Android war, IOS, Blackberry, WP7, Who Retired?
Operating system (OS) Android finally surpass Symbian in late 2010. Although time debated, the dominance of the Android mobile OS arena had been predicted many observers. Even in 2015, the Google OS is presumably increasingly dominate the smartphone market.
Canalys report on fourth quarter 2010 mentions Android platform surpassed Symbian in terms of smartphone sales worldwide. Android is a marker of achievement the first time in the past 10 years successfully ousted Symbian.
Canalys said vendors had poured a combined 32.9 million smart phones based on Android. While Symbian OS only managed to release 31 million units. That is, the market share, earned 32.9 percent share of the Android and Symbian controls only 30.6 percent.
Flashback on just to remind that since the 'green robots' start straddling Symbian OS continues practically sped off without stopping. The Android platform itself continues to aggressively expand its colony.
According to comScore research in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, Android grew by 16.2 percent between July 2010 to July 2011, which put him in second position in the mobile OS market.
Nokia's proprietary OS platforms mentioned still controlled the top position despite continued market eroded. Another competitor of Apple's IOS that is perched in third position with a growth of 1.2 percent per year. Followed the Blackberry OS and Windows at the fourth position in the order of five.
The report from mobile advertising agency, InMobi parse a similar prediction. Mentioned iPhone and Android OS to grow significantly in the global market. Android growth and claimed to be better able to transcend the IOS, though still not been able to depose Symbian.
In fact, if diteropong even further - look in the mirror on the predictions of several research institutions - are increasingly seen the Android mobile OS will be dominated. Take for example the IDC which mentions Android will become the most popular smartphone OS in 2015.
Gartner analysts also said the same thing. Gartner research results mentioned in 2015 will control 48.8 percent of the Android mobile OS market. Gartner predicts the popularity of Android will be far above its competitors such as Cisco IOS (Apple), BlackBerry (RIM), Windows (Microsoft) and Symbian (Nokia).
Seeing lunge Android OS is so fantastic, its competitors surely will not stay silent and try to prop stride. Moreover, the number of vendors are adopting Google's operating system is increasingly menggurita amount.
But, not a few are also vendors that 'stubborn' stand for not using Android. The most obvious of course some rivals who in fact has the iPhone OS itself with IOS his or her Nokia with Symbian
Even Research in Motion (RIM) had a beard like fire. Some things have happened Google and Apple's successful business while taking over the Blackberry smartphone market continues to slump. Nokia and Microsoft work together to build a new ecosystem through Windows Phone 7 (WP7).
RIM did not want to say anything and eventually prepare QNX as a new platform for its smartphones in the future. A step 'anticipation' a little late. Just like Nokia and Microsoft are later forced to establish alliances.
In fact, Nokia to bring myself to 'waste' and the Symbian OS platform MeeGo which is being developed with Intel. Nokia took steps Microsoft is increasingly heated battle in the mobile OS sector.
If you trace back, open operating system Android is already time to make the Nokia anxious from the beginning to be developed. In order to anticipate the threat, Nokia was forced to buy Symbian and the Symbian Foundation created in mid-2008.
In fact, at that time quite popular and Symbian still dominates the market with 50 percent market share is quoted from research firm IDC and Canalys. However, the Finnish vendor is like kissing a bad sign that Android would be 'rivals' serious in mobile OS industry.
Unfortunately, as time goes by, one by one supporter of Symbian was falling. In a matter of years, vendors such as Sony Ericsson and Samsung said stop supporting these platforms. Later, they instead focus on Android operating system that was in demand.
Later Nokia rumored to be developing an operating system that is devoted to low end mobile phone segment. OS for the middle to below mentioned will have a code name Meltemi and based on open source or Linux.
Intense aroma of competition in mobile OS sector seems not to stop at some of the developers or vendors great success with its platform. Intel to develop even more new platform dubbed as the successor MeeGo Tizen.
Not long ago, Intel announced plans to switch from MeeGo Tizen. Reportedly, Tizen would support a variety of devices ranging from smartphones, tablets, netbooks, smart TV to the system in the vehicle.
Samsung, a vendor who is currently successfully market the Android-based devices also have the OS itself that is true Bada. Development of the operating system also leads to increasingly serious and has reached version 2.0.
Interestingly, OS Bada who underestimated this rate was still able to block the WP7-based phones. According to Canalys, handsets based on Windows Phone 7 shipped about 2 million units. While Samsung Bada successfully shipped about 3.5 million units in the first quarter of 2011.
Lunge like the Android mobile OS and IOS not only generate competition and the birth of a new OS. There is also a misfortune such as the decline of WebOS. WebOS device stopped its production because it failed in the market. HP as the owner was then intends to sell the license WebOS. Unfortunately, demand is still quiet.
While Google's Android pembesut did not want to stay silent and try to continue to strengthen its presence. Google to acquire Motorola's even worth 12.5 billion U.S. dollars in order to obtain a patent that could strengthen the position of Android. So, the heat of the mobile OS wars will be more interesting. A matter of time who is frozen out and who is dominating. (Review tabloid PULSE 218 - Day Pitrajaya)
