500000 Android activations per day

[Shayd]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/andy-rubin-over-500-000-android-activations-a-day-and-growing/

Seems Android is kicking ass and chewing bubble gum. That's a huge market for app developers.

I am actually starting to hope WM7 takes off a bit so we don't have a 2 horse race. I won't touch it but for those who like Microsoft it might be nice.

 

[mercurial]

Holy crap, that's a lot.

 

[Synaesthesia]

Like the comment in the article:

There might not be enough food and potable water to sustain the Earth's ever growing population, but at least everyone will be able to tweet about it.

 

[Budza]

I am actually starting to hope WM7 takes off a bit so we don't have a 2 horse race. I won't touch it but for those who like Microsoft it might be nice.

+1

Someone's gotta do it...

 

[Elimentals]

Man that is a crap load of phones.....

 

[BeVonk!]

So, instead of working for food and shelter people are more and more working for airtime and data. One must then assume the supply of food, water and shelter are well under control, all kids well fed and educated. World seems to doing better than I thought.

 

[icyrus]

Is exactly what, and how, is Andy Rubin counting?

 

[Elimentals]

Is exactly what, and how, is Andy Rubin counting?

Activations = new phones/tablets with unique hardware id's that is Google certified gets registered. All the none OHA phones and devices are excluded.


Google -->

 

[StevenC]

Half a million a day? We gonna run out of people soon

 

[icyrus]

Activations = new phones/tablets with unique hardware id's that is Google certified gets registered. All the none OHA phones and devices are excluded.

Do you by any chance have a link to somewhere where they give all the details?

 

[kingrob]

500 000 more people experiencing absolute freedom every day.

Thank you Google.

 

[Elimentals]

Do you by any chance have a link to somewhere where they give all the details?

Was mentioned in his speech on Google IO developer conf. Will go Google it when I get to a pc.

 

[w1z4rd]

Droids be stomping them apples.

 

[Tsepz_GP]

500 000 more people experiencing absolute freedom every day.

Thank you Google.

+1 , exactly.
Half a million REAL smartphones being activated a day.

 

[kingrob]

*I mentioned Google Android, but almost forgot about Google Search. And Google Maps. And Google Docs. And Google Earth. And Google Images. And Google Goggles. And.....

 

[Shayd]

*I mentioned Google Android, but almost forgot about Google Search. And Google Maps. And Google Docs. And Google Earth. And Google Images. And Google Goggles. And.....

You forgot Gmail!

Sent from my GT-I9000

 

[kingrob]

You forgot Gmail!

Sent from my GT-I9000

Oh crap! That's quite a "biggie".

 

[ghostbuster]

everyone worries about apple controlling our lives with its software and limitations.

Google seems to be taking over everything we do.
basically our lives our internet, email, phone, calender. contacts, social, etc etc

Anyway android FTW - I've been assimilated

 

[Shayd]

Lets not kid ourselves they both want to be our overlords but Google wont screw me and tell me its good for me.

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[Elimentals]

Lets not kid ourselves they both want to be our overlords but Google wont screw me and tell me its good for me.

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I think its more like we know what Google want with the info, they need it to sell Ads.
We can only guess what Facebook and the others want with our info.