Here are few findings of new studies that might help clear things for you.
Google Android Apps
Google Android Applications will be offered on the new android phones made by Samsung Electronics Co. The search engine giant has been increasingly investing resources in Android iPhones, iPads and related services. 51% of all smartphones sold tin the 4th quarter of 2011 were Andorid phones according to a Gartner research.
iPad and Android Tablets
iPad, Android Tablet Apps market study – recently completed by ABI – reported that iPad and Android tablet users will download more than 31 mobile apps per year per tablet over the next 5 years. Furthermore, 11b of the forecast 13.7b iPad and Android media tablet mobile app downloads in 2016 will come from just 4 app categories: games, digital publishing, social networking and e-commerce.
Android vs. iOS vs. Symbian …
The global smartphone sale grew by 47% in the last quarter of 2010, according to a Gartner Study. Here’s a sales breakdown by smartphone operating system as reported by Gartner.
Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 4Q11 (’000 of Units)
| Operating System | 4Q11 Units | 4Q11 Market Share (%) |
4Q10 Units | 4Q10 Market Share (%) |
| Android | 75,906.1 | 50.9 | 30,801.2 | 30.5 |
| iOS | 35,456.0 | 23.8 | 16,011.1 | 15.8 |
| Symbian | 17,458.4 | 11.7 | 32,642.1 | 32.3 |
| Research In Motion | 13,184.5 | 8.8 | 14,762.0 | 14.6 |
| Bada | 3,111.3 | 2.1 | 2,026.8 | 2.0 |
| Microsoft | 2,759.0 | 1.9 | 3,419.3 | 3.4 |
| Others | 1,166.5 | 0.8 | 1,487.9 | 1.5 |
| Total | 149,041.8 | 100.0 | 101,150.3 | 100.0 |
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