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Onavo introduces Extend app for ICS devices, helps you keep track of every megabyte Posted: 27 Feb 2012 04:00 PM PST In the era of data caps, throttling, and falsely advertised "unlimited" data plans, quite a few users have to keep track of their monthly data usage. ICS has a nice data usage chart, along with a few alert options, to help with this. But in reality, the average user doesn't know the difference in 20MB and 200MB when it comes to mobile data. Just how many web pages can a user load with x amount of data usage? Onavo aims to help with this, as they've just introduced Onavo Extend, an app exclusively made for ICS devices, both smartphone and tablet alike. Onavo Extend builds on Onavo's existing data usage monitor, adding a few spiffy new features, like the utilization of Google's WebP image format, which creates massive data savings on images, without sacrificing the quality of those images. Users can navigate between the last week and the last month of data usage, to see how everything is broken down. While it's exclusive to Ice Cream Sandwich, the app itself does have a very sleek look to it. So without further ado, ICS users can download Onavo Extend for free from the Android Market by using the box below. Not on the latest version of Android? You can still try out Onavo's Data Usage Monitor app. How do you track your data usage? Do you worry about going over every month, and being throttled or charged overage fees? Let us know in the comments! Source Onavo Blog porting applicazioni iphone android Link AppBrain | Link Android Market conversione applicazioni iphone android Onavo | Monitor Data Usage Onavo FREE >250,000 Link Android Market Onavo introduces Extend app for ICS devices, helps you keep track of every megabyte originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Tata DOCOMO pairs with Extent and gives access to the best Android games for customers in India Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:37 PM PST There is all sorts of fun going on at Mobile World Congress this year. TataTeleServices and Extent have partnered to give customers in India, access to the best Android games from around the world. Extent is making a name for itself with it's Gametanium service, which just launched on Android phones and tablets. According to research, India is becoming quite the place for data-centric activities to include mobile gaming. With the all-you-eat subscription service allowing access to tons of fun titles, this should be a welcomed offering in India. Click Here For Full Press Release Tata DOCOMO Customers Gain Access to the Best Android Mobile Games From Around the World BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MWC 2012 – India has emerged as one of the fastest growing mobile game markets in the world. Projected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of over 70 percent during 2010-2013 according to a recent report[1] by global market research firm RNCOS, Indian gamers are now demanding more in terms of features and sophistication from their favorite mobile games. In an effort to satisfy this growing demand, Tata and Exent have partnered to bring the first mobile game subscription service to India. A recent study[2] by Nielsen indicates that smartphone users in India spend more than 40 percent of total active time on data-centric activities. Seeking to capitalize on this usage, the new Tata mobile game offering built with Exent's GameTanium™ is the first and only all-you-can-eat subscription service offering unlimited game play of the hottest games on Android. For the first time in India, millions of Tata customers will have unlimited access to the best Android games like ZENONIA®, Wave Blazer and EDGE. Featuring an ever-growing catalog of full-version games with no advertising, the highly curated GameTanium catalog is enhanced with editorial features such as ratings, reviews and an extensive collection of game trailers. The service can also be played even while offline for maximum flexibility. "The emergence of sophisticated mobile devices at affordable prices and wider range of smartphones along with greater wireless mobile broadband penetration has led our customers to expect much more from their service beyond calling and texting. Android is believed to have a rich user interface that adds functionality to the device and increases the overall mobile experience, especially gaming," said Mr. Sharad Arora, Head Mobility – Wireless Solutions, Tata Teleservices Limited. "By partnering with Exent, Tata DOCOMO customers can now enjoy unlimited mobile gaming with access to the top Android games from around the world." Exent powers the Games on Demand offerings for the world's leading service providers. By partnering with Exent, Tata wireless customers will benefit from GameTanium's sophisticated content programming and cutting-edge technology platform, ensuring its extensive catalog of Android titles are optimized for mobile game play. GameTanium is the only Games on Demand service that allows operators to extend their brand, entertainment offerings and subscriber engagement to new screens like mobile and TV, increasing average revenue per user (ARPU) and strengthening brand loyalty and retention. "We are very excited to partner with Tata. As one of the first telecom operators to launch 3G and other advanced services in India, they are truly at