Android OS - The First 100 Devices
Since the first appearance of an Android OS Device in October 2008, PercentMobile has recorded mobile web activity for more than 100 different Android OS devices. This is roughly one new device per week over the past 2 years. Considering that it took almost 6 months for the second Android OS device to appear, the growth rate is nothing short of astonishing. Not everything that Google does such as Wave, Latitude, and Buzz is granted success and acceptance, but those were toys for the fringe. Globally dominating the future of Web with its open source operating system is what you call a good long term strategy. The first versions of the operating system weren’t as polished and perfect as its iOS counterpart, but the Google Android team is fast and agile as a lean startup. Android went through more iterations of its OS then any other competitor and is quickly approaching maturity. We don’t believe that they will simply out-muscle everyone else. Apple iOS and BlackBerry OS are formidable modern Operating Systems that run on amazing devices. Nokia, however, with its ancient Symbian OS running on mainly old-fashioned devices, will have an even harder time while they make it more difficult for future impostures such as Windows Phone to reach significant market share. It will still take time for Android to level with Apple and BlackBerry, but when they do, duck for cover. Here is to the first 100!!
