Oct

2011

Acer Founder Stan Shih Confident Android Will Overcome Apple

by Justin Routhier
tagged Acer, Android, apple, atom, Innovation, Intel, pc, PCD, smartphones, Stan Shih, tablets, windows, Wintel

In a recent interview with Taiwan’s Chinese-language United Daily News, Acer Inc. founder Stan Shih states that the Android operating system is destined to overcome Apple’s iOS through its combined efforts of Wintel (Windows+Intel) and Google innovations. Shih goes on to say that the alliance between Intel and Google is a match that proves to [...]

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Sep

2011

Microsoft rakes in $444 million annually from Android patent licenses

by Jim Farmer
tagged 2012, Android, HTC, microsoft, patent, Samsung, windows

Goldman Sachs figures that Microsoft is going to get a whopping $444 million from Android manufacturers for the 2012 fiscal year (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012). Estimates peg Microsoft receiving $3-$6 per Android device sold. The software giant has settlements with big Android contenders; the likes of Samsung and HTC among others. While [...]

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Sep

2011

Microsoft inks licensing deals with Acer and Viewsonic over Android violations

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Acer, lawsuits, licensing, microsoft, viewsonic, windows, windows phone

A few months ago, Microsoft was able to cut a deal with HTC grabbing $5 per device sold. We know Microsoft can’t make any money selling their own devices so they figured they would steal it from others. It’s kind of like taxing the rich and giving it to the poor. Microsoft is far from [...]

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Aug

2011

Android Now at 40% of Smartphone Share

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 7, Android, apple, blackberry, Google, iOS, market, microsoft, Nokia, Phone, rim, share, symbian, windows, wp7

We all know Android is growing; there’s no denying the numbers. Just like there’s no denying that Apple has a large share, RIM is dying, and Windows Phone is off somewhere by the fence huffing spraypaint. In the latest mobile subscriber number results from comScore, Android has now gobbled up a whopping 40 percent of [...]

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Aug

2011

Microsoft pulls in 3 times as much profit in Q2 from Android than from Windows Phone

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 7, Android, Google, microsoft, Phone, sales, windows, wp7

Here’s one for everyone who thinks the patent parade doesn’t have a huge affect on sales when it comes to the mobile industry. As many of us are aware, due to a patent infringement lawsuit brought on by Microsoft, the company receives a share of profit from every Android device sold. According to estimations, Microsoft [...]

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Jul

2011

Android top of Mobile OS usage for 7th straight month

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, apple, blackberry, iOS, market, mobile, Nokia, OS, Phone, rim, share, symbian, windows

According to the latest mobile mix report from Millenial, Android is *still* on top of mobile OS usage – for the 7th straight month in a row. That’s right, folks… 2011 has been the year for Android, and it’s showing no signs of letting up. With a whopping 54% of the mobile OS share, that’s [...]

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Jul

2011

comScore reports May 2011 mobile stats: Android continues to roll

by Robert Nazarian
tagged Android, apple, blackberry, comscore, Google, iOS, market share, palm, PalmOS, rim, windows, windows phone 7

The May 2011 comScore numbers for U.S Mobile Subscriber Market Share are in, and Android continues to steamroll over the competition. For the three month period, 234 million Americans (ages 13 and older) used mobile devices. Of those, 76.8 million (32.8%) had a smartphone which is up 11 percent from the previous period. Google’s Android [...]

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Jun

2011

Real-time Strategy Game Pax Britannica now on Android

by Adam Johnson
tagged Android, games, MAC OS X, Pax Britannica, windows, xda-developers

Pax Britannica was originally created by No Fun Games for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Now the game has been ported to Android, and via the efforts of XDA-Developers member bompo we can play a scaled down version. With-in the past three weeks he’s been working to get this game ported. He’s succeeded and the game [...]

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Apr

2011

Android phones now the most wanted smartphones, beating out Apple, Blackberry and more

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, apple, blackberry, demand, desire, iOS, mobile, palm, rim, smartphone, upgrade, war, webos, windows, wm, wmp7

Want an Android phone on your next upgrade? Well, you’re not alone… not by a long shot. According to a survey by Nielsen, when asked which smartphone users would want to buy most on their next upgrade, the resounding answer was Android. The same survey was done last June – September, showing users wanted (by [...]

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Apr

2011

Video: Android ported to Windows Phone run HTC HD7

by Adam Johnson
tagged Android, HD7, HTC, mobile OS, windows

There’s nothing new about hackers working their magic to get one mobile operating system to run on a device originally meant for another mobile operating system. There’s even videos of Android running on the iPhone if you search YouTube a little. Now what we have here is new, it’s Android running on the HTC HD7, [...]

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