Passed 2 million downloads on Android.' The real number still represents an impressive adoption rate, with the Android version having done around a tenth of the App Store's current total of 20 million (paid and free) in just a few days.

Digging into downloads Revealed in typical fashion via Twitter, the developer simply commented, 'Another day, another million.

A few days on, Rovio now claims such an estimate was speculative, offering up the more conservative total of 2 million. As such, early estimates from GetJar pegged Angry Birds' first day downloads potentiallly at somewhere around 7 million. Not only did developer Rovio decide to launch on free app store GetJar in favour of Android Market - also opting to serve up an advertising supported free app instead of the paid model it had plumped for on the App Store - but the sheer weight of interest in the game caused GetJar's website to crash, several times.

It's fair to say everyone got especially excited following Angry Birds' launch on Android last week.

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