Android is now the number one operating system for smartphones and dislodges Symbian from the number one position it has held for 10 years. According to research company Canalys, Android sold 32.9 million devices during Q4 2010, overtaking Symbian, which sold 31 million. This represents a 615% year on year sales increase for Android, and…
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Android to grow more than twice the rate of major competitors in 2011
Android will continue to grow at more than twice the rate of its major smart phone competitors in 2011, according to Analysts Canalys. Canalys Q3 2010 estimates, show the Android platform already claims a 25% share of the worldwide smart phone market, with over 20 million shipments of Android-based worldwide. ‘The growth of Android has…
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China is the new app market
App developers should start leaning Chinese if a new study from Canalys is right. The Canalys Mobile Application Analysis services suite study shows that 51% of Chinese end users downloaded applications or games on their mobile phones – 29% more than their Western European counterparts. A similar Canalys survey carried out in France, Germany and…
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Smartphones now 25% of US market
Android shows rapid growth as smartphone market grows to 25% in the US. Smartphones are really taking off in the US where they now represent 25% of the US mobile market, up from 23% in the last quarter according to recent data from The Nielsen Company. Not only are Smartphones growing they’re also predicted to…
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Android overtakes iPhone
The figures are out for smartphone sales and Android based smartphones are doing incredibly well in the US, while Nokia continues to dominate worldwide. According to analysts NPD Group Android is now number two position in the US on consumer smartphone sales with 28%, behind RIM (36%) and ahead of the iPhone (21%). “As in…