Android activations hit 850,000 daily, over 450,000 apps now in the Android Market

posted by Victor H. / Feb 27, 2012, 6:26 AM

Android activations hit 850,000 daily, over 450,000 apps now in the Android Market

Android activations have been climbing at a mind-boggling pace and now they’ve hit another milestone - 850,000 Android devices are activated each day, Andy Rubin heading Google’s mobile platform announced as MWC 2012 rages in full force, bringing us heaps of new Android devices. This means that there are over 300 million Android smartphones across the globe.

At the same time, the Android Market now takes pride in a catalog of over 450,000 available apps. Over a billion applications are downloaded each month.

Android is experiencing galloping growth as just in December, Android activations stood at 700,000 a day. The year-on-year growth for Android is the astounding 250%.

Google also has a neat website dedicated to MWC 2012 and don’t forget to check it out at Android at Mobile World Congress 2012.

source: Google Mobile

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1. nnaatthhaannx2

Posts: 820; Member since: Oct 19, 2011

Most android apps aren't even that great.....

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 6:39 AM 1

2. RORYREVOLUTION

Posts: 3131; Member since: Jan 12, 2010

And Apple's are? Face it, most of androids apps are also on apples too.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 6:51 AM 11

27. maier9900

Posts: 272; Member since: Dec 17, 2011

Most?!.. not even close.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 10:00 AM 0

44. E.N.

Posts: 2610; Member since: Jan 25, 2009

Dude, he's right. Most Android apps aren't that great. There's so many apps with grainy graphics and the simple white * green letters on black background. But if you're happy with it then that's all that matters. And no, I wouldn't say most of apple's apps are on android too.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 6:36 PM 0

3. ilia1986 unregistered

ALL iOS Widgets aren't that great. And you know why? BECAUSE IOS DOESN'T HAVE ANY WIDGETS!!

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 6:58 AM 14

5. drahmad

Posts: 480; Member since: Aug 20, 2011

whats so good about widgets? i hate them. they use extra memory extra battery , extra processor share and rarely helped me when i had android. i would rather prefer the simplicity and fluidity of windows phone and iOS

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:11 AM 1

6. ilia1986 unregistered

Widgets are the primary tool to customize your phone. Aside from the theme of the icons, the wallpaper (live or static) you choose, and the ringtones. Widgets allow your phone to become your phone. That is the primary reason I love Android, even though I have an iPhone 4: Widgets. They allow an owner of an Android phone - to make his phone truly his. They allow him to customize the look and feel of his phone. Because widgets can be re sized, and come in different shapes, skins and theme - you can customize the look and feel of your phone. Besides- after watching a lot of YouTube videos - widgets are insanely useful. They allow you to see your mail, your recent calls, your messages and your RSS feeds for example - all in on place. And if you want more info - that is a flick or two away. That's contrary to apps which you gotta first find the right app icon, then wait for the app to load, and after it loads - you gotta exit it if you want to do something else. Widgets are like windows on Windows - they truly enable you to multi-task with ease.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:17 AM 8

23. drahmad

Posts: 480; Member since: Aug 20, 2011

add "for us" to what ever you say :p , cutomization is just a game. Not of practical use. i didnt even used a widget on my windows 7 pc where they don't consume any considerable resources

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 8:28 AM 0

32. squallz506

Posts: 1075; Member since: Oct 19, 2011

"customization is just a game. Not of practical use." LMAO. the reason i customize is to make my phone more useful. and you dislike widgets because they eat resources? the current generation of android headsets has way more than enough resources to power 5 homescreens stocked with widgets. the next generation will be even better. maybe your lumia 800 doesnt have enough resources, but my g2x does. time for an upgrade? :P

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 10:48 AM 5

33. ilia1986 unregistered

If customization is of no practical use to you - I bet that you wouldn't mind eating the same food and wearing the same clothes every day, then, now would you? I really pity you. Customization is of critical use to everyone.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 11:16 AM 5

34. drahmad

Posts: 480; Member since: Aug 20, 2011

good for you

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 11:49 AM 0

10. protozeloz

Posts: 5396; Member since: Sep 16, 2010

That's too bad, My weather widget allows me to check the weather in various countries without jumping into an app an waiting for it to load My calendar widget allows me to check all my appointments from 3 weeks into the future ans makes it easy to add events My social network Widgets (scrollable btw) allow me to take a pic of what's going on without touching an app or sharing even faster My bookmark widget allows me to jump into sites in a flash And so on and on.....

