Shipment figures have been released for the last quarter of 2011 revealing a healthy year’s business for Apple’s iPad,with global sales doubling, but with the haunting spectre of accelerating Android tablet sales.
Market research firm Nielsen has published the findings of its month-long study to find out the most-used apps on the Android platform.
The Android Market is dishing out an early Christmas present with a selection of top quality apps currently being offered for just 10p (or 10 cents in the US).
Although many Android phones have had voice control for some time, none have been able to match the smoothness of the integrated offering included in Apple’s iOS.
The launch of Cluzee, a “talking” intelligent virtual personal digital assistant, looks set to offer a similar service to Android users, combining voice recognition, voice synthesis, personal analytics, smart filters and machine learning.
When it comes to smartphone docks, Android users have had to glance enviously at their iPhone chums, with precious few accessories being available for the platform.
Philips hope to redress the balance with the launch of their whizzy Fidelio docking speakers for Android.
It’s as daft as a brush, but we rather like this slightly unhinged video showing a Motorola Xoom 3G Android tablet hurtling around the UK on a motorobike, Segway, motor boat, wing of an airplane, rally car and a, err, horse.
Scroll down for the shouty mayhem as northern Richard from Carphone Warehouse goes for the ’bloomin’ ‘eck’ thrills:
If your idea of gig-going heaven is to wave a virtual lighter around in the air like a total muppet, then there’s good news if you’re an Android owner.
The latest UK market share figures for smartphone operating systems show Google’s Android OS continuing to surge ahead as the dominant platform, firmly trouncing rivals Apple and Blackberry.
As the all-conquering Android OS strides on to total world domination, a new video has been created showing the timeline of device activations across the world from Oct 2008 to Jan 2011.
We were pretty impressed with Samsung’s first Android tablet, and now they’re backd with a beefed-up, Honeycomb-infused follow up, the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1
Android’s explosive growth continues apace, with Google’s Andy Rubin announcing via Twitter that the company is seeing no less than 300,000 Android phones being activated every day.
If you’re looking to bag yourself a shiny new Android phone but are a bit confused by the multitude of models on offer, a new website widget helps you navigate your way to handset nirvana.
With the company feeling pretty stoked about the global adoption of the Android platform, Google has decided to create a gallery to show off the best, and let users quickly compare specs and other details.
First launched as an experimental app in March this year, Google’s ‘Gesture Search’ app for Android is a fascinating concept, letting users search for anything on their devices by just writing a letter on the touchscreen.
Android smartphones continue to soar in popularity, with a new report showing that worldwide shipments have jumped an incredible 886 per cent year-on-year from the second quarter of 2009.
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