14
Jun
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Android Increases Mobile Web Share To 20%

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With Android-based handsets such as the EVO 4G selling out quickly, it comes as no surprise that Android as an OS should continue to gain in other areas as well. Today, Quantcast confirms that the Android OS has increased its web consumption share to 20%, mostly at the expense of the iPhone, and taking share from all other platforms. Although the iPhone still maintains a significant lead, it can be expected to continue to lose share to Android.

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Compared to just a year ago, the Android OS platform has doubled its share while the iPhone has continued its slow decline.

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Looking at the annual, quarterly and monthly numbers, Android has constantly been increasing its share at the expense of all other platforms.

10
May
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Android Finally Overtakes iPhone In Sales For The First Time

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Since the launch of the Motorola Droid in the fall of 2009, the market share of the Android OS has been steadily on the rise, and it has only been a question of when, not if it would actually overtake the iPhone in sales.

After all, with dozens of Android handsets now flooding the market, how long can the iPhone possibly stay on top?

The answer to when came today, when NPD, a consumer market research group, reported smartphone sales results for Q1 of 2010.

In Q1, Android OS, which rose to a 28% share, finally caught up, spanked, and beat the iPhone (21% share) in phone sales, putting it firmly in the number two slot behind Research In Motion's Blackberry phones, which maintained a pretty strong lead at 36%.

24
Apr
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Real-life Photos Of The Garminfone Spotted For Those Of Us Who Are Directionally Challenged

Posted by in Garmin, Garminfone, News, T-Mobile

A number of real-life photos of the new Android-powered Garmin phone, called Garminfone just got leaked to TmoNews.com. With the full Garmin navigational experience loaded into the phone, Garminfone is clearly directed towards those of us that may be directionally challenged.

Let's have a look, shall we? Here are the most interesting of the leaked pictures:

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Here’s their initial impression:

With just a few shots we get a quick glance at what we honestly expect to be just a moderate Android device…with no real “wow” factor.

For those that may have missed what makes this phone so special (which is nothing), below is an excerpt from the features, specifically the key Garmin-related features.

22
Apr
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Flash And Air Developers Port Existing Apps To Android In 10 Minutes, Give Feedback From The Private Beta Of Flash/Air For Android

Posted by in Applications, Development, News

The recent drama over Apple’s rejection of Adobe technology caused quite a stir online, generating a large number of blog posts, massive amounts of commentary, a fair share of whining, and much hating. With Adobe finally resigned to the fact that they were effectively shut out of the iPhone (at least for now), it seems like the Android community is getting much more attention suddenly, as previously reported by Android Police and others.

As a result, Adobe seems to be pushing Flash and Air more aggressively and announced on their Air blog that developers have already started porting Adobe AIR applications to Android very successfully:

"Over the last few days, developers in the Adobe AIR for Android private beta started creating AIR applications for the Android OS.