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It seems that for the first time, smartphones running on Google’s Android OS have outsold the iPhone for the first time in the U.S.

Google’s Android-based smartphones accounted for 28% of smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 21%, according to market research firm NPD.

I can think of MANY reasons for this. The iPhone is only on one US carrier (AT&T) and is at the end of its product life so sales would be naturally down (in my eyes) as more people will be waiting for the next generation iPhone.

It’s still quite an achievement for Google and the Open Handset Alliance but I suspect things would have changed back to the iPhone at number 2 once the next gen iPhone is released!

Source: Yahoo News

Verizon have posted a registration page for the HTC “Droid” Incredible.

HTC Droid Incredible - exclusive to Verizon

To register your interest in the next phone to be released on April the 29th under the Droid name, follow the link below.

Sources: Verizon, Phandroid

Available on Android Market. Find out what your pet is thinking just by recording the sounds they make.

For those Droid owners who are too impatient to wait for an OTA Android 2.1 update, you can finally do so easily thanks to Androidforums user Trident! and his handy guide to update manually.

Now there is no reason for Droid owners to feel left out of the Android 2.1 fun!

Source: Phandroid

It seems that Droid owners will finally be getting their 2.1 update TODAY! After a few delays, Engadget have posted info on the imminent update.

Starting 03/30/2010, Verizon Wireless is pleased to announce a new software update for the DROID by Motorola. Users will be able to upgrade their software to version AP: ESE81/BP: C_01.3E.03P to receive new improvements and enhancements.

*Software Schedule:*
Below is the software-upgrade notification schedule (All times listed are Eastern Time):

o At noon on 03/30, 1,000 users will receive notification of
the update.
o At 11:59 PM on 03/30, 9,000 more users will receive the
update notification.
o After the first 10,000 users receive the update on 03/30,
there will be a 24-hour period when no additional upgrades
will be delivered.
o On Day 3 (04/01), 200,000 users will receive the update
notification at 11:59 PM. This schedule will continue each
day thereafter until the update has been delivered to all users.

The Motorola Milestone recieved an OTA update yesterday and it seems Droid owners will be getting some 2.1 fun today!

The 2.1 wait is almost over.

Source: Engadget

Verizon will be rolling out the Android 2.1 update from tomorrow. Some of the enhancements that this will bring to the droid are:

• Pinch to zoom in the browser, Google Maps and the new improved gallery app
• A new weather and news widget
• Voice text entry
• Live wallpapers

More information about the Droid Android 2.1 update can be found at Verizon. Welcome to Android 2.1 Droid owners!

Source: Verizon

Flurry have posted some data on the first 74 days of sales comparing the original iPhone, the Motorola Droid and the Google Nexus One.

The Droid outsold the original iPhone by a tiny fraction and the Nexus One is way behind the two with only 135,000 handsets sold in the first 74 days. Some further explanations on the differences of the Droid and iPhone’s releases have been posted in the Flurry blog post.

Sources: MacRumors, Flurry

Motodroidlife have posted a video on YouTube of the Motorola Droid rinning Android 2.1 update 1.

Looks very smooth running on the Droid and features the new Gallery and Music Player app and also adds pinch to zoom multitouch in the browser browser by default.

Firefoxformobile have posted 2 images of Fennic running on the Nexus One and Motorola Droid.

A work in progress, but another great shot from Michael Wu. This time on Nexus One:http://www.flickr.com/photos/madhava_work/4389974241/

The two images are below:

Fennec on Nexus One

Fennec running on DROID

Things are looking promising for Mozilla Firefox fans!

Sources: Boygeniusreport, Firefoxformobile

Technobuffalo have posted a video of the Nexus One Vs the Motorola Droid.

An interesting little video comparing 2 of the hard hitting Android handsets availalbe in the United States.

There is not much in either handset but the advantages of Verizon’s network in the US puts it ahead of the Nexus One from what I saw.