According to figures from market researcher Gartner.
Android’s market share amounted to just under 10 percent. during the first quarter of 2010 In three years, the percentage of smartphones on Symbian (mainly Nokia), BlackBerry OS and Windows running, marginalized.
keep Apple’s iOS operating system only knows booth and a half years has been fluctuating around 20 percent.
In absolute numbers, the figures remain impressive Android. More than 156 million smartphones were shipped with the operating system in the first quarter.
Of this, the majority coming from the South Korean Samsung, an estimated 64.7 million smartphones shipped. Apple takes place in two with 38.3 million. LG, Huawei and ZTE complete the top five.
Although new operating systems on the market such as Tizen, Firefox and Jolla, Gartner analyst Anshul Gupta does not think that the smartphone landscape will change rapidly. “The market share of Android will crumble a little, but not enough to affect. His perch”
With Chrome OS in a division
Android was founded in October 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. The operating system was initially designed for digital cameras, but soon focused on Android smartphones because that market grew much louder.
Google Android took over in 2005. Led by Rubin operating system became the largest mobile platform in the world.
In March this year did Rubin step aside. Google added the divisions for Android and Chrome OS operating system are second together. Sundar Pichai, in the past responsible for Chrome, leads the new combi-division.
Although Google has given the two systems do not merge, the step may be pointed out that the functionality of Android are built into Chrome OS.
Hybrid laptops with Android
Big PC makers were led by Intel working on hybrid Android devices, according to the site Digitimes. The PC sales decline for over a year, despite the arrival of Windows 8, the new operating system from Microsoft.
Android devices both on a tablet computer can serve as laptop, would the PC market to pull out of the doldrums. This would also put Android steps on the PC market.
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