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Google’s Eric Schmidt took to the stage to kick off Motorola’s September press event and confirmed some impressive stats for the Android ecosystem. According to Schmidt, there are 1.3 million Android activations each day, which is up from the 900,000 figure quoted earlier this summer. Schmidt also confirmed that Android has an install base that has climbed to about 500 million total worldwide.
Though Android is doing well in the smartphone market, it’s lagging in the tablet market. Of the 1.2 million activations each day, only 70,000 of these are tablets. Schmidt admits this number is low because Google was late to the game when compared to its competitors.
[Via Motorola]
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Kelly Hodgkins
Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.
