Android phones

This is big – Google has now bought a completely Indian-ized version of Android. They have released a native hindi mobile search feature along with fully native Google interface for Android. India has a large English speaking population,…

Smart phone enthusiasts, journalists, geeks and gadget freaks spent the whole of yesterday night tweeting, blogging and sharing about just one event. The launch of Samsung Galaxy S3 on May 3rd, 2012 at 7pm, GMT was a momentous event in…

The rise of Android phones in India has been phenomenal with over 600% YOY growth in the year 2011.Today they hold a comfortable 34% of the Indian smartphone market behind only the (now aging) Symbian OS. Even as analysts and experts have…

Android has gone from strength to strength over last 2 years and now accounts for 54 percent of entire Global Smartphone Market Share. That’s really a huge achievement for a Mobile OS, especially because it is also the youngest of the lot.…

Froyo is good, Gingerbread is better. That’s how software upgrades typically work. Google is trying to tackle the fragmentation problem by collaborating with manufacturers and bringing in a 18-month window to roll out upgrades. Two years…

Android is open and that’s the reason why people are flocking to it. That is a general statement people make these days. As true as it may sound, not much truth is there to that statement. I have discussed it in detail in my earlier post.…

One of the arguments I hear a lot these days is :  people are flocking to Android because it’s open. I am sure it is. Android is open. But what does it really mean to you? As a consumer or as an average consumer, what are you really…

HTC, the Taiwan based smartphone manufacturer reported an almost three fold increase in its first quarter profits beating all analyst forecasts and expectations. The first quarter net profits of HTC were pegged at T$ 14.83 Bn and the…

After a dull previous week, trak.in had a great last week with some real good articles getting published. Here is a quick round-up of our Top posts. From this week onwards, we will also be including post from our sister blog The Gadget Fan.…