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Android Will Surpass Windows By 2016, Say Gartner Stats

Posted by timothy on from the see?-change dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google's Android operating system will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft's Windows within four years, data from research firm Gartner showed on Wednesday, underlining the massive shift in the technology sector. At the end of 2016, there will be 2.3 billion computers, tablets and smartphones using Android software, compared with 2.28 billion Windows devices, Gartner data showed." The comparison would make less sense if Android was strictly for phones, and Windows was strictly for desktops-with-keyboards, but gets interesting as the devices on which each system runs overlap ever more.

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  1. Extrapolating by w_dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this how they're getting their predictions?

    1. Re:Extrapolating by cod3r_ · · Score: 4, Funny

      Damn you and your windows posting faster than my android.

    2. Re:Extrapolating by geekoid · · Score: 2, Funny

      Becasue Gartner is really good. They take good data, and create conclusion for that fixed data.

      They arn't perfect, but the are pretty damn accurate. I listen to people from Garter, and they know their math. and they general have great methodologies.

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  2. This is huge! by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    First, this means that Gartner is admitting that people might like something other than Windows. Second, now it means that it won't actually happen.

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  3. Re:x86 port by dmbasso · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the record- I don't see why you'd want Android on a desktop, it would be a bad experience. But nothing is stopping you right now, x86 support is out.

    Isn't what Windows 8 is all about? I mean, the bad experience.

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