Neowin News Feed for: Activations

Santa brought a lot of Apple devices under the tree in 2014, but iPhone is the favorite

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 02:00:01 +0000

With a share of over 50 percent of mobile device activations during December, Apple's new iPhone 6 is by far the most popular gadget gift this holiday season - trailed by Samsung, Nokia, and Sony. Read more...

Microsoft: Windows Phone activations doubled during 2013 holiday season

Brad Sams — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 03:02:06 +0000

Microsoft's Joe Belfiore has stated on Twitter that indications that Windows Phone sales declined are inaccurate and that activations "more than doubled" during the 2013 holiday shopping season. Read more...

Google: 1.3 million Android activations each day

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 22:02:49 +0000

In a press conference today, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that 1.3 million new Android devices are activated every day and that there are 480 million Android-based smartphones and tablets worldwide. Read more...

New activations for iOS and Android phones break records

John Callaham — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:42:34 +0000

A new report claims that the number of new device activations for smartphones using iOS and Android operating systems reached a new record on Christmas Day in the US. Read more...

Google activating 700,000 new Android devices daily

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:00:44 +0000

Google Android chief Andy Rubin announced on Twitter and Google+ that Android has supposed 700,000 daily activations, doubling their 300,000 mark that they reached this time last year. Read more...

500,000 Android device activations per day

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:54:36 +0000

According to a recent tweet by Andy Rubin, Senior VP of Mobile at Google and Android founder, there are currently over 500,000 Android devices activated every day. Not only that, but this figure is growing... Read more...

AT&T has 5.2 million iPhone activations in Q3

Alan Cone — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:32:41 +0000

AT&T has been blessed by the iPhone once again, reporting that in just Q3 they have seen 5.2 million iPhone activations. This was the largest number of activations that AT&T has ever seen in a... Read more...

Microsoft: 10 Vista Activations

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:27:25 +0000

Spotted this over at Bit-Tech earlier today: "A Microsoft spokesman... told us that Windows Vista will not require a system re-activation unless the hard drive and one other component is changed. This means that... Read more...

Microsoft Clear Up Windows Activations Misconceptions

Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:07:01 +0000

In response to the article reported last week on Microsoft's plans to change Windows XP Internet activation, Alex Kochis, Senior License Compliance Manager at Microsoft Corp. clarifies the Windows XP Product Activation changes and how... Read more...