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According to Reuters, Google’s Android has over taken Apple’s iPhone as the second most popular provider of smartphone software in the USA during the first quarter!

It’s a good sign of the increasing competition in the ever growing mobile market.

Android accounted for around 28 percent of the unit sales, and whilst there are lots of promises from Steve Jobs about new iPhone technology to come, could it just be more iHype?

According to ComScore, Google Android is continuing to gain market share in the US whilst Palm and Microsoft look to be losing ground yet again over the past 90 days.

Android went up 5.2% to hold a 9% share of the market whilst Windows mobile fell to 15.11% and WebOS fell to 5.4%.

Whilst Apple still hold 25.4% of the market with their iPhone brand, this figure has dropped slightly in the last quarter, whilst Blackberry (Research in Motion) gained 1.3% to 42.1%, still a commanding lead.

So what can we expect in the next quarter?  Android continues to develop and the variety of phones available are growing all the time.  Can Apple match that rate of progress?  Whilst BlackBerry still maintain a healthy lead due to business use, will companies start to test out the Android platform as a realistic alternative?  They haven’t with the iPhone, but Apple never marketed their platform for that market whereas the Android system has far more flexible software, hardware and development platforms.

Watch this space for the figures from the next 90 days where we’ll have a look internationally at how things are moving.

The LG InTouch Max (also known as the LG GW620, the LG Eve, and the LG Etna), is the first Android powered handset from LG.

Similar to the popular T-Mobile G1, the T-Mobile InTouch Max also features a slide-out QWERTY keyboard designed to help users easily and quickly type up text messages, emails and other data input.

The LG InTouch Max also features a 3-inch touchscreen display, a 5 mega-pixel camera (with LED flash, video playback, and auto-focus), and the usual Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, and Micro USB data connectivity.

Other notable features of the LG InTouch Max include a threaded text message system where each text is grouped by sender and displayed like a message board for easy-to-follow reading. The Android phone also includes a 3D gallery for quick photo viewing and sorting. The 3D gallery enables users to quickly find and tag their favourite photos, or by using the filter tool to sort snaps by tags, facial recognition or by the date.

The LG GW620 has been designed specially for social networking, with its QWERTY keyboard making updating, editing and managing social network profiles effortless, the GW620 enables users to easily connect and manage their Facebook, MySpace and other social profiles from any location.

Following on from the launch of our new software and improved site, the traffic here at 101bestandroidapps.com has been growing exponentially!

Over the last month we have had half a million page views!  On the 6th November 2009, we had  32,000 page views and 4,400 visits in just one day.

With lots more improvements and changes we’re planning on making to the site, we’re hoping to become the place to come for all your android information on apps.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA™ X10 introduces an open and integrated world of social media, communication and entertainment

HTC have released a new commercial as part of their You campaign:

There are 75 million phone running the Android operating system due to be sold in 2012 alone according to the research firm Gartner.  If this is correct, Android will become the second most popular mobile phone operating system after Symbian.

Personally, I’m converted.  After using the iPhone for a while and owning a few blackberry’s, I switched to the HTC Magic under the T-Mobile “G2″ banner and every day I’ve used the phone, I’ve found another use or feature which I genuinely like.  Saying all that, there is a long way to go yet and there are many improvements I’d like to see and expect.

Whilst an open source operating system is great in theory, like communism, it often can’t work in the real world and does need control and restrictions.  It looks like Android is splintering off and different devices are using different versions with a wealth of new technology coming in to the market place, there’s a chance the OS could follow the same path as Sun’s J2ME and lose it’s momentum.

With v2.0 on the horizon, backwards/forwards compatibility looks like it could cause problems!  Developers are starting to show signs of frustration as unlike the iPhone which has a code base maintained and built by Apple, the Android OS is changing all the time.  Hopefully Google will get a handle on it all and ensure that these problems are ironed out ready for the holiday rush.

Overall, I’m still a happy Android fan, but I’d hate to see it start to lose favour at such an early stage.

The new Dell Mini 3i has gone on show for the very first time yesterday!

It’s a good looking handset with great features such as a 3 Mega Pixel camera, bluetooth, a microSD slot, Bluetooth and a large 360 by 640 pixel touch screen.

Whilst it’s a good introduction to the market for Dell, it is lacking in one essential feature.  3G.  Their new phone will only run on 2G networks making it the slowest Android phone yet!

On top of which, it doesn’t have WiFi either.

From the looks of things it’s not going to be released in the UK which probably explains the lack of those two essential features.

After our relaunch and improved code libraries our visitors were up to over 1000 in a single day!

On Thursday the 13th August, 2009 we obtained 1,011 unique visitors and a snip under 4,000 page views.  This is great news not only for our site, but the renewed interest in the Google Android operating system.

Submissions on 101 Best Android Apps continue to rise and within the next 6 months we believe we will not only be the best place to come to find the right app for you, but the only resource that you will need.

Additionally our ranks within the search engines are constantly rising.  If you search for android apps we are currently third worldwide which is great news for anyone searching for the best apps for google android.

Keep stopping by, we promise we’ll continue striving to be the best and only resource you need on the net for your mobile device.

Motorola isn’t mucking about with their next T-Mobile Android phone according to android and me.

The two new phones codenamed “Morrison” and “Sholes” pack a big punch with some serious spec. The CPU in the Sholes is a 528MHz Qualcomm MSM7201A and they have 256MB RAM. On top of which a built in 512 MB Flash ROM (Read Only Memory) and support up to 32Gb microoSDHC memory card. The display is a HVGA (320×480) and it has lots of extra sensors and regular gadgetry that you’d expect from a modern mobile device.

Take a look at the full specs here: click here for the full spec.

It looks like that kind of power and functionality will not only rival the iPhone, but blow it out of the water!