• VentureBeat, Thursday, August 5, 2010 2:35 PM

Google's Android platform is presently activating 200,000 units a day, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told a gaggle of reporters on Wednesday. Remarkably, that's up 100% from 100,000 units a day in May. "The activation growth shows impressive progress for Google's mobile OS in the span of just a few months," VentureBeat notes.

"Schmidt pointed to recent quarterly shipment numbers that showed Android phones outselling the iPhone in the last quarter as proof, and said that he confirmed the number with Google's own internal figures." Among other factors, Schmidt pointed to the success of the Droid X as a huge reason for Android's popularity. Supporting Schmidt's claims, research firm iSuppli just predicted that Android phones will beat out the iPhone in total market share by 2012. By that point, according to the report, Android will be used in 75 million smartphones, while iPhones will only account for 62 million.

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