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Android’s lead on iPhone among new smartphone buyers shrinks in Q4 2011

Android has enjoyed multiple quarters as the leading smartphone operating system in the United States. And though that lead remains, the gap between Android and its biggest competitor, Apple’s iOS, i…

Android Hacks

CyanogenMod has more than 1 million users

In my best of 2011 round-up, I noted that more than 900,000 Android devices are currently running the custom software known as CyanogenMod. Don’t look now, but that number is actually more than 1 million…

Android OS

Android 4.0 and 1.5 have about the same number of users in latest platform versions chart

The same amount of people running the latest version of Android is identical to number of users on one of the oldest versions. The Android Platform Version chart has been updated, and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sand…

Android News

Android activates 700,000 new devices each day

“There are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day.” That was the to-the-point statement posted to Andy Rubin’s Google+ page last night. No chest-beating or additional sta…

Android OS

Android owns half of U.S. smartphone market, but phones don’t last as long as rivals

NPD Group has joined the chorus of research firms stating the obvious: Android leads the pack in the smartphone OS wars. Though to be fair, it’s not much of a war in the U.S. anymore. Android grew to a 53 perc…

Android

Android’s most popular app is also one of its most-criticized. [App popularity by age group]

If you had to guess which Android app is most popular among Android users, you’d probably guess that it’s Google Maps or maybe YouTube, right? Well, you would be wrong according to the App-Happy Wi…

Google

Android Market reigns strongest in Asia, America, and Scandinavia [Infographic]

Everyone has been trying to make sense of Google’s 10 billion app download milestone announced earlier this week. In between frenzied purchases of 10-cent apps to celebrate the achievement, Android o…

Android OS

Gingerbread now on half of Android devices, Honeycomb reaches all-time high

After a long reign at the top of the Android Platform Version Charts, Android 2.2 (Froyo) surrendered its position to version 2.3 (Gingerbread) last month. Gingerbread has extended its lead as the top OS vers…

Android OS

Microsoft tempts Android/iPhone users with WP7 phone demo as Nielsen stats show Android reigns

How loyal are you to Android? Loyal enough to resist the tile-tastic UI available in Windows Phone 7? For the majority of mobile phone users in the United States, that answer is a resounding ‘Yes.’…

Android OS

Actually, Android has more than just 200 million devices and it’s growing just fine

At Wednesday’s Google Music event, Google shared that it has activated more than 200 million Android devices, with more than 550,000 devices added to that count each day. Some people took that to mean th…

Android OS

Gingerbread finally overtakes Froyo in Android market share

Android 2.3 Gingerbread debuted on devices in December 2010, but not until November 2011 did Gingerbread surpass its predecessor, Android 2.2 (Froyo). The latest Platform Versions chart shows that Gingerb…

Android News

Nielsen: Android leads U.S. smartphone market, young users adopting faster

Time for our quarterly update on the “No Duh, Sherlock” statement of the year: Android is the most popular smartphone operating system. This time, it’s Nielsen sending third quarter stat…

Android

Android representation in MM ad network reaches its highest point

It doesn’t take a genius to realize that Android’s growth in the past three years has been remarkable, so the constant stream of reports showing those increases are no longer surprising. Still, i…

Google

How many Android tablets are in the wild? 6 million, says Andy Rubin

It’s a question that people have asked since last year: How many Android tablets have been sold? We’ve seen a lot of companies announce shipment estimates, and we’ve even taken our own gues…

Android

Android now has 190 million global activations, Google+ has 40 million users

After announcing today that it earned almost $10 billion in the past 3 months, Google once again shared figures showing its growth. CEO Larry Page revealed that Google+ has more than 40 million users, who have…

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Android’s lead on iPhone among new smartphone buyers shrinks in Q4 2011

Android Hacks

CyanogenMod has more than 1 million users

Android OS

Android 4.0 and 1.5 have about the same number of users in latest platform versions chart

Android News

Android activates 700,000 new devices each day

Android OS

Android owns half of U.S. smartphone market, but phones don’t last as long as rivals

Android

Android’s most popular app is also one of its most-criticized. [App popularity by age group]

Google

Android Market reigns strongest in Asia, America, and Scandinavia [Infographic]

Android OS

Gingerbread now on half of Android devices, Honeycomb reaches all-time high

Android OS

Microsoft tempts Android/iPhone users with WP7 phone demo as Nielsen stats show Android reigns

Android OS

Actually, Android has more than just 200 million devices and it’s growing just fine

Android OS

Gingerbread finally overtakes Froyo in Android market share

Android News

Nielsen: Android leads U.S. smartphone market, young users adopting faster

Android

Android representation in MM ad network reaches its highest point

Google

How many Android tablets are in the wild? 6 million, says Andy Rubin

Android

Android now has 190 million global activations, Google+ has 40 million users

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