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Sure, Android is a brand new operating system at a seemingly huge disadvantage to other, more entrenched household names like Windows Mobile or Symbian. Well, all that could change — at least according to research just released by Gartner, Inc. The company’s report claims that Android could claim upwards of 14 percent of the global mobile operating system share by 2012 (it now has less than 2 percent). This would make it the number two (behind Symbian OS) phone OS in the world. The main factors behind this surge, according to Gartner’s report, are the fact that Android is a Google-backed proposition, a company which will continue to offer more cloud-computing services and apps which will increasingly draw users into its web. They also note Android’s “blend” of app heaviness (making it like the iPhone) combined with the task-mastering of Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones. We’ll let you know when Grandma Elly has a Sholes — that’s the real test of success and popularity in our world.
Android could nab second place in mobile operating systems by 2012, says research originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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