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Android Sales Well Everywhere Except for US

Unless Microsoft has launched Android killer platform, Windows Phone 8, Google’s mobile operating system will remain the most popular one in the market. But if it continues growing in many markets, the same thing cannot be said about the US where Android’s share slipped by 4.5%, according to latest data by analysts from Kantar WorldPanel ComTech.

Though the survey shows Android smartphones sell well everywhere except for the US, pay your attention to another interesting fact — it turns out every third Android handset sold recently sports a screen larger than 4.5 inches. This result surprised Kantar, and they decided to find out what devices with larger screens are used for.

Almost 65% of users that own smartphones with larger screens watch videos on their handsets, while only the fifth of smartphone users with devices with screens smaller than 3 inches watch videos.

In this sense, the next iPhone, which has always been the main Android rival, will come with a 4-inch display, and it will probably have no chance. But on the other hand, Apple’s shares have grown in the US by 9%. Thus, US consumers give preferences to other features, while Europeans want Android and large screens.

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September 12, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Malware Grew by 22 Times in Android Market

The fact new malware is found in Android Market is becoming a common thing. The reason lies in the platform’s popularity but talking honestly, it’s Google’s fault, which doesn’t want to take the wheel in its hands. Such attitude affected malware’s growth, for example, if in June there were 112 modifications of Android malware, in July – 212; in August – 161; in September 559; in October 808, now this number has reached 3063 (Q1, 2012). The data comes from F-Secure, which points out there was only 139 malware found in Android Market in Q1, 2011.

Antivirus developing companies have been indicating about this from immemorial times, but as Google thinks there is no need of using a preventing policy, geeks have thought of their own methods to fight against malware. As a respond, Google decided to establish some control over “bad apps” available in Android Market but dodgy evil-doers found a solution to this case as well.

In short, malware was, is and will be, and no one can say where and when it will end. One thing I recommend is learn where from you download apps because there is much malware spreading via Angry Birds or text messages, which can record your conversations or ramp up your phone bill. I remember there was a malware that infected almost 5 million devices within a short time period. So be careful, until Google comes to senses.

May 17, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Android to Be on 48 Percent of All Smartphones Launched until 2017

People like numbers but not always the given data correspond to the reality because the surveys made by firms are based on the trend of the previous years, while the tech world doesn’t obey any rules. Of course, there is some regularity but no one can predict how the market will change in the coming year. In my opinion, London based research firm Ovum has introduced data that will never prove true. Anyway, my duty is to make you aware of it.

Ovum’s principal analyst, Adam Leach made a statement, according to which, 1.7 billion smartphones will be shipped in 2017. Moreover, the smartphone shipments will grow at a 24.9% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) but the overall growth will be provided also with the help of feature phones. The analyst says the entire mobile phone market will grow at 6.3% thanks to demand from emerging markets.

The research firm has also computed Android-based smartphones will take 48% of the entire market, while Apple’s iPhone will own 26.8% of it. Moreover, the firm has already calculated Windows Phone OS will be on 13% of all smartphones launched until 2017, while Canadian RIM will take the 10% of the smartphone market.

Honestly, I’d like Android to keep its positions but seeing how RIM is going down, and what stir Nokia has made due to its Lumia series handsets, it’s difficult to believe Android will lead the next five years.

May 4, 2012 | 0 Comments More

Android Activations Reach 250 Million

Tell any iOS fan that Android is doing just fine, and you will get all kinds of negative responses, eventually calling you an Android troll or something. But numbers can speak for themselves and numbers show that indeed Android is not a weird underground product, but something which eventually can destroy Apple’s kingship in the smartphone world.

The activations of Android OS devices seem to grow on geometrical scale. Recent update from Larry Page gives some clarification on how fast the Android “virus” is spreading all over the world. He says as of November last year only 50 million handsets were activated with Android, now that number is 250 million. It is assumed 700,000 activations are happening daily and with 3.7 million activations done only during Christmas period alone.

In addition to this, 11 billion downloads have been already done through Android Market. To make things clear by comparison, look on Apple’s App Store, which is older than Android Market by 3 month and has reached its 18 billionth download last year in December. Pity no information is available as to which percent from those downloads was done for paid apps and which for free.

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January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments More

74 Percent of Americans Own Google or Apple Device

A brilliant image of what is happening in the mobile world in the US was given through a survey organized by Yankee Group, a market research company. The latter has asked 15,000 respondents in the US to find out their preferences related to smartphone brands. The results can be shocking especially for those manufacturers who are standing at the brim of disappearance from the market.

Yankee Group survey thus revealed the 74 percent of all US smartphone potential buyers will opt for either Android or Apple iPhone device. The 39 percent of those asked said they will go for Android OS handsets, and the 25 percent – for the iPhone. Yes, but what about the others? It should be noted that after these two, RIM’s BlackBerry got the third place. The others were spread with 9 percent wanting a Windows Phone device and 2 – Symbian OS (still alive?). The survey further disclosed that nearly half of US phone users already own a smartphone, and the 58 percent said they are going to change their ordinary handset with a smartphone in the near future.

This means that manufacturers, say like HTC, need more innovation and marketing genius to come close to Google and Apple, and the war for the tiny percent of customers in the US will be waged even more fiercely. Katie Lewis, an analyst at Yankee Group expressed this in this way, “Opportunities within the smartphone market abound, but we’ve reached a critical point where graves could be dug for several OS vendors, decisions made in the next three years are likely to seal the fate, good or bad, of many OSs. Now is the time for these vendors to fight for survival.” I think no further comment is needed.

January 18, 2012 | 0 Comments More
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