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Gartner research shows Android takes more than half of sales of smartphones

11/17/201111/17/2011 John Montgallo

The Android mobile operating system from Google Inc. has – according to research from Gartner Inc. – now taken more than half of all of the smartphones that were sold in the 2011 third quarter. The popularity of the Android-based Samsung Electronics Co. handsets contributed to this success. In total, Android devices made up 52.5 percent of the sales of smartphones, which brings it to a position that is twice as big as it was in 2010 at the same time. According to the email report by Gartner, even as…

Android leads the way as mobile connections soar

08/10/201108/10/2011 Jesse Collins

According to a number of market reports, Google’s Android is leading the way to bring consumers online using mobile devices, but Apple’s iOS maintains its status at the top in the ad department. Smartphones are rapidly replacing feature phones, while tablets and other devices are being used to connect to the internet virtually everywhere. As a result, marketers are beginning to place a significant amount of their attention on how and when consumers are making these internet connections. Among the predictions currently being made, Gartner has forecasted that global mobile…