GoMo News has rounded up the day’s hottest Android news and links. From malicious wallpaper; to mobile search; to Eric Schmidts dreams of $10 billion a year, we’ve got it.
Android can $10 billion a year
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has a lot of confidence in the Android platform. He believes that the combined revenue from advertising and mobile content purchases will top $10,000,000,000 every year.
http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/7/30/google-android-will-earn-10-billion-year/
Careful what you download – wallpapers can be deadly
It is widely known by now that a lot Android users could have had private data stolen by malicious wallpaper apps. Once installed, they collect information from your phone – there’s no real evidence at the moment that the data has been used for anything damaging, but it reinforces how careful you should be to read those warnings your Android gives you when you try to install an app. If a wallpaper wants to connect to the internet from your phone, think twice.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1725670/black-hat-android-wallpaper-apps-stealing
Google dominates mobile search
Google has been the leader in on-line search for a long time now – but according to StrategyEye it is even more dominant when it comes to mobile. Googles’ overall search share is 90.57%, but on mobile it is 98.29%
ACCESS to move software to mobile
ACCESS is a software company that has been around since 1979, developing for connected and mobile devices. It bought out the owner of the Palm OS, and has developed its own mobile operating system based on Linux. It has now announced it’s support for the best-known OS based on Linux: Android. ACCESS will begin to release its software for the platform immediately.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ACCESS-Joins-the-Open-Handset-Alliance-149993.shtml
Comcast releasing digital video app for Android
Comcast has an app that allows you to record your Digital Video Recorder (DVR) from your phone. So you can line up your favourite shows to record while you’re on the move. The company has now announced that this app (already available for iPhone) will now come to Android as well.
http://blog.comcast.com/2010/07/xfinity-voice-reinventing-whats-possible-with-your-home-phone.html
Android Tablets for everyone!
Both Samsung and LG have announced that they’ll be releasing tablet computers running on Android this year. To a great extent, the iPad popularised the idea of tablet computers, so it’s no surprise that a lot of Android partners will be trying to emulate that success.
Samsung: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66T16720100730
LG: http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/7/30/lg-confirms-launch-android-tablet-q4/
Information source: GoMo News.