Symbian is a big player on all phones so it gains share from small simple devices as well as smart phones. Personally I'm surprised at the size of the iPhone OS slice, I thought it would still be behind blackberry, but hey, it's a snowball. As for the future. I think 2 years out we'll be number 3 or 4 (fighting with RIM or Windows Mobile). We're a long way from getting Android on the small screen cheap devices that Symbian is on so we can't take a bulk of their share until that changes, and the iPhone is a juggernaut that's only going up a gear with iPhone OS 3.0 (and will probably go up another with the next gen iPhone), so I don't think 2 years will be enough to turn that on it's head (remember 2 years is 1 or 2 buying cycles for people on a 'phone contract). 5 years, well, that's anyone's guess. Al.
--- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Muthu Ramadoss Sent: 04 April 2009 08:45 To: [email protected] Subject: [android-discuss] Re: The future of Android - market share. Oh boy, there's a whole lotta blue in there! In the next 2 years Android would get its own pie. By 2014 the Android pie will be the biggest behind the blue one. take care, Muthu Ramadoss. http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz +91.98403.48914 http://androidrocks.googlecode.com - Android Consulting. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:15 PM, KonstantinDK <[email protected]> wrote: Hey, I'm wondering what you guys think. Where will Android be in 2,3,5 years? The current players: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Market_share_of_mobile_os_s_2008.JPG I think Android has a potential to become id not first, but at least second major OS in 5 years, due to it's open-source nature. Of course, we need to see first what Windows Mobile 7 will bring us next year... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
