Research from Ovum and AdMob shows a fast-closing gap
Two pieces of research have been released predicting that handsets powered by Google's Android OS will soon eclipse iPhone in terms of both sales and app downloads.
Google-owned ad network AdMob used the MobileBeat conference to assert that Android users will outnumber iPhone users by the end of this year.
This is based on the fact there are at least 50 Android-based devices available, with more coming online all the time.
Ovum, meanwhile, reckons that the Android platform will be responsible for 26 per cent of app downloads by 2015, compared to 22 per cent for the iPhone (down from 67 per cent last year).
Ovum expects Android to increase its smartphone base from five per cent to 18 per cent penetration between 2009 and 2015.
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