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Most malware is found in third-party app marketplaces, so if you download apps only from Google Play (formerly called Android Marketplace), then you’re dramatically reducing your chances of being exposed to malware.
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Android: Open source could close the door for Google's mobile OS
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According to Michel van der Bel, chief operating office at Microsoft for the Greater China region, Microsoft’s Windows Phone market share now sits at 7% in China. At last count, Apple’s share of the smartphone market in China was 6%, Emerce reports.
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Analysts: Nokia On Track To Burn Through Its Whole $6B Cash Pile In Next 2 Years | TechCrunch
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Nokia’s Lumia phone launches have doubled Windows Phone’s market share to 6% in Germany, and boosted the platform’s share in the U.S., U.K., France and Italy to between 3% and 4%.
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With so many handset makers using Android, they seek differentiation in their user interface overlays as well as their content and services. HTC Sense and Samsung TouchWiz are high profile examples, and now LG is revamping its UI prior to launching new smartphones running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The Optimus UI 3.0 interface aims to make LG’s handsets stand out from the crowd, and tie customers into a unique and content-driven experience, which will be well adapted to 3D screens, a key focus for the Korean supplier.
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(via Gartner’s Q1/2012 stats)
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The report, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said Google may expand its Nexus program—previously reserved for one OEM to build a “lead” device with the latest Android software—to as many as five vendors. Google plans to sell the devices, including smartphones and tablets, to consumers in the U.S., Europe and Asia through its website and potentially through retailers, the report said. The devices will run the next version of Android, codenamed Jelly Bean.
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