• GigaOm, Thursday, July 22, 2010 2:23 PM

Vying for better position in the mobile market, AOL's just bolstered its mobile platform with new applications for Android handsets and an HTML5 version of the AOL Mobile website for smartphones. Its mobile site -- http://m.aol.com -- now supports richer content and media on handset browsers supporting HTML5.

"While it's not surprising that AOL is looking to support advanced devices such as smartphones, the selection of Android over iPhone for the new software title is notable," writes GigaOm. David Temkin, the new VP of Mobile for AOL, attributed the decision to "momentum."

"Momentum is the key reason," Temkin told GigaOm, which predicts that Google is on pace to have more Android activations than Apple has this year. Still, several AOL apps are already available for iOS4 devices, and the new AOL portal app should follow in the future.

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