{"id":423714,"date":"2010-03-13T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=105485"},"modified":"2010-03-13T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T14:00:33","slug":"android-this-week-android-passes-palm-backflip-crippled-sense-to-nexus-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/423714","title":{"rendered":"Android This Week: Android Passes Palm; Backflip Crippled; Sense to Nexus One"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Android adoption by consumers in the U.S. is growing at an astounding rate, according to numbers released this week by comScore<\/a>. Not only did the Google platform’s market share surge 153 percent from October to January, but it surpassed that of Palm’s webOS for the first time ever. Equally impressive is how Android market share is now almost half that of longtime competitor Windows Mobile.<\/p>\n

AT&T become the final major carrier in the U.S. to carry at least one Android phone with the launch of the Motorola Backflip, but early users of the device are reporting <\/a>that it has been crippled compared to other Android phones. AT&T has removed Google search<\/a> from the Backflip and replaced it with search from Yahoo, which is more than a little ironic considering Android is Google’s own platform. There are also a dozen special AT&T apps that perform many of the same functions as integrated Android apps, and these special apps are not removalble by the owner. Finally, AT&T has disabled the ability for Backflip owners to download apps from anywhere other than the Android Market.<\/p>\n