Google Topples Symbian from Smartphones Top Spot
Google, Android uninstall Nokia AOS, AOS Symbian as a global leader in smartphone software in the last quarter of 2010, ending a government that began with the birth of the industry a decade ago.
Reshuffle underscores how quickly Google, which offers free phone software maker, has raced ahead up the smartphone market, Apple, rapid increase in AOS. Google and Apple have revolutionized the smartphone market in recent years, sending Nokia scrambling.
In the fourth quarter, the maker of mobile phones sold 32.9 million Android phones are equipped with all the world, about seven times more than the prior year quarter, compared with Symbian, APS sales of 31 million, according to research firm Canalys.
The figures also show it to Google, AOS success in battle, the popular Apple iPhone shipments rose to 16.2 million, from 8.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2009.Unlike Apple or Nokia, Google is not the phone hardware itself, but rather offers a free Android operating system to other phone makers can adapt their equipment to adapt.
As a result, Android has become the standard for the software maker phone a lot. U.S. mobile phone maker Motorola Inc has even managed to comeback sorts by focusing only on Android, after years of heavy losses in the market stage.
Hit model of Samsung Electronics, HTC and LG Electronics also helped Android phones in the quarter as companies in many regions aggressively promoted Android phones.
In fact, only Nokia, Apple and RIM until now opposed to using Android software.Meanwhile, Symbian suffered from the problem owner and main user, Nokia.Last week, Nokia warned early bleak 2011 after eating even more than rival smartphone market share, highlighting the magnitude of the task of his new boss, the business turnover.Stephen Elop, former Microsoft Corp. executive who took over as chief executive in September, Nokia, Nokia introduced the plan, AOS refresh the strategy on 11 February.Elop said last week that he wanted to reopen the markets like the U.S., where Nokia has lost badly, and indicated a possible change in software strategy.
Some experts say this could mean that Nokia plans to introduce Android smartphone models to announce.Nokia shares fell 0.7 percent to € 7.79 on Monday. Google shares rose to more than $ 603 in early trading after closing at $ 600.99 in regular Nasdaq trading on Friday.