Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Device Sales Grew 13.8 Percent in Second Quarter of 2010, But Competition Drove Prices Down

Gartner has "Microsoft Windows Mobile" at 5% market share Second quarter of 2010, I'm predicting "Windows 7 Phone" Will have at least 5% in the Q3! I cant wait to see the numbers, I'm loving my Windows 7 Phone.

Look at the Android jump from 2009 to 2010, who didn't see that coming!

Gartner Says Worldwide Mobile Device Sales Grew 13.8 Percent in Second Quarter of 2010, But Competition Drove Prices Down

Table 2
Worldwide Smartphone Sales to End Users by Operating System in 2Q10 (Thousands of Units)

Operating System	2Q10 Units	2Q10 Market Share (%)	2Q09 Units	2Q09 Market Share (%)
Symbian	25,386.8	41.2	20,880.8	51.0
Research In Motion	11,228.8	18.2	7,782.2	19.0
Android	10,606.1	17.2	755.9	1.8
iOS	8,743.0	14.2	5,325.0	13.0
Microsoft Windows Mobile	3,096.4	5.0	3,829.7	9.3
Linux	1,503.1	2.4	1,901.1	4.6
Other OSs	1,084.8	1.8	497.1	1.2
Total	61,649.1	100.0	40,971.8	100.0

Source: Gartner (August 2010)

I got my new Windows 7 Phone, Samsung Focus 8GB

I just got my new Windows 7 Phone, Samsung Focus 8GB from Costco yesterday.   

Picture of the phone at the lock screen.

Photo taken by my iPhone 3GS