KitKat doubles its install base in Android distribution numbers for April

Android 4.4 adoption more than doubled over a one-month period ending April 1st.

The latest Android distribution numbers show a two-fold increase in market share for the latest version of the OS, with Jelly Bean still maintaining its lead.
Android 4.4 now runs on 5.3 percent of all Android…

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Jelly Bean crosses 60 percent mark in latest Android distribution numbers

Google’s latest Android distribution stats show Jelly Bean attaining a market share north of 60 percent in the month of January.

The 60 percent share was achieved via a growth of 1.8 percent over the previous month. Of course, upon closer inspection, it is clear to see that most devices o…

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Android KitKat sweetens 1.1 percent Android devices within a month after launch

Android 4.4 KitKat is now running on 1.1 percent of active Android devices, roughly a month after it was made available.

The data comes from Google’s latest Android distribution numbers (only for devices that have access to the latest Google Play Store app), and while 1.1 percent share…

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Latest Android distribution numbers reveal Jelly Bean now on more than 50% of devices

Google has released the latest Android distribution numbers, and things are looking up, with Jelly Bean now running on more than 50 percent of devices.

Jelly Bean, which includes OS versions 4.1 to 4.3, is now on 52.1 percent of devices, while Android 4.0 ICS commands a 19.8 percent share. T…

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Alcatel One Touch Idol S and Idol Mini launched

Alcatel officially unveiled two new Android smartphones in the market. These include One Touch Idol S and Idol Mini which quietly appeared on Alcatel website.

Recently, Alcatel updated its website to quietly launch a number of handsets. The company updated its One Touch Family and brings…

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Alcatel One Touch Idol S and Idol Mini launched

Alcatel officially unveiled two new Android smartphones in the market. These include One Touch Idol S and Idol Mini which quietly appeared on Alcatel website.

Recently, Alcatel updated its website to quietly launch a number of handsets. The company updated its One Touch Family and brings…

Read more: http://vr-zone.com/articles/alcatel-one-touch-idol-s-idol-mini-launched/54299.html

Motorola Moto X unveiled – Midrange specs with high-end price tag

After numerous rumors and leaks, the much-hyped Motorola Moto X officially gets unveiled today. This will be the first Motorola’s phone to be produced under Google’s watch and is said to be fully assembled in the United States.

The Moto X has an edge-to-edge 4.7 inch AMOLED display…

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Android 4.3 brings TRIM to Nexus devices

Expect to spend less time maintaining your Nexus tablet or handset now that Google has enabled TRIM for most of their official hardware.

Android 4.3 has now gone live, and for the most part we may not notice much of a different between the fresh and dated Jelly Beans.  For Nexus 7s and 4…

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Google’s malware scanner for apps now works on Android 2.3 and higher

Google has made all Play Store-equipped Android devices running Gingerbread or higher more secure by making the malware scanner feature a part of Google Play Services, an app that is installed automatically on all Android 2.3+ devices. 

One of Android’s features is both a boon and a…

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CyanogenMod begins working on CM 10.2 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

Android 4.3 is just another Jelly Bean Google has tossed at us, and now it’s up to people like the folks involved in the CyanogenMod project to polish it and help move the new version onto handsets that would otherwise still be running on some other outdated desserts.

CyanogenMod has…

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