Photo-sharing social network Instagram released its long-awaited Android app today. Instagram has been around since 2010, available only to iOS devices. Android users will join a community of 30 million registered users, who contribute more than 5 million photos a day.

We used Social Radar to analyze conversations around Instagram online.

Instagram buzz

Instagram mentions have skyrocketed online since January 2012. Instagram is currently being mentioned in 0.5% of ALL Internet conversations. Pretty impressive for an app only available on iOS until today.

Instagram vs. Facebook buzz

We compared Instagram mentions online to Facebook, which is consistently one of the brands generating the most buzz online. Instagram is nearly equal to Facebook buzz today.

Is Instagram poised to be the next dominant social network?

Motorola has resurrected the RAZR as a Droid-branded smartphone. That’s right, the razor-thin flip phone that sold more than 130 million units in its four-year run in the mid-2000s is back.

Motorola released the Droid Razr on Friday, 11/11/11, at 11:11 a.m. Amazon offered a Friday-only deal on the new Razr through its AmazonWireless site giving you the Razr for $111.11 with a Verizon contract.

How did buzz on the resurrected RAZR compare to the original? We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online back to 2007 to find out.

Motorola RAZR buzz

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Current RAZR sentiment

Within the last 30 days, conversations around RAZR have been 88% positive. The word ‘Android’ is appearing in 47% of all RAZR conversations and is 92% positive.

Current RAZR content distribution

Within the last 30 days, 40% of RAZR mentions came via Twitter, 48% via blogs, and 8% via forums.

Are you happy to see the RAZR attempting to make a comeback? Will you buy a Droid RAZR?

When Apple announced the iPhone 4S, the company touted the phone’s faster processor, improved camera, messages, newsstand, notifications and the many new features of iOS 5. But what Apple concentrated on most was Siri, the iPhone’s virtual assistant. Built on the foundation of artificial intelligence technology, Siri takes natural language and turns it into action. Weather reports, calendar appointments, text messages, among other things, are all accessible just by talking to Siri.

Apple co-founder Steven Wozniak, who was first in line to get an iPhone 4S in Los Gatos, California, said Siri will change the way we use smart phones.

Which of the new features are being talked about most within iPhone conversations? How does iPhone buzz compare to Android? We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online.

Features mentioned within iPhone conversations

Siri quickly became the most discussed feature upon the iPhone 4S release on Friday. Users are already discovering fun Easter eggs.

iPhone vs. Andoid buzz

iPhone widened the gap in conversation buzz against rival Android, although Android has greater  market share.

Siri vs. Android buzz

Siri officially surpassed Android in overall buzz.

Is Siri the future of search? Will Siri change the way we interact with mobile devices?

Google announced today that it would acquire Motorola Mobility, the cellphone business that was split from Motorola, for $12.5 billion. The acquisition, by far Google’s largest ever, turns Google (which makes the Android mobile operating system), into a full-fledged cellphone manufacturer, in direct competition with Apple

With the acquisition, Google gains a portfolio of 17,000 patents and another 7,000 patents pending globally. The word “patent” was mentioned 24 times on Google’s conference call this morning to discuss the deal. Google CEO Larry Page and other executives talked about how Motorola Mobility’s portfolio of patents will help protect google and its Android phone software from “anti-competitive threats” from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.

We used Social Radar to analyze conversations online.

Google and Motorola buzz

Nearly 79% of conversations around Google and Motorola today have been positive.

Where does this acquisition leave other Android phone makers?

Nokia announed this week plans to reclaim its competitiveness in North America, beginning with a big-blast ad push set to launch this week promoting new handsets. According to an Ad Age article, the ads target value-conscoius 18-34 year olds, attempting to undercut price on market leaders iPhone and Droid.

We used Social Radar to measure chatter around Nokia, iPhone, Android and Motorola.

Nokia vs. iPhone vs. Android vs. Motorola buzz (past year)

Nokia has a long way to go to catch iPhone or even Android in buzz. Will the new campaign help Nokia capture online conversation share in a big way?

Google officially unveiled Android Honeycomb, the first Android OS designed specifically for tablets, during a press conference today.

Google Android Honeycomb chatter

Chatter around today’s Honeycomb announcement has already equaled buzz from early January following its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

Android Honeycomb vs. iPad Chatter

Despite two spikes in chatter this month, Android Honeycomb chatter still pales in comparison to Apple’s iPad chatter. The iPad would be ranked in the top 1/3 of Fortune 500 companies if the product were just a company within itself.

Android Honeycomb vs. iPad Sentiment

Conversations around both iPad and Android Honeycomb are both right around 85% positive. However, the iPad has been used and reviewed by customers and is generating much more content. Time will tell whether the Android Honeycomb tablets are a serious iPad competitor.

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 kicked off in Las Vegas this week with several companies making major announcements along the themes of mobility, 3D and 4G with new TVs, cameras, phones and games. But the biggest buzz of the conference so far has been generated around tablets.

