Gartner says Android rules the world: Q1-2011

Looking closely at the numbers, Symbian was on more units sold in Q1-2011, than on Q1-2010, but that still resulted in Symbian shrinking dramatically in market share over the year, while Android exploded globally.

Looking even closer, there was one fella that actually SHRANK number of units SOLD from Q1-2010 to Q1-2011...Microsoft.  Units sold shrank 1.0%, but its market share shrank by 47.1%, as the total market of smart phones increased 84.9%.

[excerpt from Gartner's release below]

Table 2

Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 1Q11 (Thousands of Units)

Company	1Q11  Units	1Q11 Market Share (%)	1Q10  Units	1Q10 Market Share (%)
Android	36,267.8	36.0	5,226.6	9.6
Symbian	27,598.5	27.4	24,067.7	44.2
iOS	16,883.2	16.8	8,359.7	15.3
RIM	13,004.0	12.9	10,752.5	19.7
Microsoft	3,658.7	3.6	3,696.2	6.8
Other OS	3,357.2	3.3	2,402.9	4.4
Total	100,769.3	100.0	54,505.5	100.0

Source: Gartner (May 2011)

Uhm...did someone in Redmond hit the panic button yet?

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