Andy Rubin: More than 850,000 Android devices activated daily; 450,000 apps in Market

It's hardly even a story anymore that Android is now father of all the mobile operating systems.  However, we still love to document the platform's growth and share the occasional milestone.  You'll remember that just 2 months ago at Q42011 conference call, Andy Rubin confirmed that more than 700,000 Android devices activated each day.