According to a new report from market research firm Ovum, Android will have firmly established itself as the
dominant mobile OS by 2017. During this time, Ovum thinks that the smartphone market will grow almost 25%, hitting 1.7 billion units by 2017. Those are some pretty big numbers.
Ovum thinks that Android's dominance is inevitable, thanks to its broad support from handset makers and the low costs involved with using it in a device. Since so many devices are being produced for the Android platform, it's just hard for anyone else to compete, especially since Android's numbers are still on the rise.
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