Recognized or not, the existence of Android in the smartphone market to make its competitors worried. Proven two major companies in the information technology industry had to embrace each other for the sake of domination facing Android.
Just a note, since the initial development, the Android open operating system has had time to make the Nokia anxious. In order to anticipate the threat, Nokia was forced to buy Symbian and created the Symbian Foundation in mid-2008. Symbian which are closed and was eventually undergo a transition into the open source operating system.
In fact, quite popular at that time and Symbian still dominates the market with 50% market share taken from research firm IDC and Canalys. But, the Finnish vendor is like knowing a bad sign that Android would be a 'rival' serious in the mobile OS industry.
Symbian Foundation, originally inhabited by several top vendors such as Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson. Most major operators such as NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, AT&T to the chip manufacturer also took part in it.
Over time, one by one supporter of Symbian was falling. In a matter of years, vendors such as Sony Ericsson and Samsung states to stop supporting the platform. Currently, both are actually focusing on Android operating system that is in demand.
Until finally left only Nokia as the sole top mobile phone manufacturers that still rely on Symbian. Vendors are forced to take complete control. Starting April 2011, while Nokia will manage Symbian Symbian Foundation changed into the licensing board or licensing software.
Two years ago since Nokia acquires Symbian, Android report circulated successfully overthrow the ruler of the mobile operating system. Is a research firm Canalys reported that dramatic movement.
Nenurut Canalys report, in the fourth quarter of 2010, defeated the Android platform in Symbian smartphone sales worldwide. Achieving this Android seems to be a marker the first time in the past 10 years Symbian successfully deposed.
Canalys said the combined vendor managed to sell 32.9 million Android-based smartphone. While Symbian OS only managed to sell 31 million units. This means that in the control of the market, earned 32.9% share Android and Symbian controls only 30.6%.
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