The company Canalys announced a report which shows that Android, the Google mobile operating system, beat Nokia's Symbian platform during the last quarter of 2010 on the market Smart mobile phones (smartphones).
supplies mobile phones based on Android operating system, during that period, reached 32.9 million , while such devices based on Symbian decreased slightly to 31 million . All However, Nokia retains its position as the world leader in smartphones, with the overall quota of 28% . According to Canalys
in the fourth quarter of 2010, the smartphone market continued to increase worldwide, with shipments of 101.2 million units, representing an annual growth 89% .
Europe and its influence is the main market for these devices, while U.S.
is the country with the largest market for 'smartphone'. Precisely in the latter, and manufacturers became RIM put in first place ahead of Apple, HTC mientars remains in a comfortable third position , thanks to úiltimas Android updates and new devices with Windows Mobile 7 . According to Canalys , boosting Android is mainly due to support from major brands such as LG, Acer, Samsung and HTC. Samsung and HTC just managed to absorb the 45% of phones based on Android.
But anyway, in the United States Android was by far the leading smartphone platform , with more than 12.1 million units -Almost three times more than the devices of RIM BlackBerry .
The study also shows that Windows Mobile 7 appeared too late to make the most of the important holiday season, so Microsoft significantly lost market share from 8% in the fourth quarter of 2009 to 5 % over the same period of 2010.
short, we can say that Google already leads the global market for smartphone operating operating systems.
market tablets in
In the fourth quarter of 2010, Google's Android Platform got the market 22% of the tablets (computers with touch screens), but still remains behind the Apple iPad . According
Strategy Analytics, the percentage of Apple in global market for these devices was reduced to 75% over the same period, compared with 95% of general mewrcado terceromientras that grew at 120%, ie almost 10 million units.
also the main competitor of iPad in the same period, was the pill Galaxy of Samsung Electronics.
Android Strategy Analytics predicted to increase its market share in the first half of this year the arrival of new devices like Xoom of Motorola Mobility. However, Canada's Research In Motion add more competition to the booming market with the launch of its tablet Playbook later this quarter.
(sources: Canalys.com; ELMUNDO.es; ABC.es ) 
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