Tag: froyo
Android distribution: KitKat now over 20%
As a monthly 7-day data collection on Android platform distribution statistic, Google has published the August number – with Android KitKat 4.4 passes 20...
Android 4.4 nears 20% in latest distribution, Froyo almost gone
This month's latest distribution charts is definitely a good sign for the Android platform. Not only has the latest Android 4.4 version jumped by...
Android distribution numbers for November see Jelly Bean making gains
Google has released the Android platform distribution numbers for November, and things are starting to look up for Jelly Bean. Whereas Jelly Bean only...
Limited edition Entertainment Weekly magazine totes Android display
Who says print media is dead? Entertainment Weekly has put out a limited edition version of their magazine that features a functioning Android smartphone...
YouTube updated with new UI for Gingerbread and older devices
We have great news for the millions of Android users still not running the newest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or even Ice Cream Sandwich....
Android distribution: Ice Cream Sandwich on 4.9% of devices
Around here, the beginning of the month means paying the power bill, lifting another page on our Hello Kitty wall calendar, and checking the...
Verizon updates the Samsung Continuum – to Froyo
Here's something we weren't expecting to see. Ever. Verizon has started rolling out an update to the Samsung Continuum, the OG Galaxy S variant...
Android watch #472 runs Froyo and makes calls
Between the WIMM One, I'm Watch, Sony Ericsson's new Xperia SmartWatch and the MOTOACTV, you'd think there was some kind of trend going on....
Android is Pentagon certified, Joint Chiefs discover Angry Birds
A few months back the Department of Defense certified its first Android device, the now (and then) discontinued Dell Streak 5. Now it looks...
Archos 35 Android-powered landline phone goes through the FCC
While mobile phones are advancing in leaps and bounds (due in no small part to Android), the biggest thing to happen to landline phones...
Long-lost HTC Merge appears in Verizon holiday ad
Well there's something we didn't expect to see. You might remember the HTC Merge from early this year, when it was announced in February...
Tests show that task killer apps have little to no impact on battery life
Google doesn't like task killers, and they've been steadfastly saying so since the release of Froyo - which, not incidentally, broke functionality for many...