Android-Number 1 Smartphone Platform Now

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Android Leads in U.S. Smartphone Market Share and Data Usage

nielsen wire May 31, 2011

Smartphones and the consumption of mobile data continue to grow in popularity in the U.S. – 37 percent of mobile consumers now have one – and Google's Android operating system (OS) is proving to be the most popular. According to Nielsen's April survey of mobile consumers, 36 percent of smartphone consumers now have an Android device, compared to 26 percent for Apple iOS smartphones (iPhones) and 23 percent for RIM Blackberry.

Hungry for Data

Consumers with Android and Apple iOS smartphones exhibit data-intensive usage:

74 percent of Android smartphone owners and 79 percent of iPhone owners report having downloaded apps in the past 30 days

43 percent of Android owners and 46 percent of iPhone owners say they streamed online music or mobile radio in the past 30 days

35 percent of Android smartphone consumers and 37 percent of iPhone owners report having watched video or mobile TV in the past 30 days

But while a higher proportion of iPhone owners engage in these kinds of activities, consumers with Android devices who engage in these activities consume more data on average. An analysis of nearly 65,000 cellphone bills in the U.S. reveals that in the first quarter of 2011, Android smartphone owners consumed an average of 582 MB of data each month, compared to 492 MB for iPhone owners.

[KanagaDeepan 1,084]

Very nice infos Rajan bhai...

Android smartphone owners consumed an average of 582 MB of data each month, compared to 492 MB for iPhone owners.

But right now I am using about 720MB of 1x_data each month on my EPIC (my EPIC till now has no 3x capability, as I am using TataCDMA)...

Edited June 2, 2011 by KanagaDeepan

[Karthik R 246]

Andy Rubin, Google's Vice Prez of Mobile, tweets that 500,000 new Android devices are activated every day and that number is continuing to grow at 4.4% every week.

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In U.S. Smartphone Market, Android is Top Operating System, Apple is Top Manufacturer

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July 28, 2011

According to June data from Nielsen, Google's Android operating system (OS) now claims the largest share of the U.S. consumer smartphone market with 39 percent. Apple's iOS is in second place with 28 percent, while RIM Blackberry is down to 20 percent.

However, because Apple is the only company manufacturing smartphones with the iOS operating system, it is clearly the top smartphone manufacturer in the United States. Other leading manufacturers include HTC, whose Android phones represents 14 percent of the smartphone market and whose Windows Mobile/WP7 devices account for 6 percent of the market; and Motorola, whose Android devices are owned by 11 percent of smartphone consumers. Samsung's Android devices are used by 8 percent of smartphone owners while their Windows Mobile/WP7 phones are used by 2 percent of smartphone owners.

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In U.S. Market, New Smartphone Buyers Increasingly Embracing Android

Source September 26, 2011 Don Kellogg, Director of Telecom Research & Insights

According to an August survey, 43 percent of all smartphone owners have an Android device. But if you ask only those who got a new smartphone in the past three months what kind of phone they chose, more than half (56%) will tell you they picked an Android device. The preferences of these so-called “recent acquirers” are important as they are often a leading indicator of where the market is going.

Apple iOS remains popular in second place with 28 percent of all smartphone users, and the same percentage among those who recently got a new device. But those figures could change quickly in the months to come. Every time Apple launches a new iPhone or makes it available on a new wireless carrier, there is an increase in their sales.

Changes in share aside, the smartphone pie is getting bigger. While 43 percent of all mobile subscribers in the US had a smartphone as of August, 56 percent of those who got a new device in the last 3 months chose a smartphone over a feature phone. The holiday season and the launch of new devices like the next iPhone could further accelerate smartphone adoption, though this is always tempered by the fact that many consumers are unwilling or unable to break their service contracts before they expire. In any event, the growing popularity of app-and-media friendly smartphones spells tremendous opportunity for those advertisers, publishers and developers eager to leverage mobile media.

