Linux for smartphones to grow at 75% a year
Fact recorded on: September 8, 2007. Categories: OS.
Over the next 5 years, Linux is expected to be the fastest growing Smartphone OS with a compound annual growth rate in excess of 75%. By 2012, a recent study from ABI Research forecasts the Linux-based OS to account for nearly 31% of all smart devices in the market, representing more than 331 mln cumulative shipments over the same period.
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