Recently I saw mobile browser marketshare numbers here:
http://www.topandroidphones.com/post/Latest-Net-Applications-Figures-Show-Androids-Increasing-Market-Share.aspx in the last month android has gained 1% more of the market (from 5% to 6%) and is nearly tied with winmo. Now, web marketshare is not strictly analogous to handset marketshare, but it does establish that people are using their g1's a lot, and the trendline is strongly upward. -josh On Mar 3, 2009 1:14 PM, "Sena Gbeckor-Kove" <[email protected]> wrote: I'd suggest that Android has a crtain level of momentum. The 2 devices we have definite release dates for are not in my opinion, what your average consumer would forgo an iPhone for. The devices you want to be thinking about, will be being released later in the year. From HTC, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and others. It is very difficult for a manufacturer to differentiate themselves on the Android platform without doing quite a lot of work, where is HTC's Touch Flo, in development I'm sure, along with branded applications from Sony Ericsson and Samsung along with others which will help their devices to stand out from the cloud of clones. Having open source mobile os' around like Android and Symbian which allow any device manufacturer to get in on the game makes it imperative for the big boys to raise their game. Otherwise there's no reason to buy their devices (barring highly superior hardware which only works for their top of the line models). Just my thoughts Sena On 3 Mar 2009, at 05:48, jkk251 wrote: > > I elected to develop for Android rather than iPhone f... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
