Android holding its own against iPhone

[talkbackdroid]

Android got off to an admittedly rocky start when it first debuted on the T-Mobile G1. Since then the OS has proved to be popular and a strong contender in the marketplace. More phones are being introduced that run Android than most other operating systems right now.



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[giggsey]

Please correct me, but doesn't this show that Android applications have gone down from March, and iPhone has jumped up?

[InsanePenguin]

I think the point is, while Java and Blackberry have gotten destroyed, Android has only gone done a single percentage point.

[bjb_nyj101]

In the article it says that Android is "starting to gain ground", but from march to june, iphone's percentage went up by 15%, and android dropped a percentage point...

That doesn't seem like "gaining ground" to me.

[mixer5911]

well it's a percentage. so the drop might just mean that there was more added to the iphone than android.

as in there are 2 for android and 3 for iphone so that's like 40% for android and 60% for iphone

if you add more to the iphone the percentage for android will drop

as in there are NOW 3 for android but 7 for iphone. so it's going to be 30% for android and 70% for iphone.

Android still acquired more apps, but when compared to the iphone's it went relatively lower?? lol I hope i didn't get confused trying to explain this.

[vitriolix]

Using raw app counts is the most useless measure in the world since everyone knows the app store is totally flooded with these sorts of duplicate "apps" that are simply clipart repackaged as an "app", not to mention all the dupes like the 500+ fart apps, soundboards, etc:

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/08/...er/#more-16794

[vitriolix]

http://digg.com/gadgets/Google_Andro...g_Market_Share

[gpo1]

From the chart andriod dropped by one % and Java by 13%.but Iphone up 15%.
Does this mean andriod is loosing ground?

[patientzero]

From the chart andriod dropped by one % and Java by 13%.but Iphone up 15%.
Does this mean andriod is loosing ground?

Not necessarily. If the total number of smartphones has increased, then Android's percentage might have dropped, even if the total number of Android phones may have actually increased.

Like all statistics, these charts can be misleading.

[i_maq]

What if you throw Symbian and WM in there?