the forefront and share our commitment to delivering only the best to customers," said Peter von Schlossberg, President of Exent. "Since the advent of smartphones, mobile game play continues to grow globally each year and by partnering with Tata, we are pleased to introduce GameTanium for the first time to users in India." The new Tata mobile game subscription service for Android devices will be offered under the Let's Play brand name for a low monthly fee by sending the keyword 'Play' as an SMS to 53333 from Android mobile devices. A free 3-day trial of the service is also available. [1]RNCOS, India Mobile Gaming Analysis - December 2010 [2]Nielsen Informate panel, In India, Google Leads the Smartphone App Race - December 2011 About Tata Teleservices Limited Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India's leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence across all of India's 22 telecom Circles. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under the unified brand name Tata DOCOMO and operates its wireless networks on GSM, CDMA and 3G technology platforms. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 450,000 towns and villages across the country, serving over 88 million subscribers. After its collaboration with Japan's NTT DOCOMO in November 2008, Tata Teleservices launched 2G GSM services under the Tata DOCOMO brand name in all the 18 telecom Circles where it received spectrum from the Government of India, in June 2009. Since then, the Company has established a strong brand connect for Tata DOCOMO in India and has been at the forefront of redefining the telecom experience in India, launching innovative products and services that have impacted Indian consumer lifestyles. TTL is the clear market leader in the enterprise space as well, and has market leadership in many product lines, such as mobile broadband with the Photon family of wireless access devices. The company has also launched GSM services under the brand name T24, in partnership with Indian retail giant Future Group. TTL's bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and wireline services. For details, visit www.tatateleservices.com and www.tatadocomo.com About Exent Exent is the leading global market solutions provider for broadband-based monetization of mobile and PC games. Exent delivers technologies and products for various markets, including video game publishers, mobile operators, broadband service providers, consumer portals, consumer electronic manufacturers, media companies, ad agencies, brand owners, retailers and others. Media Contact: Lynda Curtis 781-559-0423 Exent@rfbinder.com Source:Tata Tata DOCOMO pairs with Extent and gives access to the best Android games for customers in India originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Exent launches GameTanium service for Android tablets Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:20 PM PST Exent, a company largely in charge of the Games on Demand for the world's leading service providers, is hoping to complete its vision of anytime, anywhere gameplay, as they've just launched their GameTanium service for Android tablets. With this latest release, their service covers all aspects of gaming technology, from PCs to TVs to tablets. With GameTanium, users can get unlimited gaming on dozens of popular Android games, like Fruit Ninja and T-Racer HD, for one subscription price. It's a bit like paying one price for a bundle of apps. The difference is, GameTanium's market is expanding, and they're adding more and more games frequently. This latest release is big news for them, and they're encouraging users to download the free 3-day trial of GameTanium to give it a try. So, tablet users, what are you waiting for? You can download the free trial from here on your Android tablet, and check out GameTanium for yourself. Be sure to leave a comment below, and let us know what you think about the service. The full press release can also be found below. [[Visit blog to check out this spoiler]] Exent launches GameTanium service for Android tablets originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Shazam shows what it can do with Android Beam, World’s fastest tagging and instant sharing Posted: 27 Feb 2012 03:02 PM PST Today in Barecelona, at the Mobile World Congress, Shazam let everyone in on their latest development. Striving to be the fastest ID content experience on the Android platform, Shazam is leading the way. With improvements to their already fast service, we can expect to ID songs in a little as one second in some scenarios.Along with faster tagging, they are introducing a new feature that uses Android Beam. This will allow Android users to simply hold their NFC capable devices back-to-back and share their favorite music, merchant offers and television tags. With over 180 million users, Shazam looks to be a strong contender in the future. Click Here for Full Press Release Shazam Showcases World's Fastest Tagging and Instant Sharing using Android Beam Mobile World Congress – Barcelona, Spain – 27 February 2011 - Shazam®, the world's leading media discovery company, today announces that it has developed the world's fastest mobile content identification experience for music, broadcast media and television advertising. Shazam is also one of the select developers showcasing integration with Android Beam™, giving Shazam fans a new way to instantly share content and unique