Google Android Main Enemy is iPhone

Android (ist)

TU - Apple may just patting the chest over the achievement of the current iPhone. However, Apple must be aware of Google's Android stretching which was considered as the biggest threat.

According to AdMob study --- which is owned by Google -, globally, the iPhone pocketed 50 percent share of the market for smartphone operating system in February 2010.

Quoted from ChannelWeb, Wednesday (31/3/2010), AdMob said that Google's Android OS continues to crawl up and over 24 percent market share, thereby becoming the biggest threat to the iPhone.

So what about Symbian? Nokia's operating system is in third position with a market share of 18 percent. Meanwhile, RIM BlackBerry gain market share of 4 percent, followed by Microsoft Windows Mobile with 2 percent market share.

For the competitive landscape in the U.S., AdMob study results show that in February 2010, OS Apple iPhone down to around 44 percent, from 55 percent in November 2009. In contrast, Android skyrocketed from 27 percent to 42 percent.

"Android is an operating system that soared rapidly in the AdMob network from year to year,"explained the study.

Melesatnya Android market growth is part inflated by a number of devices that carried him, namely Motorola Droid, CLIQ Motorola and HTC smartphones. Is Google's Android will be able to put down the Apple iPhone? We'll see.