Android is at around 13% market share. Lets keep things in perspective.
Indeed.
One problem is that the term market share can mean more than one thing - is that referring to total over time - or units sold.
Another problem can be the source of info itself. From the OP's link:
Both Apple and RIM lost smartphone market share to Google's Android platform this spring, comScore found today.
Note in the original article that "comScore" was a redirected link - it redirected thru MacNN.com - you know - the iPhone/iPod news aggregator.
But - I can't slag them too badly - top of MacNN.com right this second as I look is an ad for the EVO!
In any case - market share - by long-term penetration? By units sold? Within a specific market?
The market share argument has been heating up for a few months - led by this article - very in-depth, ok?
Reality Check: NPD’s Android vs. iPhone sales headlines — RoughlyDrafted Magazine
The fact that article author also wrote,
Snow Leopard Server (Developer Reference) probably has no bearing on the case whatsoever. (Some of you may know Snow Leopard by its other name - Mac OS X 10.6.)
Note the uncanny agreement in analysis with this NEW study compared to that one by Roughly Drafted. (Don't mind me, I'm certain that's a coincidence.)
So - where was I?
Right here:
From:
U.S. Android Sales Beat iPhone in Q1 - Study
Like Sun Tze always said:
Never play the game if you can play the player.
Anyway - I think he said that.
Besides, always quote a Chinese philosopher when declaring victory - it dilutes reality and causes immense web search problems for what Chinese philosophers have actually said. In fact, Lao Tze's entire written works on record are less than 1/2 of what the web said he said.
Lao Tze agreed with Sun Tze and was also reported to have said:
If I were alive today, I'd be using a using an Android to keep up with my peeps.
PS - Looks a little different than 13% and a 1 point gain, doesn't it?