It's Game on for Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play

Google's Android team held a fireside chat this afternoon at the company's big I/O developers conference where it took questions from developers about working with the mobile operating system. 

Jeff Johnston, of small research firm Detwiler Fenton, has an interesting theory about the Samsung-Microsoft mobile relationship.

Over the last few years, tech giants Apple and Google have emerged as dominant forces in the mobile technology market. Although they’ve pursued radically different strategies, each company has been wildly successful: Apple generates $1 billion per month on iPhone sales, while Google’s Android operating system has racked up massive global market-share gains. Now, both companies face a rising threat from Korean electronics titan Samsung, which has surged to become the largest handset-maker in the world.

Over the last few years, tech giants Apple and Google have emerged as dominant forces in the mobile technology market. Although they’ve pursued radically different strategies, each company has been wildly successful: Apple generates $1 billion per month on iPhone sales, while Google’s Android operating system has racked up massive global market-share gains. Now, both companies face a rising threat from Korean electronics titan Samsung, which has surged to become the largest handset-maker in the world.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The junior league of smartphone operating systems is getting more competitive.

The precipitous growth in smartphone sales has propelled Google's Android platform to become the world's largest computing platform across devices.  Android's incredibly fast rise to the top spot— the first Android phone was sold in October 2008— breaks Windows' decades-long stranglehold on computing systems.

Zacks.com submits: Google Inc (GOOG) developed Android operating system for mobile phone is gaining rapid momentum in India . Recently, LG Electronics launched a new mobile phone 'LG GW620’ and Motorola Inc.