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At the end of 2013, over 1.5 billion Android smartphones had been sold in the four years since 2010, [393] [394] making Android the most sold phone and tablet OS. Three billion Android smartphones were estimated to be sold by the end of 2014 (including previous years).
Andrew E. Rubin (born March 13, 1963) is an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. Rubin founded Android Inc. in 2003, which was acquired by Google in 2005; Rubin served as a Google vice president for nine years and led Google's efforts in creating and promoting the Android operating system for mobile phones and other devices during most of his tenure.
Alcatel originally started making mobile phones in late 1996. [citation needed] In 2005, the joint venture was dissolved as TCL acquired Alcatel-Lucent's 45 percent share, and Alcatel Mobile Phones became a wholly owned subsidiary group of TCL. The brand name was licensed to TCL. [5] In 2010, Alcatel One Touch became the corporate brand.
On 18 May 2016, Microsoft Mobile announced the sale of its feature phone business to HMD Global and FIH Mobile. The sale included design rights, and its rights to use Nokia brand on all types of mobile phones and tablets worldwide until 2024, [28] [29] except in Japan, where Nokia-branded mobile phones have not been sold since 2008. HMD also ...
Android version history Year of release Last stable release Magic Live Android Marshmallow (6.x) 2016 1.1 Magic UI 2.x Android Pie (9) 2018 2.1 Magic UI 3.x Android 10: 2019 3.1 Magic UI 4.x Android 11: 2020 4.2 Magic UI 5.x Android 10 and Android 11: 2021 5.1 Magic UI 6.x Android 12: 2022 6.1 MagicOS 7.x [40] Android 13: 2023 7.2 MagicOS 8.x ...
BQ (former name: Mundo Reader) was a Spanish company brand of user electronics devices, such as smartphones, tablets, e-readers and 3D printers among other products.. Among BQ's most notable products are the first AndroidOne mobile phone in Europe (the BQ Aquaris A4.5), [1] [2] [3] as well as both the world's first mobile phone and tablet running the Ubuntu Phone operating system, (the BQ ...
There are still some older alarm systems that require a landline phone line.” Closeup of male hand holding telephone receiver while dialing a telephone number to make a call using a black ...
The HTC Dream (marketed by T-Mobile in many countries as the T-Mobile G1) was the first phone on the market to run Android. Although initially successful as a smartphone vendor as it became the largest smartphone vendor in the U.S. in Q3 2011, competition from Samsung and Apple , among others, diluted its market share, which dropped to just 7.2 ...