offers from brands with friends just by touching two NFC-enabled Android phones back-to-back. "We are committed to continually enhance the performance of Shazam to ensure we deliver the best experience when people use the Shazam App. With our new algorithm, Shazam fans will be able to get a tag result in as little as one second. We believe that near instant identification creates the most efficient way possible to discover, purchase and share the music, television content and brand offers that our loyal users love," said Alex Musil, EVP Product for Shazam. "With the adoption of Android Beam, we continue to stay at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge technology that always focuses on improving the experience of our fans." Faster Tagging A number of improvements have already been released for the Shazam App on Android™, including enhancements to improve recognition speed. Another significant step that will make the app even faster will be released this week on the Android operating system with iOS to follow in the coming weeks. With the new release, songs, television adverts and other content can be identified in a fraction of the time it previously took – in as little as one second, making it even faster for people to discover their favorite songs and unlock content in television shows and ads. Beam People who use Shazam on the new Android platform will simply be able to hold their devices back-to-back with that of their friends to share their favourite music, merchant offers and television tags – giving their friends access to music samples, coupons from advertisers, tour dates and other great information. Android Beam makes sharing simple. Touch two NFC-enabled Android-powered phones back-to-back, then tap to beam your favourite tags across phones. If your friend doesn't have the Shazam App, they are introduced to Android Market™ to get it. Beam will be available on NFC-enabled Android devices running on Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich. The new capability is scheduled to be live in the Shazam App as part of a major update within the coming weeks. Shazam shows what it can do with Android Beam, World’s fastest tagging and instant sharing originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Asus introduces two new tablets at MWC under the name “Transformer Pad” Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:02 PM PST We've seen some amazing products this year at Mobile World Congress from companies like Huawei and HTC. Now it's time for Asus to shine at this mega event with their new offerings, as they told us. The first thing Asus did was change the name of their tablet line to "Transformer Pad," and they introduced the Infinity Series under this line. The Infinity Series offers high end tablets with either Tegra 3 or Snapdragon S4 processors. First, we have the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 series, or just the TF700T for short. As far as the specs go, users can either get it with a Qualcomm MSM 8960 Snapdragon S4 processor with an LTE radio, or the Tegra 3 version, which is available in Wi-Fi only models. 3G/4G versions will feature S4 chip. So basically, if you want a Tegra 3 version, you'll have to live without those 4G speeds. Other goodies include an 8MP f/2.2 camera, a 2MP front-facing camera, 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 Super IPS+ Gorilla Glass 2 display, 1GB of RAM, and an HDMI port. In true Asus style, the tablet comes with its own keyboard dock as well. The next tablet is the Asus Transformer Pad 300 series, which is actually the TF300T, a tablet we saw a few weeks ago. Asus is calling it a "stylish and affordable" tablet. It's packing an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, a 10.1-inch 1280x800 IPS display, and it will be launched in WiFi and LTE versions as well. It has a battery life of 10 hours, which can be extended to 15 hours with the optional keyboard dock. Asus will make it available in red, blue, and white. With that being said, we're fairly impressed with Asus and what they've brought to the table at MWC, but we want to hear from you. Are these tablets what you were hoping for? Are you more interested in the Eee Pad Memo ME370T? Asus introduces two new tablets at MWC under the name “Transformer Pad” originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Asus unveils the Padfone, our hearts stop for a few minutes Posted: 27 Feb 2012 02:00 PM PST After the announcement of two new tablets, Asus decided let the cat out of the bag and introduce the Asus Padfone, which was introduced by them last year. It's the first device to feature a phone/tablet hybrid form factor. We reported that Asus would be launching it at MWC, and here it is. Let's start with the smartphone itself, which comes with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD display, Snapdragon's new dual-core S4 chip along with an Adreno 225 GPU, Ice Cream Sandwich, an 8MP rear camera with an LED flash and f/2.2, a VGA front-facing camera, and decently-sized 1520mAh battery. It will be available from 16 to 64GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD). Now, the optional 9.2mm thick Padfone tablet will, according to Asus, increase the battery life nine-fold. It comes with a stylus, which doubles as a Bluetooth headset for receiving calls, which we thought was pretty awesome. The tablet can also dock into a keyboard, much like the Asus Transformer line. Asus plans to market and sell several accessories that extend the usability of the Padfone into infinity and beyond. Asus announced that the Padfone will ship in April, but was mum on pricing for the devices and accessories. More on this as it develops. So, are you looking forward to the Padfone? How much do you think Asus will charge for a phone that docks into a tablet, that docks into a keyboard? