Four Ways Android Can Put Dent in iPhone
Jason Schwarz submits:It looks like there will be 115 Google (GOOG) Android phones on the market by the end of 2010 along with 50 non-phone Android devices. Many are touting recent market share gains as a victory for Android legitimacy in the smartphone market. ComScore reported that Android’s share of the US smartphone market jumped to 9% in February. Can Google put a dent in iPhone’s 67% mobile Web browsing market share? The Android Market launched four months after Apple’s (AAPL) App Store and has grown to provide 40,000 applications available for download (we haven’t heard any numbers specifying how many of these apps have actually been downloaded, hopefully we’ll hear something in the Google earnings call). Meanwhile Apple’s App Store has grown to provide over 185,000 applications with 4 billion downloads so far. As the 165 device Android army battles against the 3 device Apple empire (iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) the question on investors minds is who will eventually triumph? Will Android follow in the market share footsteps of the open Microsoft (MSFT) OS of the PC era? Or will Apple’s closed mobile ecosystem garner iPodesque market dominance? These are important questions to consider. Complete Story »
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