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Market analytics firm NPD has just finished culling the last quarter's data, and the results are great news for one search company out of Mountain View. Apparently, the Android operating system is now far and away, the fastest selling mobile platform for smart phones. In the third quarter, Android took a 44% share of all sales, Apple took 23%, and RIM only had 22%.
Just as startling as the current numbers, is the change from last year. Android was at a mere 3% in Q3 2009. Blackberry was at 45% and Apple was at 39%. Clearly, Android is taking off like a rocket, and the competition is feeling the hurt. RIM's once massive sales are slumping as users finish out their contracts and move to other platforms. Apple might not have taken a big hit, but the platform's growth has effectively been stopped.
Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy S, Droid X and Evo 4G have been big sellers. Do you think a Verizon iPhone would turn the tables on the little green robot?
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oleg.ko@gmail.com
November 02, 2010 at 8:05pm
As long time BB user (10+ years) I can tell only one certain thing about RIM - every next BB is worse than previous. At first it's looks good - shiny new thingy... But after a week of living with that - why this damn thing is so slow and buggy?! Is it because of multi-tasking? And don't let me start ranting about it's browser. It's year 2010, not 1997! RIM - straiten up you OS up or die. And PlayBook will not save you - don't count on it. It may become become your gravestone though.
Trendecide
November 01, 2010 at 10:00pm
My new for two with Verizon just came up and being well aware of the iPhone coming to Verizon, I spent a lot of time deliberating between an iPhone and a Droid. It boiled down to a couple of things:
1) A year ago, the iPhone was the de-facto multimedia phone standard... if you didn't have one you envied those who did, but that era is clearly over. Today every competitor does everything the iPhone does and often times does it better.
2) Freedom.... Do I want to lock myself into the Apple culture of the crappy iTunes, etc? Not really, but I'm not partial one way or the other. Do I want Flash and AIR? Yes, actually I do.
Will the iPhone on Verizon increase iPhone sales? Absolutely. But the option is too little too late. There are too many other better options available. We're going to continue to see a surge in Droid and Win phones. Sadly, I think these stats show the future of both Rim and the iPhone. And it's the iPhone culture that has driven the surge in other Apple product sales, which means unless Apple has another hot gadget up their sleeve, Apple has some rough times ahead. Apple's exclusivity with AT&T has finally bit them in the butt. Is anyone really surprised Apple has put their foot in their own mouth [yet again]?
