Android Infographic

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A nice infographic on Android Operating System done by cellphones.org. Among many things it shows you the growth, timeline and market share of the popular mobile OS made by Google. One caveat I noticed (and many others) is the missing Symbian OS in the smartphone market breakdown section shown below in section 3. Symbian has been a powerful and popular OS for smartphones though lately it has been beaten by Android, iPhone and Blackberry.

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The 47 Top Apps On My Android Phone

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Once you have an Android phone, no one can stop playing around it with apps from the Android app market – all popular, newer and crazier kinds. So as of date, here is a list of favorite apps I have on my phone. My phone model is Samsung Spica (i5700), which was released just about an year ago and has been out of market close to six months. This is one of an excellent

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[Updated] Yes, Google Is Testing Android Paid Apps In India

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Update 2 [05-10-2010]: Today Google ended its testing and enabled paid apps for all users. The market now shows the approximate price of the app in Indian Rupees as ~Rs. The price is converted as per the day’s USD to INR conversion rate.

Update [26-09-2010]: Google has sent out an email to all Android developers indicating it is going to extend paid apps support for ‘additional’ countries without mentioning which are those additional countries. Find the

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