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Google’s Android becomes the world’s leading smart phone platform, says market research firm Canalys, adding that the smart phone market exceeded 100 million units in Q4 2010. Publishing the results of its final Q4 2010 global country-level smart phone market data, Canalys said Google’s Android has become the leading platform, with shipments of Android-based smart phones notching 32.9 million as compared to devices running Nokia’s Symbian platform trailing slightly at 31 million worldwide. Nokia, however, has managed to retain its position as the leading global smart phone vendor with a share of 28%, Canalys added. Overall, smart phone shipments in Q4 2010 reached 101.2 million units. In Q4 2010, volumes of Google OS-based smart phones (Android, OMS and Tapas) were again boosted by strong performances from a number of vendors, notably LG, Samsung, Acer and HTC, whose volumes across these platforms grew 4,127%, 1,474%, 709% and 371% respectively year-on-year, the firm said. HTC and Samsung together accounted for almost 45% of Google OS-based handset shipments.  Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris Jones added that vendors would not be able to rest on their laurels as 2011 promises to be a highly competitive year on account of new technology, such as dual-core processors, NFC and 3D displays, coming to market to differentiate their products and maintain value.The latest version of the successful platform, version 3.0, which is better known as “Honeycomb”, is said to be designed for smartphones as well as tablet devices. Android tablets are reportedly scheduled to hit store shelves later this year, providing the first glimpse of head-to-head competition with Apple's iPad. Image: Screengrab of Youtube Preview video |
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