According to Canalys' latest figures.
Want more big numbers on the growth of Android? You got 'em! Well, analyst Canalys has, anyway.
It claims sales of Android smartphones were up 886% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2010, and that it was the most popular smartphone OS in the US during the quarter.
Overall, Canalys estimates that the global smartphone market grew by 64% year-on-year to Q2.
Breaking it out by handset makers, Nokia took top spot with a 38% market share in Q2, followed by RIM's 18%, and Apple's 13%.
Canalys reckons that in the US specifically for OS, Android took a 34% share of smartphone sales in Q2, ahead of BlackBerry (32.1%) and iPhone (21.7%).
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"Expect to see smart phones accounting for a growing proportion of the wider mobile phone market as they become increasingly affordable to more customers," says senior analyst Pete Cunningham.
"By 2013, smart phones will grow to represent over 27% of shipments worldwide, with the proportion in some developed markets in Western Europe surpassing 60% and 48% in North America."
The figures should be read alongside separate numbers released this week by The Nielsen Company, focusing on the US in particular.
