Android Leftovers
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What does the future of Android look like in a world with the Pixel?
Android, the world’s most used mobile operating system, is going through a step change. For years, its creator, Google, only made a small number of own-brand devices running it for developers and enthusiasts. That changed with the release of the Pixel.
The Pixel is Google’s first real attempt to challenge Apple and Samsung’s smartphone dominance, but it wasn’t made by the same team that makes Android.
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Android’s market share grows because it can fit any niche, big or small
The Android software platform lets smartphone builders everywhere create devices for every niche. If Apple's iPhone is the gold standard against which all other phones must be measured, it's also a one-size-fits-all strategy with just a handful of models on the market at any given time.
As a direct result of Android's open architecture, the platform is sweeping world markets. According to the latest IDC report, 87.6 percent of the 344.7 million smartphones that shipped in the second quarter of 2016 were equipped with Android software. Another 11.7 percent came with Apple's iOS, leaving less than 1 percent of the pie to share among Windows Phone and other challengers.
So how did Android become such a success? Let's have a look in the rear-view mirror.
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Nokia smartphones to return in 2017 [Ed: Nokia is one among many companies that Microsoft maliciously destroyed for self gain and to harm Linux]
A company set up by former Nokia employees called HMD Global has licensed the Nokia brand name from Microsoft, struck partnerships with device manufacturer Foxconn and intends to launch an Android smartphone in the early part of 2017.
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Nokia's phones return with Android in early 2017
The first Nokia-branded handsets running Android are due to arrive early next year. After announcing its plans to return to tablets and phones back in May, Nokia is providing more details today as it formalizes a licensing agreement with HMD Global (HMD). Also based in Finland, HMD global is the new home of Nokia phones under a brand licensing deal that will last for at least 10 years.
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Nokia Android phones are coming in 2017
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Nokia Android Smartphone Plans Confirmed
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Nokia Returns With A Bang, To Launch Android Phones In Feb 2017
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Android malware steals access to more than 1 million Google accounts [Ed: Corporate media should note that this malware gets installed by the users themselves]
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Gooligan: Android phones targeted in global hack; emails, photos accessible to attackers
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Gooligan Android malware grabs a million Google accounts in huge Google Play fraud
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Android malware breaches security of more than 1 million Google accounts
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PluginPhantom Android Malware Uses Novel Approach to Hide Malicious Behavior
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Android Pay now available in New Zealand
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Sony Xperia XZ starts receiving the Android 7.0 Nougat update
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Huawei Reveals Which Phones Will Get Android 7.0 Nougat
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ANZ launches Android-based BladePay mobile payments solution
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“OK Google” support finally comes to Android Auto
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Android Auto Gets 'OK Google' Support: Hands-Free Voice Option Finally Coming
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'OK Google' is finally coming to Android Auto
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Android Auto goes fully hands-free as 'OK Google' support revs up
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Samsung works with Australian carriers to block the Note 7
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These are the Huawei phones that will be updated to Nougat
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Huawei Outlines Android 7.0 Nougat Plans: 6 Devices To Get Update In Q1 2017
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OnePlus 3 Android 7.0 Nougat update: Phone owners can now download new Google OS
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OnePlus 3 owners can now get Android 7.0 Nougat in open beta
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First look: Android on Chrome OS is a poor fit
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Motorola isn't planning on releasing a Moto 360 successor anytime soon
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TWRP arrives for the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV, Moto E (2016), and Wileyfox Swift 2 line
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Android Nougat update comes to another top smartphone - here’s all you need to know
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