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Google Says There Are Now 30,000 Apps In Android Market
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| At the most recent Mobile World Congress,
| Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed that the
| companyâs partners are now selling over 60,000
| Android handsets on a daily basis. With that
| kind of growth rate, itâs no wonder that the
| size of the Android Market is increasing in
| its slipstream.
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http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/16/google-30000-android-market/
Where Are All the Open Source Mobile Apps?
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| Android is great in principle: after all,
| having millions of mobiles running Linux at
| the bottom of the stack is pretty good news.
| But we have a big problem at the top: there
| are very few free software apps, so you are
| almost forced to run closed source code on top
| of the open source Android (ironic or what?).
|
| [...]
|
| While it's great news that the Android
| platform is attracting developers more than
| the iPhone, and far more than Windows Mobile,
| these are still small numbers: 224 new
| projects in a year is pretty footling compared
| to the 30,000 apps that are out there for the
| Android.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=2857
Recent:
BlackBerry Users Pine for Android
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| A recent Crowd Science study indicates that
| BlackBerry users have wandering eyes and are
| considering other platforms for their next
| handset. Roughly 1/3rd of BlackBerry owners
| would switch to an Android phone,
| specifically the Nexus One. According to
| Crowd Science CEO John Martin, this indicates
| a restlessness with the current brand and
| allure of other platforms. On the other
| hand, Android users are very loyal to their
| handsets. Roughly 90% of those surveyed
| planned to stay with green robot-powered
| phones.
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http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/blackberry-users-pine-android/
Inventor of Cellphone Dumps IPhone, Embraces Android
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| It turns out that Martin Cooper, the man who
| invented the cell phone, is the proud owner
| of a Motorola Droid! In a story which aired
| on C-SPAN, Martin discussed the politics of
| cellphones, as well as his current device.
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http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/15/inventor-cellphone-dumps-iphone-embraces-android/
Report Shows Droid Beats iPhone 1M Benchmark
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| Did you know that it took the iPhone only 74
| days to reach 1 million units sold? Oh
| you've heard that, huh? Well, did you know
| that the Motorola Droid moved more units in
| the same time frame? Yeah, you probably
| didn't expect that. Frankly, neither did we.
| The latest report from Flurry shows the Droid
| pushing 1.05 million handsets in the first 74
| days of release, eclipsing the number set by
| Apple.
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http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/16/flurry-compares-nexus-droid-iphone-benchmark/
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