Summary: In five and a half years, Android’s mobile market gained all to himself. The operating system allows even Apple and Microsoft behind. How long would it take before Android also runs on PCs?
Five and a half years ago saw Android was born. Today it dominates the mobile market. At least in the first quarter of 2013, according to a new report from research firm Canalys.
market of smartphones, tablets and notebooks grew to 308.7 million copies sold. That is an increase of 37.4% compared to last year. The greatest benefit is for Android.
During the past quarter, Android accounted for 59.5% of the selling smart devices. Apple had 19.3% market share and Microsoft accounted for 18.1%.
The growth is mainly due to the sale of tablets. Compared to last year, the global sales of tablets increased by 106.1% or 41.9 million copies. Although Apple is the market leader with 46.4% shows even the iPad are against Android. Not file The iPad lost for the third consecutive quarter, some market share.
While some analysts think that Android will crash, not yet see it appear that the operating system will fail quickly. Android now has 1.5 million activations of new devices per day or about 45 million per month. The only weakness is that a manufacturer – Samsung – the Android landscape dominates
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Given the success of Android in the mobile market, we may wonder how long it will take before the operating system on our PCs will run and will compete with Windows and Mac OS X. Since many consumers and businesses have embraced their Android smartphones and tablets, it seems logical that there are operating systems follow on notebooks, convertibles and hybrid systems. Cheap systems (around $ 200) would be able to breathe new life into the stagnant PC market.
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