Google Android Success in Contract Market Hides another Truth

The flow in sale of Google-based Android handsets in the first three months of 2010 mean the end of the traditional feature phone at least in the mobile contract market.

This could bode poorly for the likes of Symbian and proprietary mobile platforms which have been slowly pushed out of the higher end of the market by the iPhone, Blackberry and Android, into mainstream and now further down into the entry level.

There are a couple of reasons to explain why Android is popular in the market and why it is having an impact on the market. First the sheer amount of Android smartphones on the market; at the last count there were more than a dozen from the likes of ZTE, Dell, LG, Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Acer.

More handsets mean more options and more competition, therefore better range for handsets and newer technologies coming to the market and trickling down to mainstream faster. The only major phone makers not to sell any Android phones are Nokia, Apple and RIM, mostly because they have their own mobile platforms to protect.
NEWS SOURCE: www.itproportal.com

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