Mar Rodriguez

A new report indicates that Android may be on the verge of a popularity explosion. According to Strategy Analytics, sales of smartphones using the Google-backed open-source mobile operating system will grow an astounding 900 percent this year.

Tom Kang, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “We forecast global Android smartphone shipments to grow an impressive 900 percent annually during 2009. The Android mobile operating system from Google gained early traction in the United States in the second half of 2008 and it is gradually spreading its presence into Europe and Asia during 2009. Android is expanding from a low base and it is consequently outgrowing the iPhone OS from Apple, which we estimate will grow at a relatively lower 79 percent annually in 2009.”
(Yahoo News, Tue May 12, 12:44 pm ET)

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