Topic: Android

iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says NetApps (Jonny Evans/9 to 5 Mac)
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac: iOS browsing is bigger than Android (6x) and Linux says NetApps  —  Apple's iOS has become the third most popular platform on the Internet with marketshare that's nealry six times larger than Android.  Indeed, iOS is bigger than Linux, says Net Applications.... More at techmeme.com
Angry Birds arrives on the Android platform (Patrick Goss/TechRadar.com)
Patrick Goss / TechRadar.com: Angry Birds arrives on the Android platform  —  iPhone smash hit broadens  —  One of the iPhone's biggest gaming hits has finally arrived on the Android platform, with Rovio Mobile's phenomenally addictive Angry Birds making the jump to a new platform in bet... More at techmeme.com
60% Of Apps In Android Market Are Free (Vs. 30% Or Less In Other App Stores)
App store analytics provider Distimo yesterday published its latest report, once again zooming in on the pricing of mobile applications across a variety of platforms. Consistent with its previous findings, Googles Android Market has by far the largest share of free applications available compared to other mobile app st... More at digg.com
Flash On Android Is 'Shockingly Bad'
Hugh Pickens writes "Ryan Lawler writes on GigaOm that although many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple's mobile devices, while trying to watch videos from ABC.com, Fox.com and Metacafe using Flash 10.1 on a Nexus One over a local Wi-Fi network connected ... More at slashdot.org
Sony Ericsson wants to be largest Android handset maker
Sony Ericsson is aiming high, as the company said it wants to be the world’s biggest supplier of Android phones. It has its work cut out for it.... More at digg.com
Samsung Shows Off Galaxy Tab, Android Allegiance
cgriffin21 writes "Samsung is making no bones about it: Google Android is its future. And with the revealing of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the company is showing that it's all in when it comes to Android. At the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, Samsung finally pulled the curtain of the long rumored and teased... More at slashdot.org
Confirmed: T-Mobile G2 will have Android 2.2, Flash and 800MHz CPU
T-Mobile is calling it "the fastest smartphone experience in America," but as it turns out, its Qualcomm Scorpion CPU is actually relatively slow -- the cellular carrier's insider newsletter T-Mobile Scoop says the phone's MSM7x30 chip will be clocked at 800MHz, rather than the 1GHz we'd hoped for. Of course,... More at digg.com
Skype Mobile for Android now works over 3G and Wifi (but still Verizon-only) (Phil Nickinson/Android Central)
Phil Nickinson / Android Central: Skype Mobile for Android now works over 3G and Wifi (but still Verizon-only)  —  Great news for those of you rocking Skype Mobile on Android — the app has been updated, and you can now make calls over Wifi, in addition to 3G.  That means faster speeds, of cou... More at techmeme.com
Justin.tv Finally Broadcasts Live From Your Android Phone (Erick Schonfeld/TechCrunch)
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Justin.tv Finally Broadcasts Live From Your Android Phone  —  When you think about broadcasting live video over the Internet, being tethered to your computer isn't so much fun.  Broadcasting live from your mobile phone, now that starts to get interesting.  Today, ... More at techmeme.com
Motorola Milestone 2 arrives, 720p HD video, Android 2.2 ... (Vlad Savov/Engadget)
Vlad Savov / Engadget: Motorola Milestone 2 arrives, 720p HD video, Android 2.2, and Motoblur Enhanced in tow  —  Even without yesterday's premature video promo, you had to know Motorola wouldn't leave its international audience without a successor to the Milestone, so today — surprise, surprise ... More at techmeme.com
Android Fork Brings Froyo To 12 Smartphones
jj110888 writes "CyanogenMod has just been updated to version 6.0, bringing Android Open Source Project 2.2 (Froyo) to several devices. This fork includes enchantments to many of the built-in apps, Ad-hoc network connectivity, OpenVPN support, Bluetooth HID, Incognito browsing, extensive control over audio and UI ... More at slashdot.org
Video: Flash on Android Is Shockingly Bad (Ryan Lawler/NewTeeVee)
Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee: Video: Flash on Android Is Shockingly Bad  —  Many have touted the availability of Flash on Android devices as a competitive advantage over Apple's mobile devices, which rely on HTML5 and native apps for their video and interactivity.  But how much of an advantage is it to ... More at techmeme.com
Archos unleashes five (five!) new Android Froyo tablets, we go hands-on (Joanna Stern/Engadget)
Joanna Stern / Engadget: Archos unleashes five (five!) new Android Froyo tablets, we go hands-on  —  “How do you tablet?”  Oh yes, that's Archos' new tag line when it comes to its growing number of Android tablets.  Good timing since, you know, it just went ahead and released a qui... More at techmeme.com
Hannspree pairs Android 2.2 with Tegra 2 for a 10.1-inch multitouch tablet
Yearning for a bit of dual-core action on the move? Who isn't. Hannspree will soon try to quell that 1080p-sized hunger in all of us with its freshly announced 399 ($507) Froyo tablet. There's no lack of spec sheet ambition here: a 1GHz Tegra 2 SOC is surrounded by 16GB of internal storage (expandable via MicroSD), an ... More at digg.com
ViewSonic ViewPad 7 official: Android 2.2 and 'full' phone functionality (Vlad Savov/Engadget)
Vlad Savov / Engadget: ViewSonic ViewPad 7 official: Android 2.2 and ‘full’ phone functionality  —  We know you're positively giddy with excitement to get at this OlivePad rebadge and ViewSonic is today fanning those flames of desire with a little bit of pre-IFA PR.  Made official today... More at techmeme.com
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