Samsung: We hold 25% of the worldwide touchscreen phone market!
By Dusan Belic on Monday, March 16th, 2009 at 1:21 AM PST In Announcements, Samsung
Just when they announced that more than 5 million F480 units has been shipped to date, Samsung is out with yet another number. This time the Korean giant is claiming a quarter (25%) of the overall touchscreen phone market!
Most of the devices shipped run Samsung’s own widget-friendly TouchWIZ UI, although some models for North America like the Instinct have a different kind of interface.
On that note, it would be interesting to see what kind of UI will they bring to Android. Will they port TouchWIZ to Google (NSDQ: GOOG)’s platform or go for Android’s native interface, like the one we’ve seen on the HTC Dream (G1) and Magic? Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them unveiling a TouchWIZ-enabled Android phone. After all, Samsung has already brought its UI to Windows Mobile and Symbian, hence conquering another platform doesn’t seem that problematic. We’ll have to wait and see…
[Via: Unwired View]
I hope smartphone OSes eventually evolve to a concept where there is a common Linux platform with different installable “desktops” (e.g. Android/webOS/Symbian/Blackberry/etc.)…kinda like KDE & GNOME. This would be beneficial because:
1. device vendors would be able to differentiate their devices with a unique user experience.
2. component vendors would have fewer drivers to develop & support.
3. consumers would theoretically be able to change “desktops”, without changing devices.
4. the linux platform would be community developed & supported (versus being re-invented for every smartphone OS).
5. the linux platform would be portable to different CPU architectures (e.g. ARM & x86).