Friday, May 17, 2013

Android dominates the smartphone market and Windows beats the BlackBerry

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Proven Internet giant "Google" and its operating system "Android" their control on the smart phone market in the first quarter of the year, while the occupied system "Windows" private company "Microsoft" ranked third, ahead of "BlackBerry", according to a new study.

The figures showed the estimated issued by the research firm, "IDC" the system "Android" that is used by manufacturers of phones, many of them, "Samsung", which reached market share of 75 percent in the first quarter of the year served 3 smart phones out of 4 in the same period 

The biggest rival system "IOS" of the company "Apple" dedicated to the phones, "iPhone" devices "iPad" reaching market share of 17.3 percent. According to the "IDC", the share of "Android" from the market in the second quarter of the year, 70.1 percent, while the share of "IOS" 21 percent. As for other companies, very late in this area.

And was able to set "Microsoft" American trying to compensate for the delay in the field of portable devices launching a new version of the system "Windows" of the progress of the fourth place to third place increase its market share from 2.6 percent to 3.2 percent thanks to phones designed in partnership with "Nokia "the Finnish

Thus, the company dropped "BlackBerry" a leader in the smart phone industry one rank, note that the market share of 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the year. But it sold, according to the "IDC" a million copies of the new phones launched recently.

And says Kevin Restivo the analyst's "IDC" that "the arrival of Windows to third place is a precedent and prove directed basic Microsoft and its partner Nokia. But he adds, "due to the relatively low yields, and Windows should make profits again so deserves to be a substitute for Android or iOS."

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