Android is top smartphone OS in the US, iOS is a close second
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Wether is android , IOS, symbian or Window ...ect all up to individual user all operating system are great . They have their advantage n disadvantage . These is no need to compare . I do have smartphone running Android and Apple iPad. Both are great in different way .
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Anonymous, 02 Jun 2011Be careful, your ignorance is showing. With over 1 billion ... moreThose "handsets can be had for $20.00 or less new and off contract" are S30. A bit higher, also S40. Both are NOT Symbian - and in its lower price range (which is also mid to high range of S40 "feature phones"...) you can now very much find nice Android phones, ZTE Blade for example.
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AnonD-8044, 02 Jun 2011I stil buy and support nokis/symbian and its far from dead.... moreYes you´r right Android is failing that´s why it´s THE most used Os in the US and possibly in Europe too.Get real Android is here to stay and it´s going to out live symbian BY FAR.Meego is NEVER going to see the light of day by the looks of it.Eventualy Nokia is going to do the smart thing and abandon Symbian and Meego(WebOS isn´t even an option)and adopt WP7.But even that won´t be enough to put Nokia back on the market the way it used to be back in the days
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Anand , 01 Jun 2011What mentioned by Milindian is not the case. That might hav... moreNokia will never adopt Android but at least theyr going for WP7 wich is still a vast improvement
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Anonymous, 02 Jun 2011Be careful, your ignorance is showing. With over 1 billion ... moreThat is no longer true.If you look at the market now you will see alot of low/mid range phones running Android that are just as sfordable as those from Nokia.Even in the low/mid range market Nokia is loosing ground fast to Android(not to Apple since Apple doesn´t step into that market) so it´s just a matter of time
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Anonymous, 02 Jun 2011It's true that IOS have some limitation, but those limitati... morePlease for that is a no limitations. Is permit not granted. Steve tell it to do so.IOS wanted to be solo for being untouched.One Day Steve will tell u iPhone can only call iphone like facetime If they gain more %. We use our phone globally and wan to connect,send or share it globally. IPhone don't like others phone to be connect that why jailbreak answer all to it. They are the same actually. Can cross share playing I bet u never try out like us do.
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JASAWR, 02 Jun 2011ahahahaha.
symbian is not growing at all, symbian holds s... moreU cannot read article fully even the heading
Grrrrrrrr
Symbian still maintains lot of market
The article is only about smartphones and USA
What about entire phones combines ? Worldwide
Symbian still top of list
But worldwide smartphone market - android still number one
It takes another 5 years to cross Symbian market.
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- 02 Jun 2011
I really got to laugh at android because its distributed for free.
Many say iOS not true muli-tasking.
Whats true multi-tasking then ?
Only difference is no widgets.
Some may say "no-flash"
But even adobe recently ditching flash because they also started promoting HTML-5
Because of more standards and more advantages
Even youtube videos encoded with h.264.
And most of websites have apps so there is no need that much for flash.
Only thing i love about android are widgets but android devices are too bad for battery and slowdown during multi-tasking. They become even more sluggish especially in those moments where u really get frustrated.
Yes they have choice for devices that one of huge advantages out there.
I can buy low end or high end devices basing on my needs.
Overall both same
Android got some advantages and iOS got some advantages
Both have downsides.
Overall both OS are good
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- 02 Jun 2011
Funny how they say iOS is a close 2nd...
36% > 26% > 23%...
Still :)
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- 02 Jun 2011
ahahahaha.
symbian is not growing at all, symbian holds some 2% of the worlds os market share, symbian is terrible.
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Windows ?
Wt are you talking about, i hate using it in my lappy even.
Just Android or IOS, there is no 3rd option other than these two for a better smart phone, u may consider Bada, bt it will take time for it to catch IOS & Android.
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AnonD-7191, 01 Jun 2011Can iPhone host wifi to Let 5 device to play online in no n... moreIt's true that IOS have some limitation, but those limitations are not a deal breaker for the masses that's why they still buying iPhones because they embrace for what those limitations are and focus more of what it can do. For your information, some of the things you mentioned, IOS already have this like the WiFi personal hotspot. Android on the other hand has lots of potential but few hiccups made me think if switching to Android is worth sacrificing my iPhone 4. While I was trying to convince myself to switch to Android, they need to fix some basic features that they don't have which really matters to normal users:
- They need to improve the WPA Interprise support for the WiFi. The Galaxy S cannot connect to our WiFi, same with HTC models that I tried.
- There is no native support for the secondary camera to make video calls on popular IM. YM video call cannot use front camera, no support for Skype video call.
- Improve WiFi connection. They even cannot connect to a ad-hoc connection.
- Hardware accelerated application so they can take advantage of dual core CPU.
- Timely and regular updates of OS.
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Nokia won't change till the day it dies,symbian is well and truly on its deathbed in India... just look at their dropping sales.
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AnonD-123, 02 Jun 2011Just for comparison's sake, here's the breakdown in Canada:... moreOk don't listen about that blackberry is on top. In the mobile market. Blackberry stock is the lowest
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Symbian is still alive!!it's still the bestselling OS worldwide! With Anna comin, X7 n E5 it wont lose that position quickly!
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Ofcourse android is on top. They have far much more money to invest in development
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AnonD-8044, 02 Jun 2011I stil buy and support nokis/symbian and its far from dead.... moreYou wish
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Ashura, 01 Jun 2011Your still using Symbian in india?Symbian is a dieing/dead ... moreBe careful, your ignorance is showing. With over 1 billion people and 25% of them below the poverty line and estimates of yearly income below US$3,000.00, having the latest and greatest mobile smartphone is the last thing on their minds. Symbian handsets can be had for $20.00 or less new and off contract. Can any of your "smartphones" compete with that? NO! It's a different market and almost a different world. You probably aren't aware that these Symbian users were texting years before you smartphone users could even spell hi on a standard handset keyboard.
"Your still using Symbian in india?Symbian is a dieing/dead OS.I hope you guys switch over to Android/WP7 soon because that´s the future of smartphone/tablet os"
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Just for comparison's sake, here's the breakdown in Canada:
BlackBerry 42%
iOS 31%
Android 12.2%
Symbian 6.4%
MS 5.1%
http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/06/01/report-rim-has-42-of-canadian-smartphone-market-followed-by-apple-with-31/
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Ashura, 01 Jun 2011Your still using Symbian in india?Symbian is a dieing/dead ... moreSymbian is king in India because of the abundance of cheap handsets to cater for the lower and middle income earners (ie targeting the poor or not-so-well-off). Android and iOS are making headway, but only for those who can afford the expensive handsets in metro areas. As 50% live under the poverty line, you can imagine that Nokias Symbian phones will sell like hotcakes compared to the high end phones. So Symbian will stay king for a while in terms of number of handsets sold.