I tend to agree. It'll be interesting to see if Nokia/Symbian can keep up. They still sell 50% or so of total handsets. What I'd like to see is Android and Google Apps and Cloud become a business leader.
On Apr 3, 3:46 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > Current market share is very difficult to read and even harder to > extrapolate future conditions from. On top of that, the chart you > showed is terrible.... Android is Linux, so why is it categorized > under PALM? Palm is dead anyways, so virtually the entire pie chunk > for palm/android must belong to android. > > This might give a better idea about how things are shaping > up:http://marketshare.hitslink.com/mobile-phones.aspx?qprid=62&sample=33 > > The way I read this is as follows; > 1) Android is picking up in the same pattern as apple phone did. > 2) During apple's startup and Android's startup alike, this is how > things go with ONE DEVICE. > 3) Apple STILL has only one device (their first device is discontinued > in order to reinforce sales of the second). > 4) Apple released on a stronger provider and yet Android *STILL* > matched its startup pattern. > 5) A second Android device will become available in a matter of WEEKS, > and during the remainder of this year, SEVERAL new devices. > > In my opinion, as more devices running Android flood the market, Apple > will start to fall behind because of their stubbornness to remain the > sole hardware provider (which is the reason why MS overtook them back > in the 80's). > > I wouldn't worry about MS. They started with crap, and every new > version keeps getting even worse. They'll probably sell a few real > fast and then drop off into nothingness. On top of that, you'll have > to wait until next year, by which time, they'll be in 5th place > anyways. > > On Apr 3, 1:45 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
