Google Android Continues To Crush Competition

Google Android owns the majority of mobile operating system market, according to recent reports released, relegating Apple and its iPhone to second place in the smartphone race.

According to research released by NPD Group, Google Android saw an 11 percent third quarter market share boost over the previous quarter. NPD Group said that 44 percent of all smartphones purchased in the third quarter had Google Android as their OS.

Meanwhile, Apple and its iOS stayed relatively steady, increasing just one percent between the second and third quarter to 23 percent.

Android's and Apple's top contender, RIM and its BlackBerry OS, dropped to third place with third quarter sales hitting just 22 percent of the market, a 6 percentage point dip from the second quarter, NPD Group noted.

NPD Group said that Google Android is riding the wave of several successful smartphone launches in previous months. And while the Apple iPhone 4 saw the highest number of single handsets sold to consumers, it wasn't enough to beat out mighty Android.

But Android's battle with Apple didn't take center stage. Instead, NPD Group said, Android's outshining of RIM helped push it to the top.

Canalys weighs in
"Much of Android's quarterly share growth came at the expense of RIM, rather than Apple," Ross Rubin, Executive Director, Industry Analysis, NPD, said in a statement. "The HTC EVO 4G, Motorola Droid X, and other new high-end Android devices have been gaining momentum at carriers that traditionally have been strong RIM distributors, and the recent introduction of the BlackBerry Torch has done little to stem the tide."

Along with NPD Group, UK research firm Canalys also released a report showing that Google Android has tightened its stranglehold on the mobile OS market in the third quarter.

According to Canalys' figures, the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), which uses Android in 9.1 million phones, had 44 percent of smartphone shipments in the third quarter, an increase of 10 percent from the previous quarter. Apple, meanwhile, had 26 percent of the smartphone market with 5.5 million devices sold that use iOS. RIM also placed third in Canalys' findings, owning just over 24 percent of the market.

Panda Partners With CyberStar

In a bid to breathe life into its India business, Panda Security has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Cyberstar Infocom.

Cyberstar will distribute Panda’s entire portfolio including Panda ActiveScan 2.0 range of end-point security, UTM appliances under the GateDefender brand and cloud security offerings in form of CloudOffice Protection and CloudEmail Protection.

“Though we have been in India for a few years now, we felt this is the right time to expand and partner with Cyberstar as a distributor to offer installation and customer support that will enhance and complement our business,” said Chin Yoke Mon, Marketing Director, Panda Security.

Cyberstar will appoint a set of authorized sub-distributors for market coverage and penetration for Panda products. “We will be appointing one sub-distributor in each of the leading 50 cities. We have established a call center in Chennai exclusively for Panda customers and will offer toll-free support. We have deployed 15 engineers for partner and customer support, and plan to double the team soon,” said Raj Rathi, Managing Director, Cyberstar Infocom.

Cyberstar plans to sell 50,000 boxes of Panda’s consumer antivirus per month. The consumer offerings consist of Panda Antivirus Pro 2011, Internet Security 2011 and Global Protection 2011.

Yoke Mon informed that Panda will launch its UTM appliances—GateDefender Performa for large enterprises and GateDefender Integra for small businesses, and its cloud offerings—six months later.

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Asus To Offer Tablets For Windows 7 And Android

The president of Asus Computers said Asus will release a number of tablet devices with varying form factors beginning in January of next year.

In addition, Asus will sell the 9-inch Eee Reader DR-900 and the 8-inch Eee Note through the channel beginning late next month.

The company plans to launch its 12-inch Eee Note tablet running Windows 7 first and follow up with two 7-inch versions and two 9-inch versions in March of next year, according to Digitimes. One of the 9-inch tablets will run Android with Nvidia's Tegra 2 chip for tablets inside, while the other will run Windows 7, likely powered by an Intel Atom chip.

One of the 7-inch tablets will reportedly include Wi-Fi capability, while the other will include 3G and phone functionality.

"Asustek is aiming to mass produce the 12-inch model featuring the Wintel platform in December and will start selling the device in the channel in January 2011," said Jerry Shen, President, Asus, in an interview with Digitimes.

Asus' broader strategy
Tablets represent a major battlefield for Asus in 2011, Shen said.

According to the report, Asus is working closely with Microsoft on improving touch control and user interface for its devices. In addition, the Taiwan-based manufacturer has transferred hundreds of technicians from its handheld device department to PC research and development, according to Digitimes.

Aside from mobile phones, Asus' products include laptops and servers, while its strongest market presence is in motherboards.

The company also produces components for other manufacturers, including HP, Dell and Apple. Over the last several years, Asus has positioned itself as a competitor to the same large OEMs whom it supplies.

As a result of its upstart status and location in Taiwan, Asus used to have to wait about six months to receive engineering samples from Intel—well after more established hardware manufacturers received theirs. But as of 2009, the company receives prototypes from Intel before most manufacturers.

(Courtesy: www.crn.in)