“Google’s mobile VP Andy Rubin [has] posted word that Android device activations were now up to 700,000 each day,” Electronista reports. “The rate comes after months of the company claiming a flat 550,000 per day. He had no update on the activation growth rate or whether Google had moved significantly beyond the 200 million total devices switched on since Android launched in October 2008.”
“The figure includes only genuinely new devices, not resets or upgrades,” Electronista reports. “These also only include cellular devices, he said, implying that all Wi-Fi tablets and phones without service may boost the real count higher. Google has never broken out activations by device type, but it’s known that phones vastly outnumber slow-selling tablets, MP3 players, and Google TV.”
Electronista reports, “Apple hasn’t updated its activation figures for roughly a year and can’t be directly compared without more information. It still has a larger user base of 250 million or more iOS users.”
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