> Whether “shipped” here means “sold to end users” or “ordered by retailers” is unclear – but regardless, it’s quite the feat either way.
That's a very important distinction that's left out.
This is awesome, I can't wait for the apps to start really rolling in. I've got a Droid right now and I love it, but it's a work phone and I'm starting a new job on Monday so I have to give this one back. Luckily, my new Android phone is in the mail right now and I should have it before the week is out. I'm really glad Android is doing so well and I hope the trend continues. Now I just need to make that killer app for it and I'll be a millionairez!
Very misleading title. Google is only involved in shipping the Nexus One; this number references all Android devices shipped. Still interesting news though.
Good point, edited - I think that MobileCrunch actually updated their title after I posted as well.
I don't understand why a new customer gets a discount, but a loyal tmobile customer gets to pay a $100 fee for that loyalty.
Because any corporation that claims to be rewarding your loyalty is really just locking you in (or collecting personal data) and once you're locked in know they can charge you more.
Because the expected earnings from a new customer is higher than that of an existing customer?
I'm sure this will go up once they start offering the Nexus One for Verizon.
Most interesting point for me was that works out to 5.4 million a quarter vs. latest iPhone stats at 8.7 million a quarter.
I thought it was pretty disorienting, myself, to have the yearly total for Android compared to the quarterly one for iPhone. Don't know if it was intentionally misleading or not, but I have noticed this tendency for people to want their preferred product to "win", as though being slightly more popular than another product changes your experience of the product somehow.
Actually, thinking on it for a second, I realized that Apple products seem to bring that out in people more than anything else. Probably has something to do with their incredibly combative "I'm a PC" ads.