Eyes On Android

This post caught my eye, from ZDNet by Larry Dignan, reporting on Computex Taipei. Basically, it confirms that Android will underpin Samsung's future tablet efforts.

An interesting article on Android sourced from Jacob Aron, technology reporter of New Scientist. He writes that Android users risk exposing their Google calendars, contacts and other personal details when logging on to unencrypted Wi-Fi networks, say researchers at the University of Ulm in Germany. A weakness in ClientLogin, the authentication system used to access Google services, means that 99.7 ...

Qik, a mobile video company that was recently acquired by Skype, is bringing its video functionality to the general Android Market - it has launched a new version of Qik for Android, called Qik Video Connect.

Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011 (a 57.7% increase from 2010, according to Gartner) and Android is set to become the most popular operating system (OS) worldwide – it will account for nearly half of the market if you believe Gartner’s figures. “By 2015, 67 percent of all open OS devices will have an average selling ...

Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering at Google says he is "having a Gene Amdahl moment" - he has responded to criticism of Androids fragmenting and questioning of the degree to which it is open source.