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Graham · 08-17-2011, 01:44 PM

Those figures refer to the number of Android tablets shipped to resellers, not tablets sold. They were widely commented on as being misleading. While the Android share certainly is growing, I think the current figure for sales is estimated to be between 15% and 20% of the market. I also suspect that that is based on activations of Honeycomb as not all the individual manufacturers quote sales numbers.

So Android is definitely growing, but the article may be valid. We'll see whether the rise continues. I suspect that it will, because in the same way there was a path to follow from iPod to iPad, so there should be a draw to move from Android phone to Android tablet. But the article's points about marketing and the overall ecosystem and buying experience are powerful ones.

Graham

08-17-2011, 01:44 PM	#11
Graham Wizard Posts: 2,742 Karma: 32912427 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Yorkshire, UK Device: Kobo H20, Pixel 2, Samsung Chromebook Plus	Those figures refer to the number of Android tablets shipped to resellers, not tablets sold. They were widely commented on as being misleading. While the Android share certainly is growing, I think the current figure for sales is estimated to be between 15% and 20% of the market. I also suspect that that is based on activations of Honeycomb as not all the individual manufacturers quote sales numbers. So Android is definitely growing, but the article may be valid. We'll see whether the rise continues. I suspect that it will, because in the same way there was a path to follow from iPod to iPad, so there should be a draw to move from Android phone to Android tablet. But the article's points about marketing and the overall ecosystem and buying experience are powerful ones. Graham Last edited by Graham; 08-17-2011 at 01:46 PM. Reason: missing 'is'.