The above image comes courtesy of Android Guys. It’s one I’ve been staring at for a little bit. Using data taken from last November through this January, it represents not only smartphone market share, but the manufacturers that produced the devices. The iPhone and BlackBerry, of course, come from different manufacturers. That’s boring. Android, of course, is interesting, with three big manufacturers and a slew of others.
Are you switching from another smartphone platform to Android? If so, you’re among roughly 55 percent of Android users. Yet you’re probably not coming from an iPhone. Among the many stats in this infographic: 8 percent of Android users switched from and iPhone, yet only 45 percent are first-time smartphone owners. While there are a number of smartphone platforms, the BlackBerry dominates outside of Android and iPhone. If you’re coming over from a BlackBerry, I can relate. I didn’t exactly switch — because of work duties I need both. But I am certainly sympathetic to those going through the transition. In trying to ease the process, we’ll go over some of the main issues. First up is the keyboard.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal asked its readers which was the best mobile operating system. Grabbing 6,365 vote sample, Android Central shows us that Android came away not only with a lead, but with the majority of the votes. Apple, of course, finished second, while BlackBerry sat in third place. Things have changed since then, and I suspect a measure of ballot stuffing, but another report helps assert Android’s dominance in the mobile world.
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That’s a beautiful chart right there. It illustrates just how quickly Android has grown during the first eight months of 2010. It started the year in January with just eight percent market share, far behind Apple (29 percent) and RIM (36 percent). But thanks to a spike in new adopters, which started in March and continued through August, Android has climbed all the way to 19 percent market share, just nine points behind Apple and 12 points behind RIM. That’s thanks to a staggering 32 percent of new smartphone buyers picking up Android handsets as of August. While Android likely won’t catch their two competitors by the end of the year, it’s something to look forward to in 2011.
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Will Android go over well with business users? All we can do at this point is speculate, since there hasn’t been a major push to get Android into the enterprise. Earlier this week Tom Bradley of PC World explained why the platform might not work. The main idea is that businesses won’t know where to turn if something goes wrong. Whereas issues with the iPhone or the BlackBerry can be directed at Apple or RIM, there really isn’t one entity behind Android. There’s Google, of course, but they’re not the ones making the devices. Since I’m not an IT manager I can’t speak to the issue specifically, but this seems like a legitimate issue. Yet it looks like Verizon is going to make a push for Android to enter the enterprise.
As the Apple iPad nears its launch on Saturday April 3rd, 2010 I thought this comic from FoxTrot was a clever twist on the iPad promises.
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Last week I was speaking on Android at SMX West an Internet Marketing conference in Santa Clara California just outside San Jose.
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As an aside from my rants on the conduct of Apple, the users of Android are now sharing the usage trending of those of the iPhone as both sets of users greatly increased their mobile social media use.
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It was reported to be the most important thing ever done by Steve Jobs & Apple so when the iPad was officially revealed it was like a Fat Elvis took the stage.
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Microsoft looks to counter both the iPhone & GooglePhone with its own Microsoft Windows Phone which we got an early glimpse of back in August.
The Microsoft Fune phone runs Vista and connects to the Internet via AOL plus an AM radio, fax machine, & a measuring tape.
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