Tag: Ovum

Android to be the leading smartphone platform by 2011

Research from Ovum and speculation from AdMob show Android is catching up fast on the iPhone lead, and Android will overtake the iPhone sometime in 2011, possibly even as early as 2010. Two recent pieces of research from analysts Ovum (see earlier Bmob post) and Android owned ad sales house AdMob show that if all…

iPhone app download dominance under threat

The dominance of Apple’s iPhone in the mobile app download market will be eroded over the coming years as rivals make inroads. A new report by telecoms analyst Ovum states that mobile application downloads generated by non-operator application stores will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 41% globally over the next…