As I predicted in 2008, Android open source Linux h/p is #1
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Android activations pass 100M mark; platform unification planned
Published: Wednesday 11 May 2011
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Google said that it has passed the 100 million activated Android device milestone, with 400,000 new Android terminals being activated every day. The figures, announced at the Google I/O developer event, come less than three years after the launch of the first Android smartphone – the HTC/T-Mobile G1. The company also used the event to unveil its anticipated online music service, Music Beta by Google, which will enable customers to upload their music collections to the cloud for streaming to computers or Android devices; and to announce the addition of movie rentals to Android Market. It also said that a “founding team of industry leaders” have agreed to adopt guidelines for how quickly Android devices are updated after a new platform release, and for how long they will continue to be updated after sale. Verizon, HTC, Samsung, Sprint, Sony Ericsson, LG, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Motorola and AT&T have already signed up.
Google also reiterated its plans to unite its tablet and smartphone operating platforms in a single release, codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich, which is set to debut later this year. In an
exclusive Mobile World Live interview, recorded before this week’s event, Dave Burke, Google’s director of engineering, noted that “Ice Cream Sandwich effectively brings the two together; it’s about bringing those developments that we’ve created on the tablet to the phone.” This release will also see Google making the platform source code available again, having been widely criticised for opting not to do so with the current tablet platform, Android 3.0. “As soon as we have the Ice Cream Sandwich version ready, we’re going to release it,” Burke said. At Google I/O, an update to the tablet platform was announced, called Android 3.1. Among the new features added are support for peripherals such as mice, trackballs, joysticks and gamepads; resizable homescreen widgets; and real-time transport protocol support for audio, so developers can directly manage on-demand or interactive data streaming to enable VOIP, push-to-talk, conferencing, and audio streaming.
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Google Reaches 100 Million Android Device Activations
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Francis Rey on May 12, 2011 in
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Google announced at the annual Google I/O developer conference that over 400,000 Android devices, including smartphones and tablets, get activated daily, which makes up for about 12 million units per month.
In August last year, Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO at the time, announced that approximately 200,000 Android devices were activated daily, whereas, during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this year, Schmidt said it has reached the 300,000 mark.
Android subscriptions are highly likely to double in as few as every nine months, which is equivalent to a third for every quarter.
Moreover, over 100 million Android devices have been activated beginning September 2008, indicating that Google’s mobile platform may even add another 100 million devices by year-end.
The recent figures will probably irritate Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who last year said that Android activations also included upgrades, a charge negated by Google.
“The Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services,” a Google spokesperson rebutted.
The heat is not enough to warm the drinks, but I guess in a winter-land can really keep your fingers warm without a pair of gloves. In all my previous handphones only talking for 45mins can get it so warm. This one can be so warm within 15 mins.
