Google's Android has 70% marketshare in China

Android spanking iOS in world's BIGGEST mobile market
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By Phil Muncaster • Android is absolutely creaming iOS in the world's biggest mobile phone market, according to new stats from Beijing-based Analysys International, which estimate the Google platform now accounts for nearly 70 per cent of Chinese smartphones ...

Is Facebook's acquisition of Instagram signal a bet against Apple?
Washington Post
Instagram recently opened its doors to Android users. Previously just an iOS app, the photo social network had collected 30 million users. However, that one platform only accounts for half the total smartphone market, give or take.

Google Debates Fate Of Motorola Smartphone Business
InformationWeek
Neither company is really sure how things are going to work out, at least with respect toMotorola's smartphone business, once Google owns the ailing phone maker. There are thorny and nettlesome issues at hand that can have a major impact on the ...

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Instagram soars to #1 on App store, is instant hit on Google Play
Washington Post
On the news that Facebook will buy Instagram, smartphone users have flocked to online stores to check out what, exactly, was worth a cool billion dollars to the world's largest social network. On Tuesday, a message from the Instagram Twitter account ...

Nokia's U.S. smartphone comeback hits snag as Lumia 900 bug found
San Jose Mercury News
By Tarmo Virki HELSINKI - Nokia has found a software bug in its Lumia 900 smartphone, its answer to Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, and is effectively giving the model away until it is fixed, blunting its bid to turn around its fortunes in the United States.

Instagram gives Facebook 5 million reasons to love recent acquisition
Christian Science Monitor
The new Android app from Instagram, which was recently gobbled up by Facebook, has racked up 5 million downloads. By Matthew Shaer / April 11, 2012 Instagram, seen here on an Android phone, has proved extremely popular among users of the Google mobile ...

Christian Science Monitor

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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
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Nokia Plunges on Smartphone Forecast Cut
BusinessWeek
Nokia Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop 14 months ago shifted to Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, after determining its Symbian and MeeGo systems couldn't keep up with Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG)'s Android, the fastest-growing smartphone platform, ...

Smartphone thefts skyrocket, officials on alert
CBS News
"What it still does allow is for these devices to connect to the internet via WiFi or for it to be sold overseas in international markets," he said. Schumer will introduce legislation that would make it a federal crime to tamper with a cell phone's ...

CBS News

Microsoft's Windows tablet future: Businesses yes, consumers no
Computerworld (blog)
A new report claims that Windows 8 tablets will remain a distant third in the tablet market behind the iPad and Android tablets well into the foreseeable future. But there may be one bright spot: Enterprises will likely be big Windows 8 tablet ...

LTE Smartphones Will Help Drive Total Device Intellectual Property Royalties ...
MarketWatch (press release)
OYSTER BAY, NY, Apr 11, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- LTE smartphones will top 65 million units in 2012, led by the anticipated LTE-enabled iPhone 5 and Samsung's LTE smartphones. “Mobile wireless royalties for GSM, WCDMA, and LTE smartphones were just under ...

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Google to sell Motorola's hardware division to Huawei?
SlashGear
It's fair to say that Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility was a big deal, raising questions about what the Android giant was planning to do with the hardware side of Motorola. While most people immediately thought Google could create their own ...

Sky Broadband Customers to Enjoy Free and Unlimited Broadband at Thousands of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
From mid-April millions of Sky Broadband customers will be able to quickly and easily access free, unlimited and high-speed WiFi at thousands of public places across the UK through new Sky "WiFi Hotspots from The Cloud". Located in popular and useful ...

Smartphone Thefts Prompt Joint Effort by Carriers, FCC
CIO Today
By Mike Snider Smartphone theft is a huge criminal trend, and now cell phone service providers and the FCC are implementing a stolen smartphone database. Companies also plan to encourage customers to use passwords that lock their phones and to find and ...

CIO Today

Top of the charts: Instagram may have lost a few iOS users, but it's gained a ...
Digitaltrends.com
It's possible Instagram has lost a number of iOS users in the past week, with some upset about its launch on the Android platform, as well as its takeover by Facebook. But if the company behind the photo-sharing app was at all worried, it needn't have ...

Digitaltrends.com

Nokia brings NFC to Nokia Lumia 610 smartphone with operator Orange
Reuters
Nokia Lumia 610 NFC with OrangeMonaco - Nokia today announced an NFC version of the recently-launched Nokia Lumia 610, the most affordable smartphone in the Lumia range and the perfect introduction to Windows Phone for a younger audience.

4G LTE From AT&T Available in St. Louis
Sacramento Bee
AT&T 4G LTE provides several benefits, including: Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Customers can stream, download, upload and game faster than ever before.

