Comments on: Android shipments to grow 900% this year? No. I say it’s 1800%!

By: Staska

Staska — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:22:03 +0000

"Android will become the generic "PC" of smartphones (rather than Windows),
taking most of the rest of the market."

I seriously doubt that.

For one thing, operators, who have, and will continue to have a tremendous
control over the market via handset subsidies, will never allow that.

Other players - Nokia, Samsung, LG, HTC, RIM, Microsoft, etc; are also not
sitting still, and won't permit the situation similar to PC market to
develop.

And, for now, I don't see anything that Google could be able to offer to
carriers and consumers to marginalize all those other players with their
mobile OS

By: Ned

Ned — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:10:22 +0000

Maybe the market will eventually settle down like the Personal Computer market did 15 years earlier. Apple's iPhone will stay at around 13%, with a vertical platform similar to the Macintosh. However this time, Android will become the generic “PC” of smartphones (rather than Windows), taking most of the rest of the market.

Palm's WebOS and Microsoft's Windows Mobile will disappear from the smartphone scene altogether, as they have failed to gain any traction with the public or software developers. It's becoming obvious to everyone that Andriod will be the dominant smartphone platform of the future.

By: AK

AK — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:16:34 +0000

q Where is the HTC G2 or G3 with UMA for T-Moblile Hot Spot .Or another carrier? I live in a DEAD ZONE 12 -15 miles from cell Connection North South and East, but with high speed internet Computer with wireless router.

By: david k

david k — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:58:08 +0000

I Love my G1 and my Face Trasher app!