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below! Source Engadget Asus unveils the Padfone, our hearts stop for a few minutes originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy S 4.2 MediaPlayer Posted: 27 Feb 2012 01:14 PM PST A few hours ago, a leaked shot confirmed that Samsung will be launching the Galaxy Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress, but we didn't know that it will be announced along with the Samsung Galaxy S Wi-Fi Player. The tablet is part of the Galaxy Note family, featuring Samsung's S Pen stylus for drawing, note-taking, highlighting, and more. Aside from the S Pen, the Note 10.1 is nearly identical in terms of specs to the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 that was announced yesterday. We're still trying to figure out what Samsung is trying to do here by introducing tablets that aren't much different from their predecessors. Moving along, Samsung is also keeping an eye on their media player line, as they introduced the Samsung Galaxy S 4.2 Wi-Fi MediaPlayer. It comes with a 1GHz processor, 4.2-inch WVGA screen, 2MP rear camera, and a front-facing VGA camera. It will be launched in 8GB and 16GB versions, and both will feature microSD expansion up to 32GB. It's running on Gingerbread, sadly, but it has Android Market support to make up for it. This player will be an amazing device for people who are looking for a media player for fun and entertainment. No word on launch dates for either of these devices, but we don't think it'll be that far off. So who's excited by the Galaxy Note 10.1? Anyone planning to grab a Galaxy S 4.2 MediaPlayer? Sound off in the comments! Source Phandroid Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy S 4.2 MediaPlayer originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Gameloft bringing its most popular HD games to Intel smartphones and tablets Posted: 27 Feb 2012 10:12 AM PST One of the dangers of entering the tech market with a new product is the necessary adaptation that other manufacturers or developers will have to make to support your product. This is especially true in the processor market, where many software and firmware companies of entrenched themselves in developing for what already exists. Fortunately, Intel is already a well-known manufacturer with a great lineup of upcoming hardware, and it appears that they're going to get the backing that they need. Gameloft, arguably one of the biggest game developers on mobile platforms, has announced that its more beloved HD games will be brought over and optimized for the Intel-based smartphones and tablets. These include (so far) Asphalt 6: Adrenaline Modern Combat 2 Black Pegasus UNO This may seem like a small step, but support from such a large developer generally flows into wider support. With  devices hopefully coming out sooner rather than later, this is good to see for Intel. What do you think of Intel's chipset? Will it be a good contender to the old guard that's already settled in? Let us know in the comments! Click Here to View Complete Press Release Gameloft to Deliver Most Popular HD Games to Intel® Technology-Based Smartphones and Tablets Top Downloaded Android Titles Now Support Intel® Atom™ Processor-Based Smartphones and Tablets PARIS, February 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gameloft, a leading global publisher of digital and social games, announcing they have optimized many of Gameloft's most successful titles for new Android smartphones and tablets based on Intel technology. Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, UNO™ have been optimized for Intel® architecture. Each title was ported with Google's Android Native Development Kit (NDK) and utilizes the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator to deliver outstanding HD quality and performance. Available in the Android Market, consumers can download these games on Intel® Atom™ processor-based smartphones and tablets as they become commercially available around the world. "We are pleased to team up with Intel to demonstrate our high performance HD games on new Intel Atom processor-based devices," said Ludovic Blondel Vice President of OEM at Gameloft. "With the power of Intel processors coming to Android smartphone and tablets, Gameloft plans to tap into the performance and graphics advantages to produce more visually stunning mobile games. In collaboration with Intel, today's announcement is the first step to producing the best gaming experiences for our players." "We are excited to see Gameloft port and optimize their Android HD games for the new Intel Atom-based devices coming to market," said Christos Georgiopoulos, vice president and general manager Developer Relations Division of the Intel Software and Services Group. "Creating a high-end mobile game is challenging if you don't have the performance and graphics support required to deliver the game. We expect Gameloft players to be thrilled with the gaming experience on Intel technology-based smartphones