By GCN.com
The latest numbers in the smart-phone wars are in, and they have telling consequences for how government employees are going to interact with each other — along with agency managers and even the public — in the near future.
In a report released March 8, the research firm comScore said total market share of Android smart phones, powered by Google’s mobile operating system, had surpassed market share for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry by a clear margin.
Between October 2010 and February 2011, comScore reported, BlackBerry lost 5 percentage points in the overall smart-phone market, from 35.8 percent to 30.4 percent. Meanwhile, Android gained almost eight percentage points — from 23.5 percent to 31.2 percent.
If you are a federal employee and wonder why you should care about a few decimal points of market share, it’s because the shift marks the emergence of a technology that's likely to be a standard-setter for social and professional communication in government for years.
The latest numbers in the smart-phone wars are in, and they have telling consequences for how government employees are going to interact with each other — along with agency managers and even the public — in the near future.
In a report released March 8, the research firm comScore said total market share of Android smart phones, powered by Google’s mobile operating system, had surpassed market share for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry by a clear margin.
Between October 2010 and February 2011, comScore reported, BlackBerry lost 5 percentage points in the overall smart-phone market, from 35.8 percent to 30.4 percent. Meanwhile, Android gained almost eight percentage points — from 23.5 percent to 31.2 percent.
If you are a federal employee and wonder why you should care about a few decimal points of market share, it’s because the shift marks the emergence of a technology that's likely to be a standard-setter for social and professional communication in government for years.
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