Since the debut of the Apple iPhone in 2007, competition in the smart device market has been dismal at best. That is, until the development and marketing of the Android operating system. Focusing on what Apple did well and aiming to change what the iOS platform is lacking, the Android OS has quickly gained praise from users of its Droid devices. Addressing concerns such as the lack of flash and the proprietary nature of the APP store, the Android operating system has appeared to remove the governor from the iOS platform, and has taken a host of users with it in the process. The following article will address the surge of the Android platform and will compare growth in the top 20 markets worldwide.
A major initial selling point to the Android platform is that unlike iOS, Android powered devices can run flash applications. The lack of flash has proven to be a continual hair-puller for most iPhone and iPad users, with most users anticipating the addition on each software update, only to be fooled. Steve Jobs, made it clear before passing that his intentions were to never allow the software on his devices due to inefficiency. In return he developed HTML5 as a more processor friendly application engine. It remains to be seen if Apple will add Flash to its new ramped iPhone and iPad processor or if they will respect the wishes of their legendary CEO and founder. One thing is clear, sales and demand for the Android platform may be in large driven by this disparity.
With 2011 coming to an end, holiday sales and network usage are an accurate indicator of how each market fared in the smart device war. With the iOS still clearly the worldwide leader in overall usage, it was very interesting to see the percentage gain in market proportion drawn by the Android powered devices. In the nation's top 20 markets, Android powered devices reigned in countries like South Korea (the manufacturing site of the Droid) and Sweden. With a 60% increase in growth vs Apple's 30%, it is clear to see that the Android platform is more than here to stay, it may eventually take the title.
While overall growth numbers are staggeringly high, the more impressive number is the total number of smart phone users worldwide. Increasing 12 times since 2009, the smart phone market is one of the largest growth areas on the planet. Driven largely by Apple and Android, the future of personal portable computing and communication is apparently limitless.
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I have been actively following the development of Apple products since the debut of the iPhone in 2007. Since that time I have expanded my interest to the iPad, iPod and competing devices such. In early 2008 I founded an iPhone repair company that expanded its vision to the eventual repair of all Apple branded devices. Since that time I have continued to actively follow the progression of the smart phone market, while actively writing and blogging about the innovations being made worldwide.
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