Android leapfrogs past iphone's iOS

[rob]

The boost was enough to push Android past Apple's iOS to become the third-most-popular mobile phone OS in the world during that same three-month period ended June, shipping on over 10.6 million devices to garner a 17.2% share of the smartphone market, according to Gartner. That represents a more than 850% rise for Android, which held just 1.8% market share during the year-ago quarter.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/08/12/android_based_smartphone_shipments_leapfrog_apples _iphone.html

[ChinaMobi]

Here's the situation in China.

A report from AdMob, a mobile advertising network, said there were already more Android devices than iPhones in China in April, partly due to the poor sales of official iPhones in the country.

Yu estimated that shipments of the iPhone and iPod Touch in China are less than 4 million, including those sold the gray market. But Android-based handsets will soon take the helm, "because almost everyone in the industry supports the system," Yu said.

He also predicted that mobile phones will surpass personal computers as the preferred device for Internet users in China by the end of 2011.Source:http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/7099173.html

[morse]

Symbian still rules the tables .. thats pretty nice to observe.
Android is trully cool OS, and the people who are backing it are even better.It deserves the Top position in the league of Mobile OS. More intense the competition, better the product :)