[Numbers] 250 million Android devices, 700k daily activations, 11 billion Market downloads
In Google’s most recent earnings call today, we heard the latest numbers for Android, and they remain pretty impressive. There’s now 250 million Android devices worldwide, and more devices are being activated at a rate of 700,000 every day, ...
Telus HTC Desire HD 2.3.5 Gingerbread update now available
The latest Android update is now available for the Telus HTC Desire HD. It’s not Ice Cream Sandwich, but the latest Android 2.3.5 update. Aside from the version upgrade, users will also get the following changes:
HTC Sense 3.0 (improved Calendar, ...
[Download] CyanogenMod 9 Music app now available for ICS devices
They CyanogenMod team is hard at work on version 9 of the custom ROM based on Ice Cream Sandwich. One of the new components is an all new music app, completely redesigned from the stock app. Before the complete ROM is available, the music player has been ...
App store for banned apps could be coming to CyanogenMod soon
After hitting the milestone of a million unique installs, the makers of CyanogenMod are considering implementing a custom app store into their ROM. The proposed app store would focus on apps for rooted users as well as apps banned from the Android Market ...
Google introduces Android Design site, interface and style guidelines for Android 4.0
For better or for worse, one thing that differentiates iOS apps from Android is they all seem to look the same. It seems Google is looking to unify the interface across all apps in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. They have just released a new UI and ...
Cyanogenmod reaches over a million unique users
Perhaps the most popular custom Android ROM in the world, the mighty CyanogenMod just reached a major milestone last night. Over one million unique installs. Although it may be relatively small percentage-wise to the entire Android ecosphere, a million ...
Google Search app updated for Android 2.3 and 2.3 devices
For those of you running Android 2.3 or (hopefully not) Android 2.2, the Google Search app has just been updated with a few new improvements. Included is an updated UI with faster performance, long press to remove search items, country-specific suggestions ...
Sprint’s first 4G LTE devices announced, including the Galaxy Nexus and LG Viper
Today at CES Sprint announced their first round of 4G LTE devices for 2012. Leading off with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that was outed prematurely last week.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
As you can see from the press shot, the Sprint version will include Google ...
Samsung and Verizon introduce the Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE
Verizon is adding yet another 4G LTE enabled tablet to their lineup, this one of the smaller variety. Today at CES, Samsung and Verizon announced the Galaxy Tab 7.7 with 4G LTE connectivity. Inside is a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, 7.7″ Super AMOLED ...
Droid RAZR MAXX announced at CES, it’s a thicker RAZR boasting 21 hours of talk time
Along with some other minor announcements, Verizon and Motorola finally made the Droid RAZR MAXX official. It wasn’t really a surprise since the name had previously been seen popping up in Verizon’s computer systems. Essentially the RAZR MAXX ...
