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Title: Android- 255.5 million units a year
Post by: daveismissing on December 21 2011, 08:40:52 PM

(MoneyWatch)  COMMENTARY Only a few years ago, Apple's (AAPL (http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote?Symbol=aapl)) iPhone clearly ruled the smartphone roost. Recently, it's been clear that Android has taken over. Google (GOOG (http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote?Symbol=goog)) just released, as it periodically has, its most current claim of Android activiations: 700,000 a day (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57345925-94/google-activating-700k-android-devices-every-day/). To save you the trouble, that's 255.5 million units a year.
To be reasonable, that's the current rate, not historic, so it's not as though that many Android devices will sell in 2011. However, they will next year -- and the number doesn't include anywhere near all the Android devices shipping. Google is starting to leave Apple in the dust, and the unit success casts great doubt on whether Microsoft's (MSFT (http://markets.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/quote?Symbol=msft)) strategy on Windows Phone has even the faintest prayer of succeeding. Oh, and Google is likely also making a bundle on its "free" product -- about $5 billion by a reasonable estimate.

Title: Re: Android- 255.5 million units a year
Post by: daveismissing on December 28 2011, 08:20:48 PM

(http://i.imgur.com/eF47C.jpg)

Title: Re: Android- 255.5 million units a year
Post by: Steve Wood on December 28 2011, 08:35:37 PM

I like my Galaxy SII far more than my 3gs but I am not in the Jobian cult