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Android Distribution Numbers Released for March – Kit Kat and Jelly Bean Slowly on the Rise

Kellen March 4, 2014 48

The Android team updated their platform distribution numbers for the month of March this morning, showing slight growth for both Jelly Bean (Android 4.1-4.3) and Kit Kat (Android 4.4+). Jelly Bean has now reached a flat 62.0% (from 60.7%), while Kit Kat is up...

Android Distribution Numbers for November: Jelly Bean Creeps Over 50% Mark

Kellen November 4, 2013 44

Over the weekend, the Android team posted the latest round of data collection for their Android distribution chart. Last month we saw Jelly Bean finally creeping towards having a 50% share, a mark that seems to have taken forever to reach. This month, they did...

Android Distribution Numbers Updated for May – Jelly Bean Jumps Slightly to 28.4% of Devices

Kellen May 1, 2013 25

The Android team updated their OS distribution numbers for the beginning of May this afternoon, showing what appears to be a slight jump for Jelly Bean at 28.4%, which is up from the 25% it topped off at in the beginning of April. We're seeing a decline in Ice...

Android Distribution Numbers Updated for March, Jelly Bean Slowly Rises as the Rest Fall (Updated)

Kellen March 5, 2013 57

Hey, our least favorite time of the month - Android distribution numbers update! Over a 14-day period that ended on March 4, the Android team has come to the conclusion that 16.5% of Android users are now running Jelly Bean (Android 4.1+). The rest of the...

Android Distribution Numbers Updated for February – Jelly Bean Slithers Along, the Rest Drop

Kellen February 5, 2013 46

Within the hour, Google released new Android distribution numbers for the month of February. The numbers, as usual, aren't anything to have your IRC troll group run to reddit with, but they do offer up a look at whether or not any Android OEMs have updated...

Google’s New Patent Lets You Talk into Any End of the Phone You Want

Eric August 14, 2012 58

When Google launched Honeycomb, one of the selling points was that the action bar was always at the bottom of the tablet, where you needed it, no matter how you turned the device. With smartphone and tablet designs today looking pretty similar from any...

We Still Need Better Tablet Apps [Opinion]

Ron January 27, 2012 103

For the past week I've been spending some quality time with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. While I like the hardware for the most part and I don't mind TouchWiz, I've been struggling to find a place for the device in my life. While a large part of it is simply...

We Need a Nexus Tablet [Opinion]

Ron December 19, 2011 138

Just wanted to point out that this post was finished on Friday night and sure enough, news broke this morning that Eric Schmidt expects there to be a Nexus tablet in 2012. HP is currently the number two seller of tablets, though most expect Amazon to usurp...