The ever popular Instagram for iOS has apparently been well received on its newly supported platform, Android, as TNW is reporting a new milestone has been reached — 5 million! That’s a great sign for Instagram. After numerous hiccups and bugs cropped up over the first few days on the market (and continue to exist), it’s good to see that the bad PR surrounding any lingering incompatibilities isn’t hampering Android users’ curiousness. At this...

Taking a liking to the new Android Market Google unveiled earlier tonight? You’re not alone. It finally looks the part of modern app store. The only problems we see are the 2.2+ requirement and several week rollout phase. But when there’s a will there’s a way (and a way there is). Simply point your browser right over here (Mediafire) and get the latest Google has to offer. And yes, even going the manual route you’ll still need Android 2.2. If...

Android 2.2+ users will be seeing some fresh paint roll out to their phones over the next several weeks. Besides a much cleaner, modern look, the revamped Android Market now features movie and book downloads too! Movie downloads in particular will work across devices (desktop and mobile). All that’s needed is a google account to log into. Likewise, books are able to be shared amongst devices as they’re tied to your Google account and not a specific piece of...

According to Google’s mobile advertising sales director, Europe Ian Carrington, the Android Market has doled up 1 billion app downloads in the last 60 days. For comparison’s sake, hitting the initial 1 billion mark took a full two years. Currently the total number of Android Market app downloads totals over 4.5 billion. You can also add the claim by Android chief Andy Rubin that Android sees 500,000 new activations per day as further evidence to...

As Android 3.x rolls out to more devices, users are going to have some pretty hard choices to make. A new change in the Android Market help document spells bad news for rooted users. As it stands now, owners of rooted devices cannot access the new movie rentals section of the Android Market. It’s blocked. While we can understand (just barely we might add) the piracy side of things that all of the added features a rooted device offers, it’s a cop out at best....