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Gingerbread has apparently made a substantial mark on Android users, with new figures showing it holds a 38.2 percent share of all Google OS-powered devices. That's some kind of growth from the one percent sliver it held earlier this year. Froyo still remains dominant at 45.3 percent, but fragmentation continues to shrink, with 95.7 percent of all Google-coated devices now running Android 2.1 or above.

These figures, taken from Android Market statistics over the last two weeks, give a pretty good illustration of the gulf between Android smartphone and tablets, as well, with Honeycomb versions accounting for a meager 1.8 percent. But the tablet version will likely get a boost from Ice Cream Sandwich -- which, as we all know, is just around the corner.

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Android Overtakes iOS in App Downloads, Says ABI Research

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Android overtook Apple’s iOS in worldwide mobile app downloads in the second quarter this year, reported ABI Research. In terms of market share, Android now has 44% of total app downloads, while iOS app downloads are at 31%.

The recent device shipment figures explain the reason behind Android’s growth in app downloads. According to ABI Research, iPhone shipment growth in Q2 2011 slowed to 9% from 15% a quarter earlier. On the other hand, Android smartphone shipments increased 36% in Q2 2011, compared to 20% in Q1.

Full Press Release:

Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobile App Downloads, Says ABI Research

SINGAPORE–In Q2 2011, Android overtook iOS to become the market share leader in mobile application downloads. The market shares of Android and iOS were 44% and 31%, respectively.

“Being a free platform has expanded the Android device install base, which in turn has driven growth in the number of third party multi-platform and mobile operator app stores. These conditions alone explain why Android is the new leader in the mobile application market.”

“Android’s open source strategy is the main factor for its success,” says Lim Shiyang, research associate. “Being a free platform has expanded the Android device install base, which in turn has driven growth in the number of third party multi-platform and mobile operator app stores. These conditions alone explain why Android is the new leader in the mobile application market.”

Recent quarterly shipment growth figures also explain Android’s ascent to the top app download position. iPhone shipment growth in Q2 2011 slowed to 9% from 15% a quarter earlier. In contrast, Android smartphone shipments increased 36% in Q2 2011, compared to 20% in Q1. Android’s install base now exceeds iOS by a factor of 2.4-to-1 worldwide; by 2016 this factor will grow to 3-to-1.

“Despite leading in total mobile application downloads, Android’s app downloads per user still lag behind Apple’s by 2-to-1,” adds Dan Shey, practice director, mobile services. “Apple’s superior monetization policies attracted good developers within its ranks, thus creating a better catalog of apps and customer experience.”

Global app downloads for year-end 2011 are expected to balloon to 29 billion, compared to only nine billion in 2010. Such stellar increases are largely due to the proliferation of smartphones around the world. The total smartphone install base is expected to grow 46% in 2011.

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Android Overtakes Symbian To Become Top Smartphone OS in India

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Google’s Android operating system has taken over Symbian to become the top smartphone OS in the Indian market, stated IDC’s India Mobile Phone Tracker Report for Q3 CY2011. The report also added that Android represented 42.4% of the smartphone market in the last quarter and saw a growth of 90% over the previous quarter.

IDC’s India Mobile Phone Tracker Report, which was released earlier today, had interesting bits of information. This is for the first time that we are hearing from one of the market research firms that Android has gained such a significant share in the country; however it needs to be kept in mind that it is only significant number for the smartphone market, not for the total mobile market in India, as smartphones only hold 6.5% of the Q3 volume shipments.

In total, Indian mobile market grew 12% in terms of unit shipments in the last quarter to reach 47.7 million units. Nokia still leads total mobile as well as smartphone market in the country, followed Samsung in both. Samsung was able to increase the smartphone shipments by 5% during this time, and we expect Galaxy S II launch in the same period did help a lot in this.

Samsung held 26% of the smartphone shipments, details for other manufacturers were not revealed in the press release.

“Overall, smartphones shipment for the India market showed an impressive growth of 21.4% over the previous quarter and 51.5% year-on-year. This helped the segment grow its contribution to the mobile phone shipment to 6.5% in Q3 from 5.6% in Q2.”

