Developers looking to create apps for the newest Honeycomb version of Android can now grab the final SDK from Google. Honeycomb’s logo Google The search giant released the software development kit for Android 3.0 yesterday, offering several new features that developers can incorporate into their mobile apps with the goal of publishing them directly to …

App store GetJar plans to “aggressively expand” its software for Android devices with at least part of a new $25 million funding round. GetJar, which started its app shop in 2005, touts itself as the world’s largest open app store and the second largest app store behind Apple’s. GetJar boasts more than 1.5 billion downloads to date for multiple mobile …

Android has strengthened its leading position as the most popular smartphone platform on Millennial Media’s mobile ad network, according to the company’s January Mobile Mix report. For January, Google’s mobile OS captured 54 percent of all ad impressions seen on smartphone platforms on the network, up from 46 percent in December. At the same time, the share of impressions held …

A surge in sales turned Android into the second biggest smartphone platform in the world last year, according to a new report from Gartner. Unit sales of smartphones running Google’s mobile OS grew 888.8 percent year over year, from 6.8 million in 2009 to 67.2 million in 2010. In terms of market share, that translates into major shift–from 3.9 percent …

Smartphone users looking to sell their current devices to pick up a new Verizon iPhone will find eBay a willing buyer. The auction site yesterday launched a special two-week promotion through its Instant Sale feature that offers cash to people willing to sell their current smartphones. Running through February 22, people can receive at least $200 from eBay by sending …

Android has swiped second place from Apple as it climbs the ranks of the top smartphone platforms in the U.S., ComScore reported yesterday. In the fourth quarter, the Android operating system accounted for 28.7 percent of U.S. smartphone market share, edging out Apple’s OS, which captured 25 percent of the market. That represents a reversal from the third quarter when …

The smartphone that Nokia has been touting as its new “flagship” business model will finally reach consumers this week. Nokia’s E7 business smartphone. Nokia Following its unveiling last September and a long delay coming to market, the E7 will have a small, initial launch in the next few days, with a broader launch to follow soon, Nokia announced today. Nokia’s …

More people are trying to tap into unsecure but easily available Wi-Fi networks around them, according to the results of a poll from the Wi-Fi Alliance. Conducted by Wakefield Research in conjunction with the Wi-Fi Alliance, the results out this week found that 32 percent of those polled admit to trying to hop onto an unsecure Wi-Fi network that wasn’t …

Users of T-Mobile are the most satisfied customers among the top four wireless carriers in the U.S., according to new data out today from J.D. Power and Associates. Grabbing a score of 758 out of 1,000 for customer satisfaction, T-Mobile managed to outshine Verizon Wireless, which scored 743. That left Sprint-Nextel in third place with 731 and AT&T in last …

iPhone users can now rely on Google for a helping hand the next time they go shopping. Google The search giant yesterday launched a version of its free Google Shopper app for the iPhone. The app, which has been available for Android users the past year, is essentially a mobile search engine for products, letting you compare prices and read …