New Android Device Activation Rate is now at 500,000 per Day

Andy Rubin, Google Android Lead, has tweeted that Google activates 500,000 devices per day now and that the rate is growing by 4.4% each week. There were some reports over the last months that saw Android declining. Others see Apple to dramatically cut into the Android growth this fall with the release of the iPhone 5. Apple said in January that they activate 366,000 iOS devices per day. It is hard to say how much this number has changed since then.

It is clear that Android is growing a lot in the low-end segment with new budget priced Android handset for pre-paid customers. This success is one reason why the Apple iPhone Lite rumor is making sense. There are other reasons on why Apple is not going to compete at the low end as we highlight in this report from yesterday.

This fall will be a crucial point in the mobile OS wars. One outcome I could imagine could be that Android loses market share in the United States this fall to Apple, but still continue to dominate by far globally.

Updates

FBI launches 'Child ID' app for Android

Source: GMANews.tv

The Federal Bureau of Investigation released Saturday, Manila time, its free Child ID application for Android devices. In a blog post , the FBI said the application or app, like its iPhone counterpart released last August, lets parents store photo ...
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Sony Xperia PLAY Not Getting Ice Cream Sandwich Update

Source: Game Rant

Google’s Android updates are good for two things: 1) making users hungry for tasty treats and 2) adding a bunch of cool new features. Sony has revealed that their gaming smartphone, the Xperia PLAY will not receive the latest Android update, Ic ...
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Bell pushing Ice Cream Sandwich to the HTC Sensation 4G and HTC Raider 4G

Source: TalkAndroid.com

At last Bell customers rocking either HTC’s Sensation 4G or Raider 4G can join the Android 4.0 bandwagon after the Canadian carrier started the roll out today. The Android version is 4.03 which is skinned with sense version 3.6, it ...
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