operating system (OS) Google Mobile continues to dominate the global smartphone market in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Windows Phone managed slight improvement and is now the third most widely used mobile platform, behind the iPhone, from Apple.
Google celebrated the 900 million Android devices activated.
Androidconsolidates at the top of the podium of smartphones, after the data from the first quarter of 2013. In second place is still Apple, thanks to strong sales of its flagship product: the iPhone.
consolidates the tip.
However, in the third place finish was a significant move: the Windows Phone platform from Microsoft, managed to surpass BlackBerry, after remaining several years as the third option, became the fourth.
According to a study published by IDC, Android continues to dominate the global smart phone market, while Windows Phone took third place behind Apple, leaving Blackberry in fourth place, despite the efforts of the Canadian company to overcome its deep crisis.
worth remembering that Google’s mobile OS is used by various manufacturers, including the technology is Samsung. South Korean firm was able to obtain in the first quarter three out of four Android activations, which represents 75% share of the green android.
Windows Phone 
Slow, Windows Phone also advances.
Thus, Android and Samsung increase its lead over its main rival, Apple, which although would consolidate achieved with 17.3% of the competitive market, thanks to sales of its flagship mobile device, the iPhone, not could bridge the gap that separates them.
duopoly behind Android and iOS, the U.S. software giant, Microsoft, managed to make its mobile operating system Windows Phone proceed to snatch your BlackBerry made, although the improvement is slight, and happened to have a share market from 2.6% to 3.2%, mainly by sales of terminals Lumia, Nokia.
Despite the renovation, BB fails to seduce.
Thus, the pioneer manufacturer of smartphones, Canadian Blackberry, dropped to fourth after finishing with only 2.9% of the market. However, IDC revealed that BB managed to sell over a million handsets with its new BB10 platform recently launched.
“The arrival of Windows Phone to the third position is a news and validates the direction taken by Microsoft and Nokia key supporter,” said Kevin Restivo, an IDC analyst.
“Having regard to the relatively weak volume generated, Windows should display other benefits to consolidate its status as an alternative to Android or iOS” he said about it.
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