Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt announced at the Motorola press
event on Wednesday that 1.3 million Android devices are being activated
each day. He also revealed that 70,000 of these devices are Android
tablets.
The Android device activations are up by 300,000 since the number was announced back in June at Google I/O developer conference.
Schmidt
also stated that the total install base of Android is now nearing 500
million, as it currently stands at 480 million devices. The install base
is also up by 80 million devices during the period since June.
The
Android operating system was officially unveiled in 2007 with the
founding of the Open Handset Alliance and in just a span of five years;
the OS has become the top smartphone platform globally.
According
to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile
Phone Tracker, Android amassed a commanding 68.1% market share of all
smartphones shipped during the last quarter.
Timeline
- June 27, 2012 1,000,000 devices
- Feb 27, 2012: 850,000 devices
- Dec21, 2011: 700,000 devices
- July 15, 2011: 550,000 devices
- June 28, 2011: 500,000 devices
- May 10, 2011: 400,000 devices
- Feb 24, 2011: 350,000 devices
- Dec 9, 2010: 300,000 devices
- Aug 4, 2010: 200,000 devices
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