The iPad’s success in 2010 validated the market, opening the door for countless other companies to attempt to make a splash and try to become true competitors to Apple’s popular device.

We used Social Radar to run analysis on topics of conversation around CES this week. The word ‘tablet’ has appeared in 25% of CES posts, and 91% of the discussion around tablets has been positive.

CES Conversation Topic Cloud

Several companies made tablet announcements this week:

• Motorola debuted an Android Honeycomb tablet, the Xoom, a 1080p device running Android 3.0, a version of the OS built specifically for the tablet form factor. Android 3.0 is the first version of Android to have a full tablet interface variation different from the phones.
• Research in Motion (R.I.M.) will be offering a tablet called the BlackBerry PlayBook designed to completely integrate and synchronize with BlackBerry devices.
• Microsoft announced Windows-7 powered tablets. Several different versions offer unique features, including touchscreens, slide-out keyboards, dual-screen machines, stylus-friendly tablets and more.
• Samsung announced a new Sliding PC 7 which bridges the gap between netbook and tablet. The device is a 0.78 inch thick touchscreen tablet that transforms into a netbook when you reveal its slide-out keyboard hidden underneath. In addition, Samsung also added an LTE modem and upgraded camera to its Galaxy Tab.
• Pandigital announced 7- and 9-inch tablets running Android 2.1.
• Microvision announced a prototype Android ‘mini tablet’ with built-in projector.
• OpenPeak debuts OpenTablet 10 with a transflective display, front-facing 720p cam, an HDMI out for 1080p video, a digital MEMS microphone, and optional 3G connectivity in addition to the standard WiFi.
• ASUS announced a new tablet lineup – three Android-based Eee Pads and one Windows-based Eee Slate, each with its own “twist” (the Slider, Transformer, MeMO and Slate EP121).
• Acer announced the Acer Iconia Tab A500, a 10-inch Tegra 2 tablet with Verizon LTE.
• T-Mobile announced a G-Slate tablet, the company’s first 4G tablet and running Android 3.0.
• Toshiba announced an Android-powered tablet with it’s 10.1-inch widescreen display, built-in SD card reader as well as a mini USB connection and full-size HDMI and full-size USB ports.
• Dell announced the Streak 7, deemed a ‘Generation Y tablet’ based on price. The device runs Android 2.2 with a 7″ multi-touch display.

Within all CES tablet-related conversations, Android Honeycomb appeared in 14% of posts while iPad appeared in 21% of posts.

CES Tablet-Related Conversation Topic Cloud

We ran further analysis on each of the tablets announced at CES 2011.

Mentions Within CES-Related Content/Articles

The Motorola Xoom is generating the most tablet buzz so far this week, followed by BlackBerry Playbook, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Toshiba Tablet, and ASUS Eee Pad.

We conducted topic analysis on each of the top five tablets generating the most buzz.

CES Tablet Conversation Topic Distribution

How does the tablet conversation compare when you group them by Android, Apple, Windows 7, and Linux/other?

CES Tablet Conversation By Group

CES Top Sources

Which are the key sources talking about CES 2011? Engadget is the top source, currently making more than 32 CES-related and generating more than 1100 links in per day.

We will continue to monitor CES buzz this week and tablet buzz throughout 2011. Which tablets do you think are best positioned to rival the iPad?

Three of the highly anticipated Windows Phone 7 devices went on sale in the U.S. this week: HTC HD7, HTC Surround, Samsung Focus. Engadget posted reviews Monday.

We used Social Radar to run analysis on chatter around Windows Phone 7 and all three models, compared to iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.

The HTC Surround is currently generating the most positive chatter, while the HTC HD7 is the most negative.

Overall chatter around Windows Phone 7 was 80% positive. The word ‘impressive’ appeared in 16% of Windows 7 posts, ‘beautiful’ appeared in 14%, ‘intuitive’ in 13%, and ‘cheap’ in 13% of Windows 7 posts.

However, when we analyzed overall chatter this week, we found that Windows 7 Phone devices were receiving miniscule chatter compared to iPhone, Android and BlackBerry.

Will the Windows 7 Phone be a viable competitor in the smart phone market?

Reports surfaced this morning that total shipments of Android phones in the U.S. during the third quarter were nearly twice as large as iPhone shipments.

We used Social Radar to run analysis of conversations online to reveal that iPhone is generating double the amount of chatter compared to Android and all of its smart phone models combined.

iPhone vs. Android online chatter

Pictures surfaced yesterday on the popular tech blog Engadget providing evidence that the rumored PlayStation Phone does exist.

The word PlayStation is currently appearing in 21% of conversations online around the word ‘phone.’

We ran analysis around all smart phones chatter for the last month. Today, PlayStation spiked above Palm, Windows Phone and BlackBerry, and is only trailing Android and iPhone in chatter.

The Android-based gaming PlayStation phone is still a prototype and will likely be released in Q1 or Q2 2011.