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From: John Navas on 20 May 2010 09:46
Sales of smartphones using Google's Android operating system have
overtaken Microsoft's Windows mobile phones for the first time according
to figures published yesterday.

Sales of Android phones, which include Google's own Nexus One and
Motorola's Droid, accounted for just under 10 per cent of all
smartphones sold globally in the first quarter of 2010, up from just 1.6
per cent last year, according to figures from Gartner, the technology
research group.

In contrast, Microsoft, whose Windows Mobile operating system has been
available since 2003, saw a sharp drop in market share, from 10.2 per
cent a year ago to 6.8 per cent in the first three months of this year.

Android phone sales have also overtaken Apple's iPhone in the North
American market, accounting for 26.6 per cent of units sold, compared
with 22.1 per cent for the iPhone.

....

Nokia's Symbian smartphones and Research In Motion's BlackBerry also saw
their market shares eroded. Nokia fell from 48.8 per cent of smartphone
sales to 44.3 per cent, and RIM dipped from 20.6 to 19.6 per cent.

Nokia has been hurt by launch delays of a series of smartphones this
year.


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