According to Pingdom's coverage on StatCounter's collection of data from 3 million websites, Google's market share of mobile search is 98.29%. Possibly even more surprising is that Google's mobile search share is significantly larger than their desktop market share. The red bars are the desktop search market share, while the yellow bars are the mobile search market share.
In another Android 2.2 surprise, Samsung UK Mobile announced on their official Twitter account that the Samsung Galaxy S will be receiving Android 2.2 on all networks "at the end of September." They don't get specific as to whether all the networks in the UK will be receiving Android 2.2, or whether it will be all of Europe, as I believe UK networks got the international version, like most of the markets did.
Just Wednesday we saw a picture leaked to Android Central of what appeared to be the next in the myTouch 3G line of phones, the myTouch 3G HD. Yesterday, it seems the same tipster leaked a different photo of the phone to TmoNews, this time of the back of the device. It doesn't really strengthen the idea that this is T-Mobile's HSPA+ device, but some additional details about the phone were able to be gathered.
A user manual for the Droid 2 was leaked to Droid Life that indicates Android 2.2 will be installed on the device at launch. In addition, Droid Life got tips that Best Buy is receiving shipments of Droid 2 cases, in what seems to be a build-up to a launch. We saw rumors that the phone would release with Android 2.2 on August 12th not too long ago, and this latest leak seems to strengthen that rumor, as the accessories usually release just before the phone does.
Fabien just got in an email from HTC a couple minutes ago stating that the Android 2.2 release for the European HTC Desire would be releasing this weekend. I earlier mentioned that HTC was still on track for a Q4 release, but it seems that they were doing last minute testing earlier this week, and they didn't find anything else to hold up the release.
Sprint announced yesterday in a press release on their Sprint Community site that they will be pushing out the Android 2.2 update to the HTC EVO 4G to a wide-spread audience starting on August 3rd, after some test updates which should be heading out today. Android Central notes that this is the first time a carrier has updated a device to Android 2.2.
Motorola announced their Q2 numbers today, and it is a different story than the dismal numbers we were seeing back in late April. Engadget reports that "Earnings were $162 million, up from $26 million this time last year." Motorola themselves write in their press release that "“In the second quarter, our Enterprise Mobility Solutions and Networks businesses continued to deliver best-in-class market leadership and financial returns, with strong operating earnings and excellent cash generation.”
Google CEO Eric Schmidt was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal yesterday. He mentioned that thanks to their Android OS, Google has positioned itself to potentially earn billions of dollars in revenue for Google, once Android's user base has expanded greatly by selling access to digital content such as news content.
According to Engadget and HTC's China site, HTC will be shipping all of their Android phones to China with Android 2.2. The phones on the list include the HTC Wildfire, Desire, Tianxi, and Tianyi. Engadget claims they also received word that HTC Android devices currently in consumers hands will be receiving Android 2.2 "very soon."
There were rumors that Android 2.2 would be rolling out today for the HTC Desire in Europe, but that will likely not happen, as we have not yet heard anything, and HTC noted on their Facebook page a few hours ago that they are not yet finished with FroYo. In an effort to get more information, AndroidPIT's Fabien Röhlinger had a conversation on the phone with an HTC employee in Europe that had some things to say about the FroYo release.
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