and tablets." Intel will demonstrate many of Gameloft's popular HD titles running on Intel Atom processor-based smartphone and tablets at the Intel booth in Hall 8 at Mobile World Congress 2012. About Gameloft A leading global publisher of digital and social games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, including mobile phones, smartphones and tablets (including Apple® iOS and Android® devices), set top boxes, connected TVs and consoles. Gameloft partners with leading international brands such as UNO®, Spider-Man®, James Cameron's Avatar™, Ferrari® and Sonic Unleashed®. Gameloft also operates its own established franchises, such as Real Football, Asphalt™, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus and N.O.V.A Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance®. Gameloft is present in all continents, distributes its games in 100 countries and employs over 4,500 developers. Gameloft is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange (ISIN: FR0000079600, Bloomberg: GFT FP, Reuters: GLFT.PA). Gameloft's sponsored Level 1 ADR (ticker: GLOFY) is traded OTC in the US. Press Contact: Jessica Lewinstein Jessica.lewinstein@gameloft.com Tel: +1-415-615-0520 Gameloft bringing its most popular HD games to Intel smartphones and tablets originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Orange debuts Intel Medfield-powered Santa Clara Posted: 27 Feb 2012 09:50 AM PST Orange has announced their first Android handset to feature an Intel Medfield chipset, tapping the Santa Clara with a summer release.  Making its debut as Europe's first Android smartphone to pack the new mobile processor, the device will launch with Android 2.3 Gingerbread but see an Ice Cream Sandwich update shortly thereafter. Specifications for the Santa Clara include a 4.03-inch display, 16GB internal storage, and an 8-megapixel camera that can capture 10 pictures in under one second.  Featuring support for HSPA+, the handset will come with a number of pre-loaded Orange software titles, including  Orange TV, Dailymotion, Deezer (France only), Orange Wednesdays Your Orange and Orange Gestures Look for pricing and carrier details for the Santa Clara to trickle out over the coming weeks and months.  Full press release can be found at the link below. Press release Orange debuts Intel Medfield-powered Santa Clara originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Opera debuts Opera 12, Mini Next, and support for Intel chipsets Posted: 27 Feb 2012 07:57 AM PST Opera Software has announced a number of mobile initiatives at Mobile World Congress, many of which have Android implications.  For starters, there's a new version of their popular mobile web browser, Opera 12, which improves on its predecesor with a few added features. WebGL on Android phones, for all things 3D and web. With WebGL on mobile, it'll be even easier to make games cross platform and to distribute them. "Opera have contributed significantly to the development of the WebGL specification and now Opera Mobile is playing a leading role in the roll-out of GPU-accelerated WebGL on Android," said Neil Trevett, Khronos president and vice president of mobile content at NVIDIA. Ragnarök, Opera's HTML5 parser support, meaning better web apps and increased compatibility with websites. More HTML5 means more advanced web functionality. Support for camera use in the browser. More possibilities for customizing the Speed Dial of Opera Mobile, including entering as many Speed Dial entries as you like. For those of you who prefer a smaller, not-so-feature-rich, experience, you'll be happy to know that Opera is introducing Opera Mini Next.  In a beta-like fashion, the app gives early adopters a sneak preview at what is next for the mini web client. In smartphone versions of Opera Mini Next, the Smart Page will not make an appearance in this version... Android users of Opera Mini Next will get a smoother browsing experience, with hardware acceleration and a revamped Speed Dial. The revamped Speed Dial screen, with an unlimited number of Speed Dial shortcuts, debuts in all versions of Opera Mini Next for easy access to all your favorite websites. Rounding out the announcements today are support for both Intel architectures and MIPS-based Android tablets. conversione applicazioni iphone android Opera Mobile web browser Opera Software ASA FREE >250,000 Link Android Market conversione applicazioni iphone android Opera Mini Next web browser Opera Software ASA FREE 100-500 Link Android Market Opera debuts Opera 12, Mini Next, and support for Intel chipsets originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

