Androids to rule the world? Google, I mean.

Android to rule the world. All hail the Androids.

Google are going to take over the mobile world with their Android system.


Not really.


Although interest in the operating system has increased as Android now hold 38% of the market, parallel to Apple's iOS. RIM's Blackberry OS only hold 19% of the market, making up 95%. That's over a third of the market each held by Google and Apple.


The only problem with the Android OS is that a lot of the time it has to be adapted to each handset and not just a single platform like the iOS, so a ROM that works on one handset may not work on another. The upside to this is that because Android is open-source it can be adapted to work on other handsets, including Windows handsets.


Windows, Symbian and other phone operating systems make up the other 5% of the market.


It may seem like we can see less of the Symbian system as Nokia have now merged with Microsoft, but to be honest the change in the uptake of Windows Mobile 7 will be negligible, as it's not the most popular operating system on mobiles... or computers depending on who you are