#Android surpass Symbian

Reports came in that in the 4th quarter of 2010, Google's Android mobile operating system surpassed that of Nokia's Symbian in terms of smartphone shipments worldwide. Smartphones with Android OS shipped a total of 32.9 million during the last quarter of 2010 while Symbian-powered smartphones only accounted for 31 million. I think there wasn't any doubt that Android would eventually exceed the number of installs on smartphones compared to Symbian. Symbian is only being shipped with Nokia hardware and no other devices (Samsung & Sony-Ericsson abandoned the OS in favor of Android) while Google's Android is being used by a huge number of handset manufacturers -- from Motorola, SE, LG, Dell, Samsung up to the less known players like ZTE, Huawei and the likes. Nokia has flatly denied any plans to go Android and refreshes its commitment for the Symbian platform. Nokia is forever married to the Symbian platform and it's going to be a long shot if we can ever see a Nokia handset with an Android OS in it. Nokia is also promoting its own non-profit Symbian Foundation which combined several different operating systems (Symbian OS, S60, UIQ, MOAP) and made the whole thing open source (read: free, just like Android). If Nokia gives in to Android as the better platform than Symbian, it will continue to lose market share in the growing smartphone market. Read more in our articles including "Of course Android would surpass Symbian..." and "Google previews Android 12L for tablets, foldables, ChromeOS devices".