ZTE intros the quad-core, Android 4.0 “Era’ Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:54 AM PST Thus far, this Mobile World Congress is proving that Chinese handset makers are not second-tier  mobile phone companies. Huawei introduced a sexy tablet and three new smartphones, one which  is world's fastest phone according to the manufacturer. Now another famous Chinese brand, ZTE, has officially announced the phone we all were looking forward to. We expected that ZTE would bring a quad-core to MWC, and here we are a few days later with a ZTE Era. You may remember that it appeared in wild only a few days ago with Tegra 3 and Icera HSPA+ modem.  Good news, all these goodies are still there...and more! Introduced as ZTE's first quad-core phone, it comes with a 4.3-inches display with 960 x 540 pixels resolution, 8GB of internal memory with microSD card slot, and there is  HD Voice and Dolby sound processing as well for your entertainment. The device is only 7.8mm thick and ZTE will be bringing it out by second half of this year. Well, that's an impressive piece of work by ZTE. Anyone looking forward to this Tegra 3 monster? Source: Engadget ZTE intros the quad-core, Android 4.0 “Era’ originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Andy Rubin: More than 850,000 Android devices activated daily; 450,000 apps in Market Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:34 AM PST It's hardly even a story anymore that Android is now father of all the mobile operating systems.  However, we still love to document the platform's growth and share the occasional milestone.  You'll remember that just 2 months ago at Q42011 conference call, Andy Rubin confirmed that more than 700,000 Android devices activated each day. Andy is back with some new numbers, and just like every time the numbers are increasing...rapidly.  Rubin happily confirmed that more than 850,000 Android devices are activated each day and, as of today,  there are more than 450,000 apps available in the Android Market.  Crazily impressive, no? As a reminder, at last year's MWC, Eric Schmidt shed some light on Android, he told us that 350,000 devices are activated daily and 150,000 apps are in the market.  When compared to last year figure, that's an increase of total 250%. I am pretty sure that these numbers will be keep increasing and increasing, so Android fanboys, what are your thoughts about it? Tell us in the comment box below.  We've been anxiously anticipating the "1 million per day number" for Google IO later in June and this certainly has us feeling like we're on pace for the figure. Source: Google Mobile via AC Andy Rubin: More than 850,000 Android devices activated daily; 450,000 apps in Market originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY

Android security warning: SoundHound transmitting user location and Google account information Posted: 27 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST We've just gotten a tip about a potential privacy issue with the SoundHound app, a popular music service that users can download from the Market. Apparently, the app transmits a user's exact location, along with unique device IDs and Google account information back to SoundHound's servers, and potentially to third-party servers, when the app starts. This also occurs when the device is rebooted, provided that the user has a SoundHound widget on their homescreen. Now I don't use SoundHound on any of my devices, but this is a major privacy issue. Not only does this affect users that have installed SoundHound, it also applies to devices that have the service preloaded. One reason this is a big issue is that SoundHound does request GPS access in the Market, but fails to notify users that it'll be forcibly transmitting their location to remote servers. Now, there is a note in the description that says: Note: Location is used to store where songs were discovered. It can be disabled from the Options menu. While this is true, it completely contradicts itself, because users have to open the app to disable this feature. In opening the app, they enable the transmission of their data, which defeats the purpose. SoundHound's own privacy policy confirms that they reserve the right to share this information with third parties: When you use the SoundHound applications, your mobile device supplies a unique identifier, which we use to associate search results, your bookmarks, and other information with your device. We improve the relevance of information provided in the applications using location information provided by your device, which you can choose to turn off. If your browser supplies location information (determined by your browser settings), we may use that information to improve the relevance of information provided by the web site. Content provided by advertisers and other third parties may be personalized in a similar manner. Furthermore, this transmission of personal data also contradicts another clause in its privacy policy Consistent with the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of thirteen (13) without requiring parental consent. Any person who provides their personal information to SoundHound through the web site or applications represents that they are 13 years of age or older. So, if you have SoundHound installed on your device, this might be something you should look into. There's no logical reason that the app should collect and transmit personal data like this without the user's consent. It's inevitable that this will happen, because users have to open the app to disable it in the first place. Something fishy is definitely going on with SoundHound. We've submitted an inquiry to SoundHound about this issue, but they have yet to respond. More on this as it develops. Does this concern you? What other apps do you think could be transmitting your personal data without your knowledge? Sound off in the comments! Thanks to Simon for the tip! Android security warning: SoundHound transmitting user location and Google account information originally appeared on AndroidGuys. Follow AndroidGuys on Facebook and Twitter and download the free AndroidGuys app for your device! Save a bunch on your next Android. Check out Amazon's best sellers! UPDATED HOURLY