A market survey conducted recently by comScore shows that the Android OS is taking a bite out of the Apple OS market share. The Blackberry OS, Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS and Palm’s old Palm OS are showing significant declines by the amount of users either switching away or the new users who are choosing either Android or Apple. According to the survey, Android is still behind, but the rapid decline of the others over the past year shows that Android is on its way up and quickly.
The numbers for the survey layout like this. RIM’s Blackberry OS still holds the leading market share with 41.6%, followed by Apple’s iPhone OS at 25.3%. Microsoft comes in at third with 18% and then Palm with 6.1%. Android may currently be at the back of the pack with 5.2% but if the length of time Palm has been in existence is taken over the amount of time Android has been, one can see how quickly Android is moving up the ladder.
The Open Handset Alliance’s backing of the Android platform has been nothing short of phenomenal. Along with them Google, Motorola, HTC and Verizon have aided in the push to bring Android even further up the list. With this list of heavy hitters backing Androids play, there is no doubt that a larger increase will be seen in 2010.
With the addition of companies such as Dell and AT&T Wireless to the Android bullpen, their offering of Android based products will increase this market share even further. With the compilation of all these factors, only good things are being predicted for Android and Android users in the coming year. This is the platform to watch.
Since everyone will be releasing new products over the coming year, one would think that Android would idle in the market but the odds on this are slim. Along with the lessening popularity of Palm and Windows Mobile over the other, Android will likely slide quite neatly in to the slots they already occupy. Should Verizon and AT&T both decide to back Android’s play this coming year, then undoubtedly it will become a force to be reckoned with in the smartphone world.
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