Android has become the first operating system ever to ship one billion smartphones, globally. As per a report on global smartphone sales by Strategy Analysis, it was revealed that in 2013, Android shipped 0.8 billion handsets, which has…

In July this year, Microsoft decided to ditch Android based handsets and started focusing only on Windows based eco-system. Hence, presently, they are not manufacturing or selling any Android device. But despite not selling any Android…

It’s Monday morning and time to do a quick wrap-up of posts published on Trak.in last week. Indian Taxi fare wars have begun. Ola recently slashed their fares to Rs. 10 per kilometer, while SFO based Uber has introduced there…

In the year 2013, around 255 968 million (as per Gartner) smartphones were sold all over the globe, out of which 80% were powered by Android operating system. Out of this 80%, Samsung captured impressive 30% of all Android based smartphone…

Finally, the much rumored, the much talked about and much anticipated Nokia Android Smartphones have arrived. In the ongoing Mobile World Congress, Nokia introduced the new ‘X’ family of Android based smartphones. 3 New Smartphones…

One of the first announcement made by an Indian company at ongoing Consumer Electronic Show is a dual boot tablet from Micromax. The 10.1” tablet, aptly called “Canvas Laptab” comes with dual OS, Windows and Android. This is the first…

For the first time in the history of smartphone sales, Lenovo has become world’s third largest smartphone vendor, as it surpassed LG Electronics and sold 12.8 million units in the third quarter of 2013. Android remains world’s most…

Asia Pacific was the only region where sales of Mobile phones witnessed growth, compared to all other regions where it declined according to Gartner Worldwide mobile phone sales report for first quarter of 2013. Asia Pacific region alone…

The latest version of Google is currently Jelly Bean (Android V 4.1), but apart from couple of tablets which include Google’s own Galaxy Nexus 7 tablet, none of the Android smartphones currently have it. Even the Ice Cream Sandwich or ICS…

A Pune startup, Nityaa Technosys Pvt. Ltd., has developed an Android based IPTV device that has power to convert you normal TV into a Smart Entertainment Platform. One of the founders of Nityaa, Jitin Pillai, met me early last year and we…