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HTC Already Testing Phones That Work Around Apple’s Patents
It was only a couple of days ago that the U.S. ITC ruled that some of HTC’s smartphones was violating several of Apple’s patents. HTC has already started testing out new phone models that work around technology that was cited in the patent lawsuit that was won by Apple.
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Google Activating 700,000 New Android Devices Per Day
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) SVP of Mobile Andy Rubin has announced that “there are now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day.” They count each device only once and they do not count re-sold devices. An activation means that you go into a store, buy the device, and put it on the network. To put that number into further perspective, it means that about 5 million Android devices are being activated per week, 21 million per month, and about 250 million per year. [9to5Google]
Categories Android, Andy Rubin, Google, Google Android
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Andy Rubin: Google Music Store Coming Soon With “A Little Twist”
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) SVP of Mobile Andy Rubin announced at the AsiaD conference that the company is close to launching a music service. “I think we’re close,” said Rubin. The Google music store “will have a little twist – it will have a little Google in it. It won’t just be selling 99 cent tracks.” [AllThingsD]
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Internal Google Document Points Out Company’s Investigation Into Java Alternative
There are a couple of internal documents circulating around the Internet that was not intended to be leaked. The document is known as the “Lindholm Draft” and it features a Google engineer discussing how the Google founders wanted the company to seek technical alternatives to Java for the Android mobile operating system and the Chrome browser. Another document that leaked is by Android founder Andy Rubin.
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Google Is Activating 300,000 Android Phones Per Day
There are over 300,000 Android phones activated each day.
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Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) VP of Engineering Andy Rubin wrote on Twitter that the company is activating 300,000 new Android phones per day. This number is higher than the phones that Apple, BlackBerry, and Symbian is activating per day. When you extrapolate these numbers, Google is close to activating 10 million phones per month. [Fortune]
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Andy Rubin: “I Think Everybody Is Embracing The iPhone. They Are Pretty Open.”
Andy Rubin, the VP of Engineering at Google that is overseeing the development of Android was at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference. At the conference, Rubin said that the Android started as an 8 person team and then Google staffed up. Now there are about 172 different phones using Android.
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Steve Jobs Knocks On Google and RIM During Earnings Call, Thus Sparking A Debate
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:CEO) Steve Jobs normally does not appear on earnings calls, but he did this past week. And he decided to go to town on his rivals. Jobs knocked on the “openness” of Google Android and RIM’s tablet computer. This sparked a debate. Below is some of the things that Jobs said and what some of the responses were.
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Categories Andy Rubin, Apple Inc., Iain Dodsworth, Jim Balsillie, Joe Hewitt, Steve Jobs
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Google: Every Day 160,000 Android Devices Are Activated
Google announced the Droid X with their partners Verizon and Motorola. Google also revealed an interesting statistic: about 160,000 Android powered devices are being activated per day (or about 2 per second). There are currently 60 compatible Android devices across 21 OEMs, 59 carriers, and in 49 countries. Google is also open sourcing Android 2.2 (Froyo) to partners who manufacture Android phones around the world. The announcement was made by Google VP of Engineering Andy Rubin. [Google Blog]
About 65,000 Androids Are Being Shipped Daily
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt announce today that about 65,000 handsets running on Google Android are being shipped on a daily basis. The average per day has increased by about 5,000 handsets per day since the company’s last announcement in February.
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