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It seems that for the first time, smartphones running on Google’s Android OS have outsold the iPhone for the first time in the U.S.

Google’s Android-based smartphones accounted for 28% of smartphone sales, while the iPhone accounted for 21%, according to market research firm NPD.

I can think of MANY reasons for this. The iPhone is only on one US carrier (AT&T) and is at the end of its product life so sales would be naturally down (in my eyes) as more people will be waiting for the next generation iPhone.

It’s still quite an achievement for Google and the Open Handset Alliance but I suspect things would have changed back to the iPhone at number 2 once the next gen iPhone is released!

Source: Yahoo News

Apple have had to postpone the iPad’s worldwide launch due to high demand.

Apple iPad

Although we have delivered more than 500,000 iPads during its first week, demand is far higher than we predicted and will likely continue to exceed our supply over the next several weeks as more people see and touch an iPad™. We have also taken a large number of pre-orders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April.

The iPad will now launch worldwide at the end of May with preorders starting on Monday May 10th. iPad fans are sadly going to have to wait a few more weeks unless happy eBay scalpers get your cash.

Source: Apple

Apple have put out a press release that they have sold 300,000 iPads during the first day of sales in the U.S

300,000 of these have left Apple

“It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world—it’s going to be a game changer,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their new iPad.”

An impressive feat for Apple and sales will undoubtedly be strong once it hits other shores at the end of April.
Source: Apple

Flurry have posted some data on the first 74 days of sales comparing the original iPhone, the Motorola Droid and the Google Nexus One.

The Droid outsold the original iPhone by a tiny fraction and the Nexus One is way behind the two with only 135,000 handsets sold in the first 74 days. Some further explanations on the differences of the Droid and iPhone’s releases have been posted in the Flurry blog post.

Sources: MacRumors, Flurry

In it’s Q4 results, Nokia seem to have bounced back after having a few poor quarters. Sales of smartphones were up in Q4 of 2009 (12% increase over 2008). Estimated market share has increased by 2% to 39% of global phone sales.

Sources: Nokia (pdf), GSMArena