Google’s Android Market Share Surge
According to an article in today’s Wall Street Journal, a recent report from IDC reports that Google’s Android global market share is now at 79%, up from 69% at the end of the last year. Apple’ s market share slipped to 13% while Blackberry, once the market leader, now stands at under 3%.
Steve Mollenkopf, president and operating chief of mobile chip giant Qualcomm Inc. is quoted in the article that “You are seeing tremendous growth in the developing world. Companies selling there are picking up Android and driving that.”
What does this mean for Apple and Blackberry? Read the complete article below.
Googles Android Seizes Smartphone Market – WSJ.com.
In a related article, AllThingsD’S, Ina Fried reports that Blackberry continues to lose more top level executives.