Larry Dignan (ZDNet) submits: Google’s decision to open source Android to multiple wireless handset makers has the mobile operating system poised to be No. 2 worldwide in short order.
Gartner released its smartphone operating system standings and has Android just behind Research in Motion (RIMM) with market share of 17.2 percent worldwide. RIM is hearing footsteps with 18.2 percent of the smartphone OS market. What’s stunning about this leap is that Android’s market share was 1.8 percent a year ago. In a year, Android has leapfrogged Apple’s iOS. It doesn’t take fancy analytics to project that Android will overtake RIM in two quarters.
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