I just read this article which according to the people at Gartner, Android OS will leapfrog Iphone by 2012.
Report: Android will leapfrog the iPhone by 2012
Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:02AM EDT
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Buzz up!169 votesWatch out, iPhone—Android’s nipping at your heels.
Researchers at Gartner (via AppleInsider) are predicting that the global market share for Google’s Android mobile OS could overtake the iPhone’s in a little over two years, with Android poised to leapfrog Apple into the No. 2 spot.That would leave the iPhone in the No. 3 position—right where it is now, behind BlackBerry and Nokia’s Symbian OS, according to Gartner. The industry researchers believe that by 2012, Research in Motion (the company behind the BlackBerry) will have lost 7 percent of its market share, causing it to slip into fifth place (behind even Windows Mobile). Android, meanwhile, will get a 12.9-percent boost to become the No. 2 smartphone platform in the world, with Symbian still safe in the No. 1 spot (with a dominating, although dwindling, 39 percent of the global market).
Those are just analyst predictions, of course, and two years is an eternity in the wireless world; after all, two years ago today, we were still getting used to the first iPhone.
I don’t know man…the people at Gartner must have know something that we don’t know or maybe there was pressure to churn out some reports to the public to bitch about.
I am not a Iphone or Android user. I am Window Mobile user. To say Android leapfrog Window Mobile would be a more sensible thing to say.
For me, I don’t see Android will leapfrog anyone for now.
Here is Why?
First, two kind of Iphone users. The apple geek (fiercely loyal to apple product) and the trend setter (it’s an IN thing to have an Iphone). These two group of users will carry Iphone a long way.
Second, China has not rolled the Iphone series, yet. Who knows, when it launch, everyone might clamor for Iphone. Places like malaysia, it’s a one month waiting list to subscribe Iphone and these people want to wait for it. I don’t see this happen to Android.
Third, I don’t see any ‘WOW’ factor about Android (maybe I said this to early). Further, I am not getting the developers vibes on wanting to develop apps for Android. Nowadays, everyone want to put their apps on Iphone store.
Would I be even wondering toward the Android world, probably not, I need my Metatrader(forex trading software) to work on Window Mobile. It’s more important than any other stuff.
At this moment, I equates Android to Qtopia. I know….
Anyway…Dream on Android…
You can check out the full article HERE.
I am thinking aloud.
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