“From an operating system (OS) perspective, Android overtook Symbian to emerge as the top platform in India for the first time, with a share of 42.4% of the smartphone market.”

-G. Rajeev, Lead Analyst, Mobile Phones, IDC India

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In a

tweet touting the holiday numbers, Andy Rubin, Google's Senior Vice President of Mobile, said that 3.7 million Android devices were activated the weekend of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Edited December 28, 2011 by Karthik R

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Mr Android 2011.

Data Courtesy of Nielsen and 145000+ Facebook Fans of Bluestacks App Player For PC

Data is unscientific but then again, so is love.

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Proof that Android + Samsung combo rules the mobile world. At least in the US of A...

Edited December 30, 2011 by dkaile

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Google released the latest Android version distribution numbers this week, and despite the hype surrounding Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the OS has made it to only 0.6 percent of the activated devices in use.

The low penetration of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich can most certainly be attributed to the fact that it is only available on two smartphones, the Google Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, and manufacturers have not yet released upgrades for their devices that are still running Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Edited January 5, 2012 by Karthik R

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Steve Wozniak says he loves android phone over his iPhone 4S. he is the guy who was 1st in Q for 4S.

Why the Smartphone Wars Will End in a Stalemate

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Speaking toThe Daily Beast, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak just laid out the difference, clear as day: "The people I recommend the iPhone 4S for are the ones who are already in the Mac world, because it's so compatible, and people who are just scared of computers altogether and don't want to use them. The iPhone is the least frightening thing. For that kind of person who is scared of complexity, well, here's a phone that is simple to use and does what you need it to do."

Did Woz just call you a simpleton?

Right on, Woz. The iPhone is pretty to look at and very uncluttered. Every operation is stripped down to the simplest possible version of it; there's no confusion. For a lot of consumers, that's exactly the right solution.

But that design philosophy leaves you in the cold if you actually know what you want to do with a smartphone. The iPhone 4S is Wozniak's main phone, but he needs a nice Android to fill out Apple's missing features. "I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do," he says.

For example, Woz is falling out of love withApple's Siri voice assistantbecause it just isn't as helpful as the voice control on his . Coming from someone as enmeshed in the Apple story as Wozniak, that's harsh criticism. In fact, he says Siri was a better assistant before Apple bought the company behind it.

A report from the other side

I'm looking at the rivalry from the other side. Having used an Android phone for a couple of years, I was recently brought into the Apple fold when my wife asked for an iPod Touch for Christmas. What honey bunny wants, honey bunny gets (especially at a tremendous 37% Black Friday discount).

So there we go, and I have no desire to use her shiny new toy. I'm so used to having fine-grained control over everything a smartphone-style gadget does that I'm lost on the iPod. Nothing happens when I'm doing the long clicks that usually bring up some kind of menu in Android apps. I miss the "back" and "menu" buttons. This geek wants to do stuff that the iPod won't let me, even in cross-platform apps I've been happy with before. This thing is actuallyharderto use, not easier -- if you're used to being in control.

But the missus loves this simple model, and our cell-phone minutes last longer now that she has FaceTime in her hands. Not that Skype, Fring, or Google Talk couldn't have done the same thing, but all her friends were already caught in the Apple ecosystem, so it's FaceTime or nothing in this social circle. That's how Steve Jobs wanted his ecosystem to work, and it has clearly reached a critical mass. Shutting down iTunes, FaceTime, and all the other iStuff now would be like ripping the spine out of a living, breathing thing. Apple ain't going away anytime soon.

So I live in a house divided. The iPod Touch and iPhone aren't what I want, but they're perfect for my better half. That story plays out in millions of households every day, which is why both systems are likely to keep on trucking whilelesser competitors rise and fall below them.

The smartphone war is not a zero-sum game -- you can and will have more than one winner. Fool analysts have compileda short list of three surefire winners regardless of which platform proves more popular. This special report is completely free for a limited time, soget yours now.

