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According to this, Android's numbers also include other devices with cellular modems built in, like B&N's Nook.

So I'm guessing that "activation" just means a new device (that can access mobile internet) being sold to an end user through a retail channel?

If I read that article correctly, Jobs should be suing as I can't see anywhere he confirms the figures.

Why would he care?

I wouldn't have thought he did last time figures were announced but he proved me wrong by making a deal about the way they counted it.

It's not the point? You can't just say "x officially confirms y" when that is factually untrue. Blatant hyperbole from mediocre "journalists".