My Cellphone My Terms

5 Reasons why android cell phones are taking off!

Can Android cell phone growth continue with this blistering pace?

Research firm Gartner this month published reports which indicated that the Android platform has overtaken Apple’s iPhone as the world’s 3rd most popular smartphone operating system (OS) with 17.2% of the global smartphone market behind BlackBerry and Symbian (Nokia).  In the US the Android OS was the number 1 smartphone OS in the US for the last quarter (Q2 2010).  Worldwide sales of Android cell phones passed 10.5 million in the last quarter – that’s an astonishing 1300% increase over last year when sales were below 1 million. In 2 months, Android sales have risen from 100K per day to 200K per day, according to Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt.

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All You Need to Know about Android in 3 mins

Android in Canada – Part 1

This is the first in a series of blogs that we will share with you about the increasingly popular buzzword in the mobile industry called “Android”.   Given the questions that we answer daily, through our various customer interactions, this seemed like a great way to share with everyone at the same time.  You have probably heard that Android is quickly becoming a player in the wireless industry but don’t quite understand what all the hype is about, so here is a quick overview.
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What’s new this Summer? Samsung Galaxy S i9000

Samsung Galaxy S i9000

Samsung is gearing up for its mammoth simultaneous worldwide rollout of it latest Android Smartphone, the Galaxy S i9000, already available in Europe and expected later this month both in India and US. Canada is listed as one of the 100 + countries expected to get this device but chances are much later in the summer. It would not be surprising to see Rogers carry the Galaxy S as it has the network to support this quad-band GSM phone with tri-band 3G support.

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