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Android Dominates With 40 Percent Of US Market

Smartphones now make up 40 percent of the overall phone market in the US, with Android in the lead

ComScore: Android Creeps Up On 42 Percent Share

Google continues to increase its lead over Apple's iOS, RIM BlackBerry and other smartphone platforms

Analysts Predict Amazon.com Tablet Success

Amazon.com could sell up to 5 million Google Android tablets this autumn, predicts Forrester Research

Google Docs Updated To Include Phone Photos

Pictures taken with an Android smartphone can now be dumped straight into a Google document

Android Apps To Run On BlackBerrys: Reports

RIM's first range of QNX-based smartphones could run Android apps, boosting their appeal

Rumours Of Cut-Down Windows Phone ‘Tango’ OS

Microsoft is supposedly preparing Windows Phone "Tango", a cut-down "Mango" for lower-end phones

Nokia Releases New NFC Handsets Sporting Symbian Belle

Nokia has released three new smartphones running Symbian Belle OS, but will anyone care?

HTC Puccini Tablet Photos And Specs Leaked

Photos of HTC's Android Honeycomb-based Puccini tablet have been leaked online, along with specs

3G Only Available Three Quarters Of The Time In UK

The BBC's crowdsourced survey reveals that 3G is generally unavailable 25 percent of the time in Britain

McAfee: Android Is Main Mobile Malware Target

Malware developers focus on Android devices more than any other mobile platform, says McAfee report

Jailbreak Exploit Gingerly Hits Android With Malware

Malware targeting Android "Gingerbread" uses jailbreak exploit for root access to run remote instructions

Lenovo Launches Android-Based ThinkPad Tablet

Lenovo has launched its business-focused ThinkPad tablet in the US with prices starting around £300

Has HP’s TouchPad Led The Way to £90 Tablets?

HP's TouchPad has been a runaway success at a giveaway price, says Nicholas Kolakowski. What a shame other vendors can't follow suit

Developers Compete To Put Android On HP TouchPad

Cheap discontinued HP TouchPads could run Android Gingerbread, if a community project takes off

Apple Phasing Out iPhone Tracking Feature

Apple has told developers that it is 'deprecating' a feature that allows companies to track unique users

Android Posts Highest US Market Share To Date

Google's Android controlled 52 percent of the US smartphone market for the second quarter, according to NPD

Microsoft Opens Windows Phone Mango Marketplace

Developers can now submit applications to the Windows Phone Mango 'App Hub', according to Microsoft

Microsoft Touts Bing ‘We’re In’ App For Win Phone 7

Microsoft has launched the Bing 'We're In' app so Windows Phone 7 users can find their friends

Vodafone First To Charge Android Apps To Phone Bills

Vodafone's Android users can now charge app purchases direct to their phone bill

Google Could Reap $10.5bn By Taking Android Proprietary

Google could generate big profits by imitating Apple's iPhone business, according to a Piper Jaffray analyst

Android App Use Dominated By A Handful Of Players

Android users spend most of their time on just a tiny fraction the apps available, according to a survey

Android And Win8 Only Real iPad Challenge Says Dell

CEO Michael Dell names two platforms as only options to the iPad tablet, calling remaining OSs “other noise”

Nokia Claims Motorola Buy Justifies WinPhone Move

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop says Google's Motorola acquisition justifies his decision to embrace Windows Phone

ViewPad Tablet Runs Android Over Windows 7

ViewSonic's ViewPad 10pro runs Android "Gingerbread" in Windows 7, thanks to application virtualisation

Microsoft Mulled Motorola Purchase For Android Strike

Google was not the only company interested in acquiring Motorola, apparently Microsoft was also prowling

Android Tablets Snatch 20 Percent Market Share

New research has indicated that Android-based tablets now hold 20 percent of the tablet market

HTC Honeycomb Puccini Tablet Set For Q3 Arrival

The crowded Android tablet market is to get another player with the arrival of HTC's Puccini

Android Trojan Answers Incoming Calls

A new variant of the Nickispy Trojan can intercept calls while sending messages out to a remote server

Microsoft Quick To Woo Android Refugees

Microsoft has already begun its overtures to Android phone makers displaced by the Google-Motorola deal, says Nicholas Kolakowski

Motorola Launches Defy+ Rugged Android Handset

As it agrees to be acquired by Google, Motorola has introduced the Android 'Gingerbread'-based Defy+ smartphone