The market – which takes into account smartphone, tablet, and notebook shipments – grew to 308.7 million, representing year-on-year growth of 37.4 percent. But despite this market segment including traditional notebook devices powered by Windows, it is Android, a product of the Open Handset Alliance, which is making the biggest gains. During the quarter, Android was the operating system powering 59.5 percent of smart devices shipped. Behind Android was Apple’s iOS with a 19.3 percent market share, and Microsoft with 18.1 percent. (via Android is crushing Apple and Microsoft in the mobile device market | ZDNet)
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