What is Android and why you should be paying attention
Submitted by geekgirl2 on October 8, 2009 – 10:41 amNo Comment
Android is open and freely distributed, and it can be programmed in Java as well as C/C++ components. It can be coded on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and can run multiple apps and have onscreen widgets. It can run Flash videos on updated versions, and it has forthcoming text to speech recognition with translations.
“iPhones are massively popular, but Android devices are on the rise” – the article by Webpronews.com says. Read the full article
Here are some stats on Android
New Android apps are accelerating by more than 50% Month Over Month vs iPhone’s 30%
- Approximately 15,000 Apps in The Android Market plus other free “markets” – 64% FREE
- By 2010 an Android phone will be on every US carrier and most globally
Popularity: 3% [?]
