Gartner posts worldwide mobile OS numbers for 2008

This table pretty much speaks for itself as a snapshot of the year in smartphones that was 2008 (according to Gartner) -- a breakout year for the category particularly in the US. As you'd expect from the smartphone device tallies we saw yesterday, RIM and Apple have the momentum largely at the expense of Symbian's declining market share and the stagnation of Windows Mobile in an otherwise growing market segment. Palm's also a bit of a surprise showing 42.2% growth for the year. With any luck, Palm could turn this table upside down in 2009 with a successful global launch of WebOS. Regardless, you can bet that developers are paying particularly close attention to these numbers as they decide where to best align their resources for maximum financial gain.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 11:43AM]

So in Android listed under 'Other OSs" or under 'Linux'?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:17PM]

I like how 12% growth for WM is considered "stagnation". Huh.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 1:38PM]

If you read the data again, you'll see that Microsofts (WM) market share has slipped from 12.0 to 11.8. Abraham Lincoln said it best, I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him."

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 14th 2009 5:53PM]

Yeah, like the iPhone guy said... WM lost .2 percent market share of a vastly bigger market and yet still had GROWTH and sold 5 MILLION more devices in 2008 than iPhone, but pointing out the .2 percent has justified his goofy Lincoln ramblings and the total demise of WM. Not. Cripes, everyone on the list will be in trouble WHEN they make WM pretty(wm7) and put some advertising behind it.