The latest Android Platform Versions report is now available and Android Jelly Bean (versions 4.1.x to 4.3) is finally on 60% of the Android devices that accessed the Google Play Store during the 7-day period ending on February 4, 2014. In fact, when you look at Android 4.x as a whole, it is quickly closing on the 80% mark. Since […]
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Canalys: Android accounts for 80% of smartphones shipped in 2013
Nearly 8 out of 10 smartphones shipped in 2013 came with Google Android, according to market research firm Canalys. It found that 998 million smartphones were shipped in the fifty countries it tracks (just shy of the billion reported by IDC earlier this week) with Android accounting for a staggering 785 million of those. Android’s market share grew from 68% […]
Samsung to emphasize Google app and services over its own going forward?
Google and Samsung earlier this week signed a new 10-year global patent cross-license agreement that will see the two companies share their patent portfolios and collaborate even more closely on future projects. Re/Code has now learned that the agreement may go even further than that and could lead to changes to Samsung’s TouchWiz interface and the apps and services it […]
Why Microsoft should launch the Nokia Normandy
Thanks to a number of recent leaks, a fairly clear picture has emerged about the Nokia Normandy. Geared at emerging markets, it could well become Nokia’s first smartphone to use the Google Android operating system. A number of reports have suggested that Nokia is using Android the same way that Amazon is for its Kindle Fire tablets. Using the open […]
Jelly Bean makes its way onto 59.1% of Android devices
The first Android Platform Versions report of 2014 has been published. It once again tracks the devices that accessed the Google Play Store in the prior 7 days and provides a summary of the Android versions seen over that span of time. Since the last report was published just over a month ago, Android Jelly Bean (4.1.x to 4.3) has […]
Gartner: Android to top 1 billion users in 2014
What do you do for an encore when you hit the milestone of 1 billion device activations in 2013? According to market research firm Gartner, if you’re Android, you set your sights on getting 1 billion active users in 2014. The firm expects that Android will remain the “OS of choice across all devices” and will reach 1.1 billion users […]
Android takes to the road with new Open Automotive Alliance
Android is about to embark on a whole new journey. A number of automanufacturers and technology companies, including Google, today announced a new industry alliance that will bring Android to one of the most mobile devices ever: the car. Audi, GM, Google, Honda, Hyundai and NVIDIA have formed the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) with the goal of “accelerating auto innovation […]
Nokia Normandy an entry-level Android smartphone?
When @evleaks tweeted an image of the Nokia Normandy back in late November, even he sounded unsure of what it was: “A real Asha. Or Lumia?” It appears that the answer has been revealed and it could well be neither an Asha or Lumia device. The image showed a device that certainly looked at first glance like a Lumia but […]