A look at the meteoric rise of the Android platform in recent months
With the pre-release of LiveCode for Android deployment pack available to purchase now, Mark Taoilinn, RunRev marketing and communications analyst, examines the meteoric rise of Android and shows you why it’s so important to get behind it.
Android’s recent momentum has captivated the mobile industry; worrying competitors,fascinating analysts and inspiring developers. Taking a quick look at the statistics it’s easy to see why: Android is now available on over 170 devices, through 169 carriers in 69 countries worldwide. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt announced at the Mobile World Conference last week that they are seeing more than 300,000 new activations per day. It’s easy to get lost in figures like these so let me illustrate by giving an example: assuming Android were to launch on Christmas day as a completely new platform and given those daily sales, every high-school kid in America would have a brand new phone or device, powered by Android, in time to text their sweetheart on Valentine’s day.