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Android Captures Record 39 Percent Share of Global Tablet Shipments in Q4 2011 >> http://www.strategya...eviewer&a0=5167

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Apple is the No. 1 smartphone vendor again, say research firms

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223757/Apple_is_the_No._1_smartphone_vendor_again_say_research_firms

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Android Controls 59% of the World’s Smartphone Market Share, iOS at a Distant 23%

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In the race for top smartphone operating system in the world, there is no competition – Android is king. According to the IDC, from Q1 2011 to Q1 2012, our favorite mobile OS went from owning 36% of the world’s share to 59%. In that same span, iOS jumped from 18% to 23%, and the rest of the field tumbled. Blackberry dropped from 13% to 6%, Symbian from 26% to 7%, and so on. The IDC estimates that 89.9 million Android units shipped in Q1 of this year – Samsung accounted for roughly 45% of them. You can call it a race between two players, but truthfully, this is a one man show with a solid 2nd place competitor.

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Greate compition led by apple and samsung

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Nokia ko sab ne 'NO' kia aur blackberry ko black-listed.

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Par yeh Linux kahan se aagaya?

Never imagined that phones too come with Linux OS as such.

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This is the latest.......

Android 4.0 adoption more than doubled in the past two month

Google has once again published the Android distribution figures and things are looking good for Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich.

Of course, some of you might say that it is no longer the latest version of Android and we should be concentrating on Jelly Bean now but it is an important update nevertheless and has had the most profound impact of any Android update so far.

Now coming back to the distribution figures, we see that the total ICS user base has moved up to a respectable 15.9 percent. If you remember, at the beginning of last month it was 10.9 percent and themonth before that it was 7.1 percent. This means that the ICS user base has more than doubled in the past two months.

ICS has also, for the first time, overtaken the user base of Froyo, which now stands at 15.5 percent, down from 17.3 percent last month.

Gingerbread, however, still commands the majority of the Android user base, with a staggering 60.6 percent. Still, it's down from last month's 64 percent.

For the first time, Jelly Bean has made an appearance on the chart but as usual, it has had a weak start, having just 0.8 percent of the total user base. That was expected, considering mostly Google's own devices are running it at the moment.

Next month, hopefully, ICS will make greater inroads into the Gingerbread figures and Jelly Bean would have spread to greater number of devices.

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Samsung Boosts Android To 68.1% Smartphone Market Share

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Some 68.1 percent of smartphones shipped in the second quarter of this year were powered by Android, a jump of more than 15 percent since last quarter, according to new figures released by research firm IDC. The increase has been driven primarily by Korean manufacturer Samsung, which shipped more Android smartphones in the quarter than the next seven vendors combined, and has cut significantly into Apple's share of the market, with iOS dropping from 23 percent to 16.9 percent over the same period.

As Android and iOS expand, powering a record total of 85 percent of devices in Q2, alternatives such as BlackBerry OS, Symbian, and Windows Phone continue to be squeezed. Despite Research In Motion's (RIM) financial woes, BlackBerry OS managed to take third place, shipping on 4.8 percent of devices, but this figure is a far cry from the 11.5 percent share that the system commanded in Q2 2011.

Symbian fares worse, having fallen from 16.9 percent last year to just 4.4 percent in the latest figures, a drop of almost 75 percent. Meanwhile, the combined share of Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 sits at 3.5 percent, with Nokia's high-profile Lumia range having so far failed to stimulate significant interest in the platform.

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Be prepared for more patent related suits

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Android is the fastest growing product in tech history

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The chart plots out various successful tech products and their total adoption numbers compared with how long after the initial release that the product hit that number. The mobile platforms of the past generation saw some impressive numbers with Symbian hitting 450 million users, but it took that platform 44 quarters (11 years) to reach that number. BlackBerry saw 225 million users in 43 quarters; and, Windows Mobile saw 72 million in 30 quarters.

That's when the smartphone boom happened. Just 23 quarters after its initial release Apple's iOS has hit 700 million users, which would be incredibly impressive on its own if not for Android.

Android has taken just 20 quarters (5 years) to make it to 1 billion users. That's pretty crazy.

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Here is another chart showing explosive growth of Android.