Oops. Gartner's forecast back in April of this year, predicted that Android would reach 50% at the end of 2012. Oh well, they were only off by five quarters.
Q3 2011 Android hit 52.5% in global sales, more than double (25.3%) a year ago. Meanwhile, iOS, RIM, Symbian and of course Microsoft were all down. Microsoft dropped below Samsung's Bada OS. Now that's pretty bad.
Here's something worth tracking: Nokia abandoned Symbian for Windows Phone, so Microsoft should show gains in Q4-2011. However, if the gains are minimal (or nonexistent) while Symbian continues to plummet, WP is in trouble and Nokia may be bought out.
No comments:
Post a Comment