It’s been over six months since the launch of the first Android powered handset. HTC has released a second Android handset in Europe, but we still have not seen any other movement on the market. That’s all about to change. Android is expected to grow over 900% in 2009. Though that number may sound high, we have to keep in mind that less than 500,000 Android handsets were sold in 2008. Based on that estimate, we should see nearly 4.5 million new Android handsets in customer hands for all of 2009.
“We forecast global Android smartphone shipments to grow an impressive 900% annually during 2009,” said senior analyst Tom Kang, “Android is expanding from a low base and it is consequently outgrowing the iPhone OS from Apple, which we estimate will grow at a relatively lower 79% annually in 2009.”
Android should have an incredible second half of the year, but 2010 is when Android will be making a huge slash into the mass market. Due to the Open Source nature of the android OS and the minimal licensing restrictions, I predict that we will see more than twenty different Android phones from ten manufacturers by the end of next year.
Source: Mirror News
