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Android Might Be Top Mobile OS Globally By 2014

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Mashable!; By Christina Warren
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Gartner has released a report predicting that by 2014, Android will be second only to Symbian in mobile operating system marketshare worldwide, with the two platforms accounting for nearly 60 percent of the mobile OS market within the next four years. The news follows numerous recent bullish reports on the state of Android in the U.S.

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I always find reading projections like this five years on. Sometimes the results are hysterical.

Yes, Android may be the top mobile platform in four years. Then again, maybe MeeGo will gain ground due to the suit against Google. Or it could be something else...
Somebody at my 'national computer forum' just linked to 2006 forecast. It said "Windows to rule the mobile world in 2010". What else would you expect, Android, MeeGo and iOS were unknown or didn't exist back then.
Of course, Daniel Eran Dilger, the iphone fanboi predicts Android won't even be in the running, or even be.

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/08/14/how-oracle-might-ki...

Four years seems like a very long time to me just now.

The land is overrun with gurus and prophets.

It is good to come here and read rational thoughts.
Rational thoughts? Here?!?
@gus3: One can hope.

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