Google’s Android army

According to Google, around 160,000 Android-powered smartphones are being activated per day. This fits in perfectly with news from research company Canalys, who claims that Android smartphone shipments have increased a massive 886% year-on-year from the second quarter of 2009.

Even with ongoing issues with the iPhone 4, Apple showed the second highest growth with 61%.

Microsoft was the only company to see a drop in shipments during the same timeframe, with Canalys amusingly referring to Windows Mobile 6.5 as a” discontinued platform”.