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Android Adoption about to Explode, According to different Sources

(5) comments 26 October 2009

Android Adoption about to Explode, According to different Sources

We all know Microsoft was the biggest player in the mobile OS arena for a long time, not because WinMo was the best, but because it was a lonely business in the past. With more and more cellphone makers turning to the free Android OS from Google, all that is changing. The New York Times [...]

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Android to outstrip iPhones by 2012

(6) comments 11 March 2009

Android to outstrip iPhones by 2012

Industry watchers predict the lead iPhone has over the competition may be short lived. Informa Telecoms & Media have predicted in a new report that Android smartphone sales will outstrip iPhones by 2012. Overseas last month, Telefonica Europe said that sales of the iPhone topped 1 million in the U.K. Although T-Mobile UK, the exclusive carrier [...]

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Microsoft Microscope on Android and Apple

(13) comments 27 February 2009

Microsoft Microscope on Android and Apple

The “concern” of open-source mobile operating system Android is not far from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s mind. Ramping up investments into a client operating system, Ballmer says the line between a phone and PC operating system is changing.

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Microsoft starts taking shots at Google’s Android

(32) comments 06 November 2008

Microsoft starts taking shots at Google’s Android

Android has been under a lot of heat lately from some of the leading mobile companies such as Sprint. Google’s Android platform seems to be an open target for negativity. Microsoft has jumped on the bandwagon with reports that they find Android to be financially unsound. The other day Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, spoke at Australian [...]

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Android Community Week in Review – Week 42 2008

(0) comments 19 October 2008

Android Community Week in Review – Week 42 2008

What a week it has been for Android Community. We started off with a story about T-Mobile selling 1.5 million G1 handsets already in pre-orders. T-Mobile has refused to comment on these numbers, suggesting that they are far too high. Logically, if the actual numbers were the same as reported or higher, T-Mobile more than likely [...]

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Microsoft may bring Silverlight to Android

(33) comments 15 October 2008

Microsoft may bring Silverlight to Android

Microsoft’s Internet application browser plugin, Silverlight, may soon be coming to Android-powered handsets. Silverlight is the direct competitor of Adobe’s Flash. Seeing Silverlight or Flash on the next Android would really hurt Apple because the iPhone 3G currently has neither. Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie told TechRadar.com “[The] Google phone is slightly different [from the iPhone]. It’s more of [...]

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Microsoft’s Ballmer on Android: We’re not worried

(24) comments 02 October 2008

Microsoft’s Ballmer on Android: We’re not worried

Speaking to the BBC, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said that an open-source handset would not appeal to phone manufacturers; his prediction was that Windows Mobile based phones would stay ahead of Google’s Android, BlackBerry and Apple’s iPhone in the Smartphone market. “You’ve got to remember Android is version one” Ballmer suggested, “and it looks [...]

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