Apple has officially announced that the first week of sales iPad sold over 500 thousand pieces. Meanwhile, research firm Net Applications has made the first measurements of traffic from the new device. At the iPad has 0.04% of total Internet traffic, which corresponds to the March performance for Android and BlackBerry.

Number of Android and BlackBerry devices on the market far more than the iPad, which suggests that the owners iPad on average much more work on the web. What, in general, it is logical, given the screen size and speed.

The main search engine for iPad is Google: it holds 97.43% of all search queries. While Google's iPad is the default search settings you can change it to Yahoo, which made the whole 1.98% of users. At Bing come just 0,27% of the owners iPad.

Traffic iPhone and iPod touch is at the level of 0,6%, which is about 20 times more than the iPad.

Via AppleInsider

Twitter has announced plans to launch a formal application for Android. According to CEO Evan Williams (Evan Williams), the approach will be the same as when creating a client for the BlackBerry and iPhone: the official application will compete with the informal. He did not indicate whether Twitter to buy ready-made application to the side or it will be developed from scratch.

For Android already exist informal client application Twitter, Seesmic and such Twidroid. At Motorola MOTOBLUR, HTC Peep and some other smart phones have their own means of access to Twitter.

Williams said that his company pay great attention to supporting mobile devices and want new users of these devices was as simple as possible and more convenient to work in Twitter .

Via Electronista

According to comScore, Android was fourth place in the operating system market for smartphones in the U.S.. In the period from December to February of the current market share of Android has nearly doubled: from 5.2% to 9%.

On the one hand, it is still less than the three leaders: RIM (42,1%), Apple (25,4%) and Windows Mobile (15,1%). C on the other hand, Android reduce the backlog by leaps and bounds, and Windows Mobile, on the contrary, constantly falling (before the Windows Phone 7), so the alignment of forces is changing very rapidly. Most recently, in January, Android has overtaken Palm, which has moved into fifth place with 5.4%.

Via Lenta

Resource PMPToday published photograph of one of the first clones iPad . The manufacturer is not known. Of the known characteristics of a processor – 600-MHz SOC-chip ARM. Yes, the operating system – Android, in spite of the similarity of a home screen with the iPad.

Via PMPToday

Source mocoNews reported that Google has decided to bring mobile operators to the Android platform additional interest from their mobile advertising revenues. Any operator, has released a smartphone running Android and the addition of a formal application Google, will get a percentage of advertising fees.

At first, it will be a small amount, but when Google completes acquisition of mobile ad network AdMob, deductions can significantly increase. They will be taken not only with their own applications Google, but also with third-party applications. Since AdMob is the largest mobile advertising, payments can be quite substantial.

Google has not officially commented on this information.

Via Electronista

On Tuesday, the U.S. operator Sprint introduced the phone EVO 4G production HTC. Previously, he was known under the working title Supersonic. The phone will work in a CDMA-network Sprint, supports WiMAX, and the diagonal of its screen is 4.3 inches, which is 30% more screen iPhone.

Other characteristics of the new items:

• OS Android 2.1 C Sense UI;
• Snapdragon processor at 1 GHz;
• 512 MB RAM;
• 1 GB of internal memory;
• multi-touch screen resolution of 800 × 480;
• 8-megapixel camera with flash, video recording;
• More 1.3-megapixel front camera for video chat;
• Wi-Fi 802.11b / g;
• HDMI-out;
• leg to keep it standing upright;
• Card slot microSD;
• Battery 1500 mAh

Comparing these characteristics with Google Nexus One and Motorola Droid , easy to see that at the moment is the most powerful smartphone on the Android.

In most Sprint appreciates EVO 4G chances of success. "This is without a doubt will be a cult phone" – said the spokesman, David Owens (David Owens).

The price and exact date of start of sales will be announced later.

Via Engadget

Site TechRadar wrote that Samsung is preparing its own tablet, it can easily compete iPad. Specific details and specifications yet. Currently only known (again, unofficially) that the tablet will work based on Android: Windows 7 producers considered too demanding for such a device. Also glad the presence of USB-ports and slots for memory cards, which have no iPad. Finally, the new network will support 4G.

The last point indicates that the tablet is intended primarily to Asia, where new cellular standards are implemented quickly. If so, let us hope that we will have it before they have time to become obsolete.

Via TechRadar

Staley New details about the tablet by Marvell-based Android, which we wrote last week. He will be named Moby and will cost only $ 99. This plate will be quite powerful: it can play videos in a format 1080p, three-dimensional graphics and full-screen Flash-video.

As the co-founder of Marvell speech Weily of Day (Weili Dai), the computer is primarily aimed at schoolchildren and students.

«Marvell may help to bring education to 21, providing a universal device that opens the students access to better content, information and resources … – he said at a conference in New York. – C tablet Moby students will conduct research, communicate with the world's leading experts and even collaborate with students from other countries. And the most important thing is that this device is extremely affordable. I foresee a time when Moby will benefit students all over the world. "

At the plate will be installed processor's own production Marvell ARMADA 600 with 1 GHz, module Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, FM-tuner. The first devices will be implemented in a pilot project in conjunction with one of American schools. Every student in this school get a free plate and will use it a few years.

Via WMPoweruser

Yesterday, we cited statistics Flurry Analytics Sales Nexus One. This research firm has estimated that during the first 74 days of sales were sold 135 thousand smartphones – a figure in all respects, a small, particularly compared to its closest competitors Droid and iPhone. Journalists Engadget had the opportunity to talk with representatives of most Google, and it turns out, the company that the statistics are quite satisfied.

As Google said that the sale of a large number of smart phones is not an end in itself. Success itself Android platform companies are interested in more. This kind of war of attrition, long and slow, but inexorably leading to victory.

Internet giant, even issued a statement on this subject: "We are pleased with our sales and the way our customers have Nexus One. Nexus One – is one of the large and rapidly growing number of phones on Android, sold through an open ecosystem of Android. Our partners are shipping daily over 60 thousand phones at Android, while a further three months ago that number was 30 thousand. "

Here is a philosophical attitude, which can be viewed as an attempt to save face in front of the figures clearly faded, and it is possible, and as a statement that Google simply does not make a serious bid for Nexus One, preferring to engage in the promotion of Android platform as a whole.

Via Engadget

The New York Times wrote that Google is preparing to release a set-top box running Android, where it will not make someone a very Sony. In the console will be used by the processor Intel Atom, while Intel will also help with preparation software. The project has the working title of Google TV.

The main idea of the product – "revive" the process of watching TV, expanding its functionality through a variety of applications, services and even web searches. As the browser will be used, of course, Chrome. We consoles will not only conventional remote control, but full keyboard: and then, and the other will produce Logitech. The core of the system is open, users and developers will be able to make it required changes. The system will support Flash, so that will be able to broadcast popular services like YouTube and Hulu.

As Google does not name a specific date for start of sales. We only know that the project is being developed for several months. Channel, which is referred to the newspaper, claims that the prefix is now tested for compatibility with satellite networks.

Via Electronista