Google says 500,000 Android devices activated every day

Google says 500,000 Android devices activated every day

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Google Android chief AndyRubin said on Tuesday that the activations of Android-powereddevices are growing at a rate of 4.4 percent on a weekly basis, withover 500,000 devices activated each day worldwide.

"There are now over 500,000 Android devices activated every day,and it's growing at 4.4 percent w/w," tweeted Rubin, Google's SeniorVice President of Mobile who oversees the development of Android,the open-source operating system for smartphones.

Last month, Google said at its annual developer conference GoogleI/O that 400,000 Android devices were being activated each day,compared with 300,000 daily activations in December and 100, 000 inMay 2010.

More research data have shown Android system's soaring marketshare and popularity. Earlier this month, Internet market researchcompany ComScore reported that Android remained the No. 1 smartphoneoperating system in the United States over the three months endingin April. The system captured 36.4 percent of U.S. smartphonesubscribers, while Apple's iOS system for iPhone had 26 percent ofall smartphone users.

In April, market research company Gartner said in a forecast thatthe Android operating system will own 49.2 percent of the globalsmartphone market and Apple's iOS will have an 18.9-percent share inthe second place.