Android activations up to 900,000 a day

It’s been awhile since we learned how many unique Android devices were switching on every day; the last time was at Mobile World Congress, when Google’s senior mobile VP Andy Rubin confirmed 850,000 activations a day just as we were fruitlessly practicing our Catalan.

He’s now chiming in with word that the daily rate is up to 900,000 cellular-enabled phones and tablets as of June. That’s a ways off from the breakneck pace of growth in 2011, but it certainly shows that Android is no shrinking violet just yet. 

Rubin’s answer is ostensibly prompted by a need to debunk a rumor that he might be leaving Google — there’s “no plans” for that, he says. All the same, we’re sure he doesn’t mind ever-so-slightly deflating Apple’s balloon before WWDC 2012 kicks off later.