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Re:Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobil... by archgrove on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @04:34PM (#3155763)
If true, this has been a while coming, but I'm taking the source with a grain of salt. It makes no mention of methodology for data gathering. Apple don't, in general, share their data. Nor do Google. It doesn't mention of what a "Mobile App download" is. Are iPod Touch and iPad included in the stats (which make more > 50% of iOS installations)? In app purchase data? What about Amazon App Store?

Of course, the only way to get the even skimpy details is to cough up a price (that isn't even available until you log in). The rest of their site seems to indicate that "Mobile" means phone handsets, which are not the only source of installs for iOS and Android.

Edit: I had a small rant about "analysts", the plague of our industry, but decided it didn't add anything (I hope I'm preaching to the converted).

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Re:Android Overtakes Apple with 44% Worldwide Share of Mobil... by samstokes on Tuesday October 25, 2011 @05:15PM (#3155914)
It sounds like they are including third party app stores, presumably including Amazon's:

Being a free platform has expanded the Android device install base, which in turn has driven growth in the number of third party multi-platform and mobile operator app stores

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