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:49 AM 5

11. remixfa

Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008

dude, my mail widget shows me 4 mail accounts at 1 shot, and since i run ICS, its scrollable so i can see ALL my mail without having to open any apps. Same as with my scrollable calendar widget and a dozen others. people that say widgets dont do anything have never actually used them. Stock widgets are nice and all but the great stuff is in the market. BTW, WP7's "live tiles" ARE widgets.. lol.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:52 AM 9

14. tedkord

Posts: 17464; Member since: Jun 17, 2009

That's all true. I imagine they wouldn't work well at all on a device with an underclocked processor and no multitasking. Fortunately, my single core Android from last year handles them with no issues and absolute fluidity.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:59 AM 1

18. remixfa

Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008

this isnt meant for american consumption. These handsets are meant for emerging markets where people dont have money for iphones and SGS2's like africa, china, and india.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 8:06 AM 0

17. PAPINYC

Posts: 2315; Member since: Jul 30, 2011

Awwwwwwwhhh....... couldn't figure out your Android phone and now you're bitter or, as you might simplistically say, iBitter. Too bad; wa-wa-wa.........

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 8:05 AM 2

4. remixfa

Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008

can i ask you how many thousands of apps you have on your phone? Even if only 1% of the apps in the market were "killer" apps, thats still 4500 to chose from.. and its obviously a much much higher number than that. And since most apps are cross platform and free on android, are you also saying that apples app store is double crappy since u have to pay for the same apps that are free on android?? Dont be a stooge.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:07 AM 3

7. RORYREVOLUTION

Posts: 3131; Member since: Jan 12, 2010

You must remember apple fanboys love wasting money, they dont like free stuff.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:21 AM 5

29. maier9900

Posts: 272; Member since: Dec 17, 2011

Most Apps on the Android market aren't cross platform like you mentioned, it's the opposite. When i had the HTC Sensation 80% of apps that i wanted worked... but recently i exchanged it with a Crappy SGS2 and half the apps i had on the Sensation don't even work on the SGS2 (all from the market), it says not compatible. And i got a lot of friends with dif. android devices that are having the same compatibility issues.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 10:37 AM 1

30. remixfa

Posts: 14605; Member since: Dec 19, 2008

Yea.... something tells me that entire statement was full of crap.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 10:42 AM 3

36. taz89

Posts: 2014; Member since: May 03, 2011

agree i have yet to come across an app that i wasnt able to download on my s2..@maier9900 please tell me which apps didnt work...if half didnt work it shouldnt be that hard to come up with

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 12:55 PM 0

42. maier9900

Posts: 272; Member since: Dec 17, 2011

I don't need to but just so you get the point, here is one to try on your SGS2, Take "PES 2012" for instance. Try and then post back.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 5:36 PM 0

43. taz89

Posts: 2014; Member since: May 03, 2011

I would try but its a paid app...show me a free app that don't work...like you said many apps don't work.so it should not be to hard to find a free non working app...also read comments of pes 2012 from s2 owners and all seem happy.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 5:49 PM 1

45. maier9900

Posts: 272; Member since: Dec 17, 2011

there are multiple SGS2 on the market... i own the tmobile version. So tell me where i can go see those reviews like you said... give me a link.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:40 PM 0

46. taz89

Posts: 2014; Member since: May 03, 2011

I can't speak for the t-mo version as I have the exynos version...maybe its a problem with the snapdragon processor...sorry you had to get the inferior s2

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:55 PM 1

38. maier9900

Posts: 272; Member since: Dec 17, 2011

I guess you don't have much experience.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 1:47 PM 0

13. PAPINYC

Posts: 2315; Member since: Jul 30, 2011

You are correct; they are 'greater'!! (And, don't need iWiFi)

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:57 AM 0

8. som

Posts: 768; Member since: Nov 10, 2009

It took Windows phones 6 months to reach 1.5 million sale equal 2 days on Android devices sold.

posted on Feb 27, 2012, 7:30 AM 3

9. darac

Posts: 2156; Member since: Oct 17, 2011

So that would translate into: 1Q 2012 - approx..80 million android activations 2Q 2012 - approx 85 mill. 3Q 2012 - 90 million 4Q 2012 - 100 million Apple OS is on the way to end up just like it did in PC market share