<p>Just a few short months ago, back in June, Google executive Andy Rubin trumpeted the fact that more than 900,000 Android devices were being activated every day.</p><p>Roughly the same time last year--in June 2011--it was just 500,000 new units being activated daily. In 2010, a year or so earlier, it was more like 100,000 activations each day.</p><p>On Wednesday, however, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt announced at Motorola's "On Display" event in New York that the platform has now reached a full 1.3 million new activations each day, according to a TechCrunch report, thus continuing steadily on its dramatic upward climb.</p><p>'Froyo' Still in Third Place</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/261981/android_hits_13_million_daily_device_activations.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/mobility/smart-phones/ice-cream-sandwich-on-21-of-android-devi/240006878">Ice Cream Sandwich On 21% Of Android Devices</a> (InformationWeek)</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/android-4-1-jelly-bean-hits-1-2-percent-market-share-7000003814/">Android 4.1 &#039;Jelly Bean&#039; hits 1.2 percent market share</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/06/with-57-5-share-gingerbread-still-the-top-android-os-jelly-bean-climbs-to-1-2/">With A 57.5% Share, Gingerbread Still The Top Android OS; Jelly Bean Climbs ...</a> (TechCrunch)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ned=us&ncl=dUYg33L1e1xMMmMacBP7TkR7LvzBM">88 additional articles.</a></p>