Android and iPhone OS Pave the Way for Huge Smartphone Growth [STATS]

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Looking at the entire mobile devices market, smartphones are still a relatively small blip on the radar. Nokia dominates, having shipped 110 million units in Q1 2010 and holding 35% of the market; in comparison, Apple's sale of 8.3 million devices and 2.7% market share seems puny.

Still, the smartphone grew an amazing 49% in the first three months of 2010. "In the first quarter of 2010, smartphone sales to end users saw their strongest year-on-year increase since 2006," said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner. "This growth is a huge opportunity for well-positioned players such as Google and Apple; Nokia and Microsoft will have to improve their smartphone offerings soon in order to stay relevant.

See Gartner's entire report here.