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Windows Phone Overtakes BlackBerry Marketshare As Samsung Dominates Android Profits Once Again

David Beren — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Oh how the mighty have fallen as another piece of bad news surfaces for the BlackBerry crowd as new figures suggest the once giant smartphone OS has dropped to fourth in global shipments. There’s no question that Android at 75% and iOS at 17.3% of the total global smartphone market in the first quarter 2013 have the clear lead. Still, Microsoft saw an increase of 133.3-percent over the last 12 months to hit 3.2-percent globally. ... [read full article]

Google’s New Android Chief Sundar Pichai Speaks Out Before Google I/O

David Beren — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:06:53 +0000

We’re set to see a lot more of Sundar Pichai in his new role as the head of Android later this week at Google’s I/O keynote. Before that, Pichai spoke to Wired and talked a little about what we will see later this week, the future of Android, slow Android updates and how Android and Chrome can live together. On Samsung being so dominant: I realize this gets played up in ... [read full article]

Google Releases Newest Android Distribution Chart, Jelly Bean Nears 30% Of All Android Devices

David Beren — Thu, 02 May 2013 17:44:25 +0000

It’s the beginning of a new month and that means a brand new look at the Android distribution chart. The good news is that Jelly Bean continues to grow, albeit slowly as its up to 28.4 percent of all Android devices, compared to 25 percent one month ago. Unfortunately, the growth of Jelly Bean seems to be coming at the expense of Ice Cream Sandwich which is down almost two-percent from last ... [read full article]

New Android Distribution Chart Released As Google Changes To Counting Active Users

David Beren — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:44:24 +0000

We look forward to Google’s Android distribution each month to see just how much growth the newest Android releases gain. Starting in April, we’re going to see a whole different way of keeping track of devices as the developer team announced via Google+. The new device dashboards are based on the devices of users who visit the Google Play Store (rather than devices that have checked-in to Google servers). As a result, ... [read full article]

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S III, Note II Will Receive Android 5.0

David Beren — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:27:54 +0000

Grab your cups full of grains of salt as a new SamMobile rumor says Android 5.0 will come to the Galaxy S III and Note II. First things first, we need to know that Android 5.0 exists and while we believe it does in the form of Key Lime Pie, it’s hard to swallow any unverified rumors at this point. That said, the SamMobile source says Android 4.2.2 will also come ... [read full article]

Quality Samsung Galaxy S4 leaked images and video emerge

Cam Bunton — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:34:47 +0000

Samsung is expected to launch its next flagship smartphone at an event in New York City later on today, and just at the last minute, some quality authentic-looking leaks have been published over at Chinese blog, IT168. It’s pretty much guaranteed that the device will make its way (in one form another) to all the major US carriers, including our own. But judging from the photos, it doesn’t look like a lot has ... [read full article]

Google’s Newest Android Distribution Chart Sees Android 4.0+ Overtake Gingerbread

David Beren — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:08:55 +0000

We always know it’s the start of a brand new month with the release of Google’s newest Android distribution numbers. There’s some good news for the two-week period ending March 4th — devices running Android 4.0 or higher are now the majority of the Android platform. With Ice Cream Sandwich holding 28.6% and Jelly Bean with 16.5%, Android 4.0 overtakes Gingerbread’s 44.2% of the Android pie. Amazingly, Donut, Eclair and Froyo still ... [read full article]

Newest Android Distribution Shows Continued Rise In Jelly Bean, Drop In Gingerbread

David Beren — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:49:30 +0000

As expected at the beginning of every month, the Android Developers Dashboard has released the newest distribution chart showing each version of Android running as of Monday, February 4th, 2013. These numbers are determined based on the number of Android devices that access Google Play within a 14 day period ending on the data collection date, which is in this case yesterday, February 4th. There is some good news as Android 4.0 ... [read full article]

BlackBerry 10 Will Support Android 4.1 Apps Sometime In The Future

David Beren — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:48:45 +0000

The jury may be out on the initial success of BlackBerry’s new 10 platform for at least another few months, but a new piece of news this morning might entice at least a few Android fans. A major feature in the current BlackBerry 10 platform is the ability to support and run Android apps. Unfortunately, as it stands today the very best Android apps BB10 can run stop at Gingerbread, a software version ... [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S4 being released in April?

Cam Bunton — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:40:22 +0000

Since T-Mobile has carried all previous versions of the flagship Galaxy S, it’s fair to assume that when the next one arrives, we’ll get that one too. We just don’t know exactly when the handset is to be announced or released. But, if the latest roundup of rumors is anything to go by, the S4 (codenamed ‘Altius’ allegedly) will be announced at a Samsung Unpacked event in March, a similar time frame to ... [read full article]