Google’s Android is now the global leader of the smartphone operating system pack. In the fourth quarter of 2010, shipments of Android-powered smartphones outnumbered all competitors, including the longstanding leader Nokia, according to a report from
Canalys released Monday. Shipments of Android-powered smartphones reached 32.9 million last quarter, around seven times as many as in the year-ago quarter. This is bad news for Nokia, which shipped 31 million smartphones running Symbian in Q4.
Android Stomps Symbian as Smartphone Shipments Soar
Posted by: Rob Spiegel January 31, 2011 02:58 PMGoogle’s Android is now the global leader of the smartphone operating system pack. In the fourth quarter of 2010, shipments of Android-powered smartphones outnumbered all competitors, including the longstanding leader Nokia, according to a report from
Canalys released Monday. Shipments of Android-powered smartphones reached 32.9 million last quarter, around seven times as many as in the year-ago quarter. This is bad news for Nokia, which shipped 31 million smartphones running Symbian in Q4.