Gartner Predicts Android Most Popular Mobile OS By 2014

Posted by timothy on Sunday September 12, 2010 @02:02AM from the four-years-out dept.

mikesd81 writes "According to Gartner research firm, Google's Android smartphone operating system will in a single year have leapfrogged competitors like Apple's iPhone, Research in Motion's Blackberry and Microsoft Windows phones in global popularity, and will challenge Nokia to become the world's most popular mobile OS by 2014. Gartner says that the explosive growth of Android will give it 17.7% of world wide sales by the end of 2010. ... Analysts also say there are number of things that could derail Android's growth, including Oracle's lawsuit over Java patents."

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Re:Thank you editors by coaxial · 2010-09-12 11:44 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I wonder how long before the iOS products are relegated to 10% marketshare like their desktop offerings are.
Way to troll. It's profit per unit. Market share is irrelevant. Googzilla is trying to be McDonald's, cheap and crappy, and with a big sandpaper dick right up everyone's ass. Nah. Fuck Google. They're Former Lord Bill's wet dream come true.