![]() ![]() ![]() The rise of Android has been helped by the recent release of the HTC Desire, which has been favourably compared with the iPhone and lauded by critics as better than Google's own-branded Nexus One device. Previous iterations of Android have been named after pastries - such as donut, cupcake and the latest version 2.1 eclair - but it has now switched to other foodstuffs: the new 2.2 version is called 'froyo', or frozen yoghurt. Google is expected to unveil the latest version of Android at a two-day developer event in California starting on Wednesday. In the UK, almost one in every five smartphones sold now uses Android, according to retail experts GfK. The market for phones that can send emails, access the web and download applications is still dominated by the BlackBerry, made by Canada's Research In Motion and a brand which last year celebrated its 10th birthday. ![]() In the first quarter of the year, phones with Android outsold Apple's iPhone in the US for the first time, according to market research by the NPD Group. Apple must decide whether it wants to remain a trend setting niche player - though admittedly a highly profitable one - as it has in the home computing world, or grab a greater slice of the market by producing a wider range of devices, as it has with personal digital music players.ĭespite a shaky start when the first device, the G1, went on sale more than a year after Apple's iPhone had launched, Android has gained real traction in the last few months in its battle with Apple. ![]() Certainly, Apple's share of the mobile phone market will be eroded as more and more devices are launched that use Google's platform. ![]()
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