17
Jan
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Android Is Still Sony Ericsson's Smartphone Operating System Of Choice

Posted by in Android OS, News, Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson has decided to put its manufacturing muscle behind Android while keeping a "watching brief" on the development of Microsoft's still nascent Windows Phone 7.

Steve Walker, acting head of global marketing at Sony Ericsson, told Pocket-lint that although Sony Ericsson launched a number of phones running on Windows Mobile 6, it will not be launching a Windows Phone 7 device in the near future. Instead, the company will continue to "engage with Microsoft" and "keep an open mind towards Windows Phone 7."

Walker noted that Sony Ericsson wants to focus on Android since the industry as a whole ...

13
Sep
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Nielsen Mobile App Report: Android Users Respond To Advertisement The Most + More [AppNation]

Posted by in Apps/Games, News

I am live here at the AppNation conference in San Francisco, and after San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom's welcome speech, in which he tried to get a bunch of developers to make apps for the government for free (yeah, riiight), we are looking at a mobile report from Nielsen, called The State Of Mobile Apps.

Nielsen, one of the largest media research companies in the world, compiled a report containing a few interesting metrics, such as:

  • Most Popular Apps
  • Application Discovery Methods
  • Free VS Paid Apps
  • App Billing Preference
  • a few Advertising related stats

You can download and ...

27
Jul
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Review: XDAndroid Allows You To Run Android Froyo On Your WinMo HTC Phone

Posted by in App Reviews, Devices By Manufacturer, News, Reviews, Tips
Last Updated: July 24th, 2011

Still holding onto that HTC Windows Mobile phone? Love the hardware, but hate the OS? Well, you’re in luck, because the enterprising hackers over at XDAndroid.com have developed a version of Android 2.2 (Froyo) that you run from your SD card.

Currently, this version runs on the following HTC phones:

  • Raphael (Touch Pro)
  • Fuze
  • Diamond
  • Blackstone
  • Topaz
  • Rhodium.

Getting Started With XDAndroid

To run XDANDROID, simply download the appropriate version of Android 2.2 (Froyo) for your phone to your computer, extract the files, and copy them to your phone’s sd card.

  1. Begin by starting Haret.exe from your file manager. Your

    2. ...

08
Jul
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Android On The Move: Google Now Controls 13% Of The Smartphone Operating System Market

Posted by in News

Today, comScore released its mobile phone market share figures today for May 2010 (the figures take a while to compile), and the results bode very well for Google. Among smartphone operating systems, Google’s Android now holds a 13% share. While this may not sound huge, keep in mind that only 3 months prior in February Android controlled only 9% of the market. The figures and changes, below:

Mobile OSFeb. 2010May 2010Change
RIM42.1%41.7%-0.4
Apple25.4%24.4%-1.0
Microsoft15.1%13.2%-1.9
Google9.0%13.0%+4.0
Palm5.4%4.8%-0.6

Meanwhile, every other smart phone operating ...

21
Nov
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Meet Firefox For Mobile [Video + Feature Highlights + More Info]

Posted by in Applications, Apps/Games, News, Videos
Last Updated: March 22nd, 2010

This post and all its comments were migrated from Artem's personal blog beerpla.net when Android Police launched. If you would like to visit the original post there, please click here.

When I visited Mozilla's offices about 6 months ago, I saw a mobile testing station which included about 20-30 different phones lounging around, with their chargers plugged in. I knew something serious was coming soon. There were rumors about Firefox for Mobile for a while but nothing to really show for it. That was then…

Today, however, we know a lot more. Firefox for Mobile, codenamed Fennec, is coming ...