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Gingerbread gets more than 50% of Android OS installations

Latest data from the Android Developers site is showing that finally, Android Gingerbread including all its versions are now installed in more than 50% of Android phones. Android 2.3- Android 2.3.2 have 0 5% of OS distribution while , Android 2.3.3 – Android 2.3.7 are now installed on 50.1% of Android devices. Interestingly, there are more »

Android Gingerbread gradually eating up Froyo’s share

Google has just posted the numbers on Android OS installation as of September 2011. It seems that Android 2.3 Gingerbread’s share is slowly eating up Android 2.2 Froyo’s share of the number of installations on Android phones. Gingerbread’s share rises to 31% while Froyo’s share has been reduced to 51.2%. Still a big margin but more »

Samsung Gem Android 2.2 smartphone announced for US Cellular

U.S. Cellular is treating all its customers and prospective customers to a very affordable smartphone, the Samsung Gem. Available for $29.99 after an $80 mail-in rebate, this seems like a pretty good deal, especially for those who are ready to take on the Android world. The Samsung Gem is a pretty decent entry-level Android device more »

Alltel Wireless brings in the Samsung Gem Android phone

Alltel Wireless has just brought in a new Samsung Android phone under its various smartphone offerings – the Samsung Gem. If you don’t mind getting a Samsung smartphone equipped with Android 2.1, then you might want to give the Samsung Gem a consideration. This Android phone, despite the lack of Android 2 is still a more »

There are now 89.8% of Android phones running on Eclair, Froyo and Gingerbread

Latest data provided by Google is showing something that is bound to happen anytime in the near future – that is all Android phones should be running on Android 2.x. Right now, implementation of these versions of the Android OS is registered at a total of 89% of all Android phones released. This include Android more »

MetroPCS offers up the Huawei Ascend Android phone

Just in time for the holidays, MetroPCS has started offering the Huawei Ascend smartphone. If you’re a MetroPCS customer or you’re eyeing to get a new smartphone under MetroPCS contract, the Huawei Ascend is a good entry-level phone that should get you oriented with the power of the Android platform. The Huawei Ascend Android phone more »

Coby unveils the Kyros MID7015 Android tablet

Who would have thought that even Coby, an electronics company which specializes in cheap electronics products such as MP3 players will also come up with its own Android tablet? Well, believe it or not, they just launched their own Android tablet – the Coby Kyros MID 7015. And guess what, this Android tablet like other more »

Android 2.0 “Eclair” officially announced

With the impending release of the Verizon Droid, we already know that Android 2.0 is on the way. There have been some leaks regarding what’s going into the next version of the mobile OS, and now Google has made them official. The new version will add a lot of interesting features that could lead to more »