Jason Lee
04-08-2011, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/07/gartner-android-grabbing-over-38-percent-of-smartphone-market-i/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/07/...phone-market-i/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"We like, ok, love poking fun at analysts' long term forecasts given the volatility of the smartphone market. Nobody, neither Gartner nor IDC, predicted the meteoric rise of Android and iOS, thus making their four-year projections (measured to a decimal point) laughable, to say the least. Shorten that timeline to the end of the year, however, and the accuracy of these forecasts tends to increase dramatically."</em></p><p><img height="385" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/adt/auto/1302297095.usr206.jpg" style="border: 0;" width="498" /></p><p>If this guestimate is even close to correct this if really not good news for those Symbian people. Everyone pretty much knew that Symbian was doomed but by the end of next year? eep! Even RIM is on the down hill slide but it looks as if Symbian just drove off the cliff. Though it is reassuring to know that Android is finally on the cusp of achieving world domination. *insert maniacal laughter here* I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome all of the former Symbian users to the Android Thoughts community. ;)</p>