age demographics surveyed by Nielsen, Google properties took the next four spots.
Breaking Down the Most Used Android Apps by Age Demographic
Analysis: Android Dominates Q3 Worldwide Smartphone Sales
Research firm Gartner has come out with its third quarter global mobile sales numbers and overall, the industry grew 5.6% from the same period last year. About 440.5 million cellphones were sold, with 115 million of those being of the smart variety, a 42% growth rate from Q3 2010 but only 7% growth from Q2 2011. The feature phone market is being buoyed by emerging markets while most of the smartphone growth was in Russia and China.
Google has released the latest Android fragmentation numbers for November and for the first time ever Gingerbread is the most used version of the Android platform. Gingerbread versions starting at 2.3.3 rose 5.7% from 38.2% to 43.9% of all Android devices while version 2.2 Frozen Yogurt fell 4.6% from 45.3% to 40.7%. The decline of Froyo is accelerating, having gone from 51.2% of all Android devices to its current level in two months. In that same time frame, Gingerbread has risen 13.1%.
Gingerbread Finally Overtakes Froyo for Most Used Android Flavor
Report: Android Market Nearing 6 Billion Downloads; Weather Apps Are Makin’ It Rain | TechCrunch
The Android Market continues to explode. Recent statistics published by research firm Ovum predict that app downloads in Android’s marketplace could reach 8.1 billion this year, compared to 6 billion for iOS, with total growth in app downloads expected to be as much as 144 percent this year . Today, mobile research firm Research2Guidance is releasing a report that gives a detailed look into the Android marketplace’s current escalating growth, what’s trending, and what categories of apps are making the most money. Traditionally, free, ad-supported apps have gobbled up most of the share in the Android Market. But what about those paid apps, how much are they making, and are they worth it?
Google executives tried to fend off concerns this afternoon that they’re still making all their money from cheap text ads running alongside the company’s search results and on its AdSense network. So during the conference call discussing third quarter earnings , they presented some numbers about Google’s “emerging” businesses. Chief financial officer Patrick Pichette emphasized that executives are only sharing these numbers once, to make a point about Google’s revenue sources. Here’s the data they shared: Google’s non-text display advertising has an “annualized run rate” of $2.5 billion, meaning that based on numbers from the last three months, the company is on-track to earn earn $2.5 billion per year. ( Google has been placing a greater emphasis on display advertising this year.) On YouTube, Google is “monetizing” 2 billion views per week.
Google making $1 billion a year from mobile
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By the Numbers: How Android Is Taking Over
Reports July 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share - comScore, Inc
OEM Market Share For the 3 month average period ending in July, 234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 23.1 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, up one percentage point from the preceding three month period.Android continues climb to the top
RIM continues to hold the top spot with 35.8% of the market, but Android is quickly chipping away at that lead. RIM’s market share is down 3.5 percentage points from July, when it accounted for 39.3% of the market. Apple’s iOS has risen less than one percentage point to take 24.6% of the market, compared to its share in July of 23.8% of the market.A report that Android has achieved status as the number one smartphone platform in the world has been called into question. According to analyst firms Gartner and IDC , the numbers reported by competitor Canalys are inaccurate...at least for now. Despite 888.8% growth this year, Android did not displace Symbian in Q4 2010 as the world's top smartphone platform, both firms say. Instead, Gartner reports that Android overtook Symbian in unit sales, but Symbian is still slightly ahead in terms of market share. IDC also reported that Symbian is the "market leader" at present.