IDG News Service - Android continues to grow, with over 900,000 devices based on theOS now being activated every day, according to Andy Rubin, whoheads up development of the smartphone operating system at Google. That figure compares to around 500,000 devices per day at the endof June last year, and 850,000 per day at the end of February,according to Twitter messages from Rubin, who didn't elaborate onthe split between smartphones, tablets and other device types. First-quarter shipments of Android smartphones were up 145 percenton a year earlier, giving the OS, a global smartphone market shareof 59 percent, according to IDC, which keeps track of units sold tothe channel as opposed to devices activated by users. However, all is not well in the Android camp. Last week, High TechComputer (HTC) lowered its expected revenue for the second quarterdue to lower-than-anticipated sales to Europe, and the delayedshipment and launch of certain products in the U.S., the companysaid. Along with HTC, Sony Mobile, LG Electronics and Google-ownedMotorola Mobility are all trying to find their place in asmartphone world increasingly dominated by Samsung Electronics andApple. Most of the growth, though, will happen in the market for cheapsmartphones where the likes of ZTE and Huawei Technologies arepushing down prices. These new entrants are expecting lower profitmargins, said Richard Kramer, managing partner at Arete Research,in a keynote speech during the recent Open Mobile Summit conference in London. Smartphone sales will total between 750 million and 800 millionunits, or over $230 billion by value during 2012, according toKramer. However, Apple, Samsung Electronics and HTC are the onlyvendors making money, he said at the time. Google's Android will still be the king of smartphone operatingsystem's in 2016, but its market share will erode as Windows Phonetakes off, according to a report from market research company IDC. By the end of 2012, Android's smartphone market share will be 61percent, but in four years its share will have dropped to about 53percent, according to IDC. Send news tips and comments to mikael_ricknas@idg.com. I am an expert from flexiblebluetoothkeyboard.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Motorola Xoom Bluetooth Keyboard , China Ipad Carrying Case with Bluetooth Keyboard, Blackberry Playbook Bluetooth Keyboard,and more.
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