3 app alternatives to Instagram
Los Angeles Times
Pixlr-o-matic – This app is available on iOS and Android. It is a Facebook app, a download for your PC or Mac and also a Web-based offering, so you can tweak photos from your files or straight from your webcam. It offers a broad array of filters and ...

At Bharti 4G launch, Kapil Sibal pitches for aam aadmi
Daily News & Analysis
By Sumit Moitra | Place: Kolkata | Agency: DNA Telecom minister Kapil Sibal played the proverbial party pooper on Tuesday, questioning the very need for 4G services at the event held to launch them. “I dare say that though 3G was launched, the benefits ...

Airtel 4G: Bharti Airtel in talks to buy 4G licences from Qualcomm for about ...
Times of India
MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel is in advanced discussions with US chipmaker Qualcomm to buy its fourth-generation licences for about Rs 6000 crore, an acquisition that will allow the country's largest telecom firm to quickly launch 4G services in the key ...

Airtel's 4G service to be launched in Bangalore in 30 days
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it will be ready to launch 4G service in Bangalore in the next 30 days. "We will be ready for launching it (4G service) in Bangalore in 30 days time. We have selected Huawei (as network equipment ...

Image hints at a Samsung Galaxy Note for Sprint
CNET
TechnoBuffalo discovered the massive 5.3-inch smartphone prominently displayed in one of the provider's online marketing tools. Although the handset is advertising a link for Mobile Controls, TechnoBuffalo surmises that the image strongly resembles ...

Bharti, Reliance gear up for battle over 4G frontier
Firstpost
by Sindhu Bhattacharya Apr 11, 2012 New Delhi: By launching its 4G (fourth generation) services in Kolkata, Sunil Mittal has given Bharti Airtel, India's No 1 telecom company, the first-mover advantage. It is not clear how fast he will be able to roll ...

Firstpost

Could Google sell Motorola handset division to Huawei?
By Kevin Krause
Quickly closing in on a year since Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility the deal remains unclosed. But getting the necessary approvals and.
Android Phone Fans

Study: Hispanic Smartphone Owners Want Mobile Shopping Apps ...
By Frederic Lardinois
Using a smartphone while shopping to find better deals or to look up product reviews is now pretty mainstream. There are some interesting differences between how Hispanics use their phones while shopping compared to the average U.S. ...
TechCrunch

Instagram for Android gets 5 million downloads in one week ...
By Michael Crider
Odds are that the Android app was just the icing on the cake – Instagram claimed more than 10 million total users on iOS before last week, so now they're at somewhere between 15 and 20 million. If you haven't downloaded Instagram yet (hey ...
Android Community

Apple working on iTunes 11 with iOS 6 support, improved iCloud ...
By Mark Gurman
Apple is working on iTunes 11 as a version of iTunes that supports their upcoming iOS 6 release and future devices. Apple typically releases new versions of iTunes alongside major new OS's and mobile devices. While iTunes 11 is built as an ...
9to5Mac

Toshiba announces three new Android tablets
By Dan Graziano
Apr. 10, 2012 – Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the expansion of its Excite™ family of Android™-powered tablets with three new display sizes – 13.3-inch, 10.1 -inch and 7.7-inch. The new ...The tablets also include stereo speakers with exclusive sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS® Labs, as well as Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® connectivity. Excite 10: .... iOS adoption measured against Android ...
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Best Keyboard Apps for Android
By Carl Parker
Thankfully, Android is all about options, but with so many options laid out in front of you, how do you know which ones to go for? ... We've rounded up some of the best keyboards that have gotten the love of Android users across the Internet.
Android Authority

Tumblr updates Android app with a radical new look | VentureBeat
By Jennifer Van Grove
Hot blog-baker Tumblr has cooked up a zany and colorful update to its Android application. Five-year-old, New York-based ... 24 min ago Adobe Reader for iOS and Android now lets you e-sign PDFs for free · Intel launches Studybook, a tablet ...
VentureBeat

Morning Routine for Android Forces You to Wake Up and Start Your ...
By Whitson Gordon
Android: We've shared tons of Android alarm clock apps here before, but Morning Routine takes a fresh new approach to forcing yourself awake. When the alarm goes off, you have to scan a barcode—like, the one on your carton of orange ...
Lifehacker

Can Cheap Smartphone Apps Ever be Big Moneymakers? | Mother ...
By Kevin Drum
The problem for the app market is that smartphone (and tablet) apps are so cheap that there's no way their makers will ever make substantial amounts of money. A few days ago I bought my most expensive app ever: $9.99 for Photoshop ...
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Google rumored to have offered Motorola's handset division to ...
By Tyler Lee
The reason behind the acquisition was apparently namely for the patents that Motorola Mobility held that Google believed would help strengthen the Android platform, but once Google has the patents in their hands, what's next? According to ...
Ubergizmo

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