Canalys shows Android overtaking Nokia in the world
The latest US numbers from Canalys show that Android has now surpassed Nokia as the best selling smartphone OS in the world. Though it started off slow, Android grew from 8.7% of the market in Q4 2009 to a massive 32.9% in Q4 2010. The big drop was for Nokia, which plummeted from 44.4% to 30.6% in the same timespan. All other smartphones saw a drop as well, with Apple’s iOS dropping less than a percent, while RIM dropped almost 6%. Since Windows Phone 7 launched in the middle of the quarter, it’s hard to gauge, but it had little to no overall effect, with 3.1% of the market. Sadly, HP Palm’s WebOS is mixed up in the ‘others’ category.
Though I have no doubt that the numbers are accurate, last week Canalys decided to make the leap and add the iPad, but not the iPhone (or any other mobile OS device such as the Galaxy Tab) to its PC statistics, which moved Apple into the 3rd best selling PC manufacturer.
ED Note: Originally this article read “…in the US”. It’s now been updated.
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