We haven’t even seen lots of smartphones running Android 2.3 when all of a sudden Android 2.4 seems to be coming out this April. This latest Android version addresses the compatibility issues between dual core and single core Android smartphones. Apparently, applications created for dual core Android smartphones will not run in single core Androids. This was tested when applications created for Android 3.0, an OS optimized for dual core tablets, could not run on single core Android smartphones.

Things are finally looking good for Sony Ericsson with the company ending 2010 with a stronger market position than in previous years. The most important highlight is the shipping out of 9 million Xperia units to the market. This is an impressive figure for the company and is a strong sign that they made the right decision to support the Android platform over the previous Symbian OS.