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Crazy or cool? Flurry estimates Android Market will have 150,000 apps in 2010

The number of Android applications increased in 2009 from an issue of dozens to an issue of 20,000. Could we see apps skyrocket again in 2010? According to Flurry, the Android Market app total could reach as high 150,000 a year from now. Flurry, which tracks app analytics and monetization opportunities, estimates that Android will have [...]

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Android fails to conquer European smartphone market. What do European readers think about Android?

Androinica.com has quite a few European readers, so I’d like to pose this question to them: what do you think of Android? The reason I ask is because IDC released a report saying that Europeans are not too keen on Android devices. According to IDC, Android’s market share increased slightly in the recent quarter — from [...]

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What do you think of the Android Developers Challenge Winners?

The Android Developers Challenge concluded yesterday and the winners of the cash prize and instant name recognition that come with it have been announced. Are you impressed or disappointed? When the winners were announced yesterday, I was rather surprised. Some of the winners seemed like obvious choices, but other apps I never noticed claimed the top [...]

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Are in-app purchases a good or bad thing for Android?

The Android Market currently doesn’t enable in-app purchases, but Chinese company Urbian works around that issue by linking to downloadable upgrades available in the Android Market. While its Android app Ringz is a free puzzle game, getting expansion packs that include more levels requires a $1.99 purchase. Is this a clever way to gain more [...]

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Common questions and answers for the Android beginner

There’s an Android phone in your hand and a desire in your heart to push that phone to the limit. The enticing Google Android operating system was too much for you to ignore, so let’s get to work answering those many questions racing through your mind. Before we proceed, understand this key point: Android is a [...]

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Can 3rd-party Android apps survive competition from an official app?

When the T-Mobile G1 debuted in October 2008, there were a number of features and services that were missing from the Android experience. People wanted to sync with their Exchange server, so Touchdown managed to fill a gap. Others wanted to sync their to-do lists, so Astrid added sync support for Remember the Milk. In [...]

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Android passes the one-year mark; how satisfied are you with it?

My baby is one year old. After hundreds of apps and thousands of usage hours, my G1 and Android on the consumer level have made it past 365 days. How would you rate Android so far? When I was asked that question on the AndroidGuys Podcast, I said “A-” because I focused strictly on the platform. [...]

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Android has an app for kgb (the answer service, not the Soviet agency)

Is it me, or are those kgb commercials freaky? I can handle some creepy guy asking for help in figuring out his girlfriend’s bra size, but the one with two teens trying to feed their dad hamster milk is just plain weird. The Knowledge Generation Bureau will be answering more bizarre questions now that it has [...]

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