Sorry but I think this report is skewed on many levels.

IOS: 3 devices
RIM: about 30
Android: 90+ devices

How does 90 devices compare to 3 devices?

It's like saying Windows is most popular OS in world compared to Linux.

Topic is misused, I would say "Android is most "Used" OS" therefore it's most popular.

PS: I am not Apple fan boy and I did not have any apple juice this morning. But am Android lover and Linux user for 10 years now.

If this is a statement about platforms, why aren’t iPad numbers included? The iPad is the only non-phone device that is running a mobile platform.

Android world domination… a matter of time. What i find great is how Android at ver. 2.2 has already surpassed iOS in features. Open Source will always win out over the apple lock down.

It is interesting to note that the report mentions consumers – are these regular consumers or business? Blackberry has lead the way in providing smartphones for business users. I can't imagine given Apple's recent and ongoing difficulties with phone reception and data transfer (At least in the UK) that they will overtake RIM's offering anytime soon.

Graph 2 totals add to ~79%. So what's going on with the remainder?

Jobs has done it again, just like he did it with the Macs in the 80s. iPhones will become a niche player in the mobile market, just like the Macs are a niche now in the PC market. Don't get me wrong he is a genius, in the 80's he was the one that made graphical interfaces for the OS very popular with the introduction Machintosh… Remember? It was the greatest. Then what happened, Bill Gates copied it and we now have the Windoze jargonaut. It could have been Apple instead of M$FT. What was Jobs mistake? He didn't allow vendors to clone his precious Macs. Instead Bill Gates welcomed them and the rest is history. Now Steve Jobs has done it again, he got into a corner with AT&T, and he has kept a tight grip on the developers. While Google is replaying Microsoft's killer tune… Remember this a couple of years from now.

RIM is in trouble and look out Apple!!

It looks like Apple finally has some real competition on their hands! This can only be good for everyone involved..

Does this include other devices which iOS and Android run on?
Or is it just looking at Android on mobile phones vs iOS on the iPhone3/4?

Have one. Love it!

Funny how stats can be misleading – we operate a big chain of media properties with huge traffic and looking at these numbers, it would have been natural to focus on Android development. But then we looked at logs on our mobile sites and iPhone was outperforming Android 100:1. Most phone makers stick Android on every crapy phone they make because that's the only choice they have (nobody in their right mind would use Symbian), but that doesn't necessarily make it an Internet friendly mobile device for an active Web user. It's getting better, but just hold off before you declare world domination. And remember, the world's number 1 software maker is coming with their revamped mobile offering Oct 11 :)

Ipod Touch?

What does the number of devices have to do with it? If you want to bring that number up, I don't see how it is somehow a positive point for Apple. In what world is it preferable to have fewer choices?

It is indeed the battle of “one versus many”… The second graph highlights quite an interesting trend – relatively stable share of the market held by iPhone but rapidly growing share of Android OS. It indicates to me that all those who meant to buy iPhone have already done so. So, there is not much potential for Apple to find many more new buyers for its phones! The only way for them to make money now is to release new models with increased frequency (already a new model promised in early 2011) – to maintain sales revenue by selling “must have” upgrades to existing group of very loyal users.

It also indicates that the bulk of new users are most likely those switching from older mobile phone technologies to the latest generation of smartphones… Conclusion of Android OS dominance is unavoidable.

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Early smartphone buyers (mainly iPhone) are going to be those who use web apps most. Later smartphone buyers may just buy because it looks cool, and at first have little use for the web features. Then as new apps catch their eye, they will start to use the web more.

Monthly bills are also a factor – many carriers have been reluctant to offer affordable unlimited data packages. Expect this to change shortly. But until iPhone is available on other carriers they are limiting themselves to about 25% of the total market.

Android is definitely gaining market share but that is because they have added so many products to the Android product line. RIM's future in the smartphone industry may be grim; only 42% of Blackberry owners plan on purchasing a Blackberry for their next phone. That is in stark contrast with they 89% of iOS users and 71% of Android users that plan to stick with their current OS and remain allegiant to their brand.

The "Crackberry addicts" seem to be on the road to recovery.

Till date open source software have never beaten paid-for software.

It's a one-day-my-prince-will-come dream that techies have that is yet to be realized.

rmunix, lack of at least some control leaves chaos. Have you used an Android phone from different cell providers?

Having a platform that is completely open (as you suggest) does nothing but provide cell carriers an opportunity to lock the devices down with their own proprietary software. The experience is never consistent and is a pain for both consumers and developers.

The notion that Android is more 'open' than iOS is flawed on so many levels. There is no such thing.

Protip: Ipad's not a smartphone.