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43-Percent of Smartphone Purchases Are Android-Based, Android Share Still Growing Exponentially

By Dylan Bailey
on 1 Feb, 2011

Nielsen has published their latest findings, this time October 2009-December 2010. Just as expected, Android is growing, and growing fast. Currently in a dead heat with both Apple and RIM, Android holds 27-percent of the current market share.

Galaxy Tab returns sky-high say analysts: Froyo to blame?

By Chris Davies
on 1 Feb, 2011

The Galaxy Tab sales situation goes from bad to worse as, only moments after Samsung was forced to admit that its much-lauded sales figures were in fact merely shipments to retailers and carriers, analysts suggest returns rates for the 7-inch slate have been surprisingly high. ITG crunched the numbers across 6,000 US retail locations and discovered that, between the November launch of the Galaxy Tab and January 15, 15-percent were returned. In the run up to the holiday period, the number was a little closer - at around 13-percent - but in the period after it rose to 16-percent, likely as unwanted gifts were returned. In comparison, ITG suggests, Verizon has been seeing just 2-percent returns on Apple's iPad since it began selling the larger iOS slate. ITG blames Android 2.2 Froyo as unsuited to tablet-scale use, despite Samsung's attempts to customize the platform with its own apps. Google will attempt to change its fortune in the tablet space later this week, with a Honeycomb launch event; for more on what that will bring to the table, check out our deep dive into Android 3.0. [via SlashGear]

Android owners most platform-tenacious claim researchers

By Chris Davies
on 19 Jan, 2011

Android owners are second only to iPhone users for platform loyalty, according to the latest set of figures from researchers Zokem. Their stats suggest that, while iPhone owners report the greatest satisfaction with their devices, Android device owners are more likely to purchase another Android device.

New Report shows Android as the Most Popular OS for new Smartphone buyers

By Dylan Bailey
on 5 Oct, 2010

In another report this week, we get good news. According to data from August, The Nielsen Company has determined that Android is the most popular mobile operating system among people who purchased a smartphone in the last 6 months. While this isn’t shocking, Android sure covers a lot of devices, it is even more proof of what we saw happening as Android makes it’s way to the number one mobile operating system.

Android to Ship on More Than 55 Million Units in 2010

By Evan Selleck
on 17 Aug, 2010

It's no secret that Android's a steamroller. And, considering the push for the mobile Operating System from major manufacturers like Motorola, Samsung, and HTC, there's no reason that will stop any time soon. In fact, it's only going to pick up pace. With Google confirming that there's hundreds of thousands of Android handsets sold every day, these estimations from Digitimes Research come as no surprise to us. Their results? That Android's climbing, and it's going to sell a ridiculous amount of devices this year.