据信息技术咨询与服务公司Gartner的最新监测显示android在全球的市场份额已经提升到25.5%，仅次于symbian的36.6%。这个比值已经高于苹果IOS的16.7%。

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在2010年第三季的全球手机操作系统市场份额分布当中，symbian的份额依然领先，以36.6%高居榜首，相比较于上一年度同期份额的44.6%下滑8个百分点。android全球份额晋升到25.5%，相比较于上一年度同期份额的3.5%，翻了将近7倍。而苹果的IOS以16.7%的市场份额位居第三，相比较于上一年度同期份额的17.1%，略微下滑0.4个百分点。

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相比较去年同期市场份额严重下滑的，还包括RIM，从20.7%下滑到14.8%；微软windows pjone则从去年的7.9%下滑到现在的2.8%；linux也遭遇下滑，从4.7%下滑到2.1%。

从整个数据列表来看，android已经越来越趋向食物链的顶端，随时有可能吞噬掉其他操作系统所占的份额。（本文由游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明：游戏邦）

Gartner’s third quarter smartphone data is out today and it looks like Android is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds. According to the latest report, Android accounted for 25.5 percent of worldwide smartphone sales, making it the No. 2 operating system, rising from a 3.5 percent marketshare in the same quarter in 2009. Apple’s iOS, on the other hand, dropped from last year, from 17.1 percent in 2009 to 16.6 percent in 2010. Symbian took the top spot with 36.6 percent of sales share.

Gartner also said that global mobile phone sales totaled 417 million units in the third quarter of 2010, a 35 percent increase from the third quarter of 2009. Smartphone sales grew 96 percent from the third quarter last year, and smartphones accounted for 19.3 percent of overall mobile phone sales in the third quarter of 2010.

In terms of North America stats, Apple’s share surged past Research In Motion (RIM) but it still falls behind Android. Gartner estimated that Android phones accounted for 75 percent to 80 percent of Verizon Wireless’s smartphone trade in the third quarter of 2010.

Android’s staggering growth isn’t surprising, considering there have been similar reports of the operating system’s ascent up the smartphone food chain. Recent Nielsen data showed that Android devices were the most popular choice for new smartphone purchases over the past six months. （source：techcrunch）