But there’s an Android approachingApple’s iPhone now accounts for 50 per cent of worldwide smartphone usage, according to a new report. But off in the distance, there’s an Android approaching.…[From iPhone conquers half the (smartphone) world]
Or perhaps receding? The mavens posit a two horse race between iPhone and Android but the handset makers like Android because it’s free as in beer rather than as in speech which doesn’t indicate an interest in investing in the expense of competing with the quality of the iPhone OS. Also I don’t see Microsoft giving up so easily, even if it means abandoning their licensing strategy and building their own Zune-phone.