While we are waiting for the full release of Windows Phone 7 Series, with devices, Marketplace and applications; Android based phones continues to grow and has passed Microsoft and Windows Mobile in the global device market.
A Gartner report released on may 19. shows that Android is the quickest growing mobile operating systems.
The report looks at the global market and market shares in 1Q of 2009 and 2010 and shows that the market leader Symbian is down 4,5% and has now 44,3% share of the market , RIM (Research In Motion blackberry) is the second largest OS with 19,4% share, but is down by 1,2%. Apple is up 4,9% to a 15,4% share and Android is up 8% to a 9,5%.
The old Windows Mobile OS from Microsoft is down 3,4% to a market share of 6,8%.
For Microsoft this speak for itself. They must get their new devices out into the shops, with a full ecosystem of applications RTM ASAP. With these numbers devs won’t be waiting forever for marketplace and customers.
It will be exciting to watch these numbers through 2011.
The full report can be read here: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1372013
