One glimmer of goodness that Nokia has been able to hold on to over the past year was still being number one in terms of sales in the smartphone industry. Google has now taken that glimmer away from them. Thanks to Jah.
From Reuters / Yahoo- Google’s Android dethroned Nokia’s Symbian as the most popular smartphone platform in the last quarter of 2010, ending a reign that began with the birth of the industry 10 years ago.
Research firm Canalys said on Monday phonemakers sold 32.9 million Android-equipped phones in the last quarter, roughly seven times more than a year ago, compared with Symbian’s sales of 31 million.
The landmark piles pressure on Nokia as it struggles to reassert itself at the top end of the mobile handsets market.
The success of the open-source Android operating system, which has become the standard for most phone makers, leaves Google well placed as cellphones are due to surpass computers for accessing the web. Among key players in the industry so far only Nokia, Apple and RIM have not resisted using it.
I find this funny…a few months ago I was in a client meeting and had my iPhone with me. The client had a HTC Desire & when we saw my iPhone started making a few “funny” comments along the lines of…yawn..”iSheep” etc etc. Odd how some Android users seriously believe they are being so different these days by using Android phones.