Android, iPhone now make up one-quarter of all smartphones

By Phil Nickinson  | May 19 2010 | 10:18 am  | 5 Comments

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How about another story about just how quickly Android's going? According to analyst Gartner, Android had a 1.9 percent worldwide smartphone market share in the first quarter of 2009. Fast forward to the first quarter of 2010, and that number has jumped to 9.6 percent. (Obviously the success of the Motorola Droid and its variants has had something to do with that, but other phones certainly have contributed, too.) The iPhone, meanwhile, climbed from 10.5 percent to 15.4 percent, giving the two operating systems 25 percent of the entire market. [Gartner]

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liquifire3d says:

Android is gonna kick all other mobile os's off the game grid! They've already overtaken iphones's U.S. install base.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2WDe8ZeIg

liquifire3d says:

Android is gonna kick all other mobile os's off the game grid! They've already overtaken iphones's U.S. install base.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ2WDe8ZeIg

jjsdfs#ac says:

Ah, as a Pre user ( eager for EVO) I would add...Android, iPhone AND WebOS "make-up one quarter..."

1776_1865_RIP says:

Still no universal multi-function connector that will allow all the cool accessories made for the iPhone...

doctajay says:

I don't think a universal connector will ever be possible when you are getting multiple manufacturers involved.