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Apple's iPhone OS and Google's Android open mobile platform grew the most last year, according to analyst house Gartner, with number one smartphone OS Symbian shrinking further.
Symbian lost 5.5 percentage points to end last year with 46.9 per cent market share, versus 52.4 per cent in 2008. Meanwhile Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform also lost out, shrinking by 3.1 percentage points to end 2009 in fourth place with 8.7 per cent market share.
Gartner said competitive pressure from the likes of Apple and RIM, along with "continued weakness" in Nokia's high-end devices portfolio, hit Symbian's market share.
Last week the Symbian Foundation announced its first release since going fully open source - Symbian ^3 - which could arrive on devices by Q3 this year. "Symbian had become uncompetitive in recent years but its market share, particularly on Nokia devices, is still strong," noted Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner, in a statement. "If Symbian can use this momentum, it could return to positive growth."
http://www.silicon.com/technology/mobile/2010/02/23/iphone-android-fastest-growing-in-smartphone-os-wars-39745516/
Sales of Android-based phones will grow faster than any other mobile platform over the next four years, but Nokia’s Symbian OS will retain its top position, IDC has forecast.
The research firm says that by 2013 worldwide smartphone shipments will top 390 million units, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.9%.
Symbian will remain no. 1 because of the strength of Nokia in markets outside the US, IDC said.
http://www.telecomasia.net/content/android-will-be-fastest-growing-mobile-os