Can Android dominate the business mobile market?

Google's Android operating system for mobile phones is on the rise with consumers. Sales of mobile handsets running this OS have grown by 350 per cent in the last three months. But are business mobile users interested in moving over to Android?

With so many SmartPhones about, people are getting to grips with the fact that their phone is running a particular operating system, whether that be Windows Mobile, Symbian or Android. They are now choosing their new phones based upon operating system and giving the new kid on the block a chance to wow them.

The increase in market share for Android from 3 percent to 13 percent this year is based partly upon this, and partly upon so many new handsets choosing to run the OS out of the box.

However, consumers usually only have 1 phone and use it as a standalone device. Businesses with multiple phones, and particulary those with email servers, need to make sure that the OS their phones are running is compatible with their existing IT hardware.

Many IT workers, used to synching Windows devices, would still prefer to use Windows Mobile based phones to make their life easier. However other OSs will work trouble free and it is only a matter of time before Android starts to gain a foothold in the business market.

We are yet to see any great demand for Android-based phones in the business mobile arena but there is no doubt we will be supplying more of them in the future. Once people cotton on to how good the Android OS can be, particularly as it is revised more often than other operating systems, then a surge in demand from canny businesses is expected.

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