Research and Markets Offers Report: Android Device Base Database by Vendor, Handset Model, Region and Country Q3 2011

Research and Markets announced the addition of the "Android device base database by Vendor, Handset Model, Region and Country Q3 2011" report to its offerings.

In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include:
New research from Signals and Systems Telecom reveals the number of Android devices by individual handset model, vendor, region and country as of October 2011. Revelation of the actual quantity of android devices by handset model and regions will greatly assist Android application developers to target specific applications for specific geographic regions or specific handset series, besides making application much easier, said James Bennett, Director of market research at Signals and Systems Telecom.

With global shipments increasing by 280 percent in 2011, android smartphones have attained a global smartphone market share of 32 percent in a relatively short span of time from just 13 percent in 2010. Google recently announced in its Q3 2011 conference call that the total number of android activations had surpassed 190 million, up from 135 million in Q2 2011.

Furthermore Google's recently announced acquisition of Motorola with its 17,000 approved and 7500 pending patents, will considerably assist in the protection of android and it's ecosystem from patent infringement lawsuits. The move is further likely boost android sales, and consequently the market share.

The database covers the worldwide market divided in 7 regions (Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, Latin and Central America) over 215 android devices from Acer, Altek, Commtiva, Coolpad, Dell, Dopod, GarminAsus, Gigabyte, HTC, Huawei, i-Mobile, INQ Mobile, KT Tech, KTFT, K- Touch, Lenovo, LG, Micromax, Motorola, NEC, Pantech & Curitel, Samsung, Sharp, SK telesys, Sony Ericsson, Spice Mobiles, Toshiba, Videocon Mobile and ZTE. The target audience for this report includes handset manufacturers, application developers and mobile network operators. The following 13 major countries are individually covered as well: U.S.A., U.K., Canada, Germany, Brazil, Russia, India, China, Indonesia, Mexico, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. Further statistics from additional countries can be supplied on demand. The database reveals that HTC's Wildfire series and Samsung's Galaxy series of smartphones are leading the market share, with the U.S. and China leading the market from a regional perspective. All variants of particular smartphone series are individually covered in the database. As an example, for the Samsung Galaxy S series, the GT-i7500, Galaxy, GT-i9000, Galaxy S, GT- i9100, Galaxy S II and all other individual variations are covered individually.