We’ve just been given the Android version distribution report for April and there doesn’t appear to be any major changes in the existing trends. Froyo keeps gaining market share, but this time its growth rate is almost matched by Gingerbread. Honeycomb has gained some ground too, but it’s still by far the rarest distribution in existence.

Froyo still remains the biggest gainer, adding 2% to its already huge market share. And while the growth rate of Android 2.2 has been reduced nearly twice compared to March, when it gained about 4%, with a total of 65.9% it will remain the most popular version for at least another year.

The smartphone distribution that came to replace Froyo, Gingerbread is starting to pick up the pace and has even managed to surpass the market shares of the (long outdated) 1.5 Cupcake and 1.6 Donut versions. Gingerbread 2.3 and 2.3.3 have registered a total increase by 1.5% to 4%. For comparison, Gingerbread only gained about 1% in March.

Version	Market Share, 17 March	Market Share, 1 April	Change
1.5 Cupcake	2.7%	2.3%	-0.4%
1.6 Donut	3.5%	3.0%	-0.5%
2.1 Eclair	27.2%	24.5%	-2.7%
2.2 Froyo	63.9%	65.9%	2.0%
2.3 Gingerbread	0.8%	1.0%	0.2%
2.3.3 Gingerbread	1.7%	3.0%	1.3%
3.0 Honeycomb	0.2%	0.3%	0.1%

The tablet-friendly Honeycomb is the only other Android distribution to register a positive change in April even if by just a tenth of a percent.

The pre-2.2 Android versions are now in full-blown retreat. 2.1 Eclair slipped 2.7% to 24.5%, 1.6 Donut lost half a percent to a total of 3%, while 1.5 Cupcake went down by 0.4% to 2.3%.
With the Google I/O event, expected to bring the new Android 3.1 version just around the corner it would be hard to make any long-term predictions. Yet until its effects are felt we are expecting the evolutionary steps to continue at about the same rate.

So May and June will certainly see another major increase in Gingerbread droids, while Froyo will hardly add much more to its market share. The growth will come at the expense of the oldest three distributions. Honeycomb is bound to stay on the sideline at least until the two ultra-slim Galaxy Tab slates come up.

By Daithi hAnluain | Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:03 pm

The South Korea-based handset maker said the Galaxy Pro features a keyboard and a formal-style design. It runs on Android 2.2 and is powered by a zippy 800-megahertz chip. To add a bit of fun, there's also "Social Hub," which is a service that grabs live streams from sites like Facebook and Twitter, and email, and combines it in one convenient view.

Next year's London Olympic games are shaping up to be a showcase for mobile payment technology as companies race for dominance in a potentially massive market.

By Doug Rule | Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:20 pm

By Peter Ferenczi | Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:31 am

Samsung is apparently giving some disgruntled iPhone 4 users a chance to get their hands on the new Galaxy S smartphone out for free, as part of a Twitter marketing campaign. It’s an Android-based smartphone that touts a 4.0-inch AMOLED display.

A spokesperson for the company told us: “Recently there has been a real increase in online activity from consumers dissatisfied with some of our competitors’ products. We decided to contact a cross section of individuals to offer them a free Samsung Galaxy S as a replacement, as we’re confident that once people have the phone in their hands, they’ll see how impressive it is for themselves.”

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منذ أن قامت Samsung جهاز Galaxy Tab الأصلي ذو السبعة إنش العام الماضي كانت قد وعدت بنسخة WiFi فقط من الجهاز لكن هذا تأخر و إن كانت الشركة قد أعلنت منذ فترة قريبة بأن طرح الجهاز رسمياً قد اقترب جداً. ولكن بالفعل أعلنت سامسونج أمس بأن الجهاز أصبح متوفراً في السوق وبسعر مغري 349.99 دولار فقط!

لا داعي لأن نتحدث عن مواصفات الجهاز فالجالاكسي تاب أصبح ذائع الصيت

Samsung has released a new Android phone on June 2010, yeah, that is Samsung I9000 Galaxy. It’s an Android phone that has many features, even many people claim Samsung I9000 Galaxy S is a new rival for iPhone4. Samsung I9000 Galaxy S has a similar shape to iPhone4, their dimensions differ by only a few millimeters.

Surely you already know about Samsung Galaxy S, it’s very impressive and many people think Galaxy S is the iPhone killer. And now, Samsung plans to release Galaxy S2 (i9200) in early 2011. This will be the first 2GHz phone from Samsung, and it will use Android 3.0 a.k.a Gingerbread.

Verizon Wireless continues to slam the Android operating system down the throat of Apple with the introduction of the Samsung Fascinate to its product line. The Fascinate is part of Samsung’s new Galaxy S lineup of phones which offers the same core features. What’s a bit confusing is the fact that the Galaxy S was a specific model of smartphone itself, but Samsung has shifted gears to allow the name to cover a line of phones.
 

Riding on the buzz its Galaxy Tab slate has generated, Samsung is apparently focusing on a larger device that should take on Apple’s iPad. According to J.K. Shin, Samsung’s mobile communications president, there’s a “larger tablet” in the works, allegedly scheduled for an early 2011 release.
It should be powered by Android 3.5, which will cause some to question of the early 2011 claim. Google is expected to launch Android 3.0 during the first quarter of next year, which means

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab is looking like it will be the first competitive Android tablet to hit the market, but its ultimate success is going to depend on pricing. As with any mobile product, pricing isn’t just a matter of what consumers pay for the the device, it’s also about what they pay for data.