The article provides few data points, but I expected the growth of Android activations to be higher.
In the period from June 2010 to December 2010, the number of Android activations per day went from 160k to 300k. In the period from December 2010 to April 2011, the number of activations per day went from 300k to 350k. I would've expected Android activations to be at 400k per day by now, given that the smartphone market is still expanding rapidly.
To compare: Apple went from selling 93k iPhones per day in the spring 2010 quarter to selling 180k iPhones per day in the fall 2010 quarter. For the winter 2011 quarter that ended on March 26, Apple is expected to have sold upwards of 200k iPhones per day. For a company that only releases a new generation of phones once a year, in summer, a slowdown of growth in winter is to be expected. New Android phones are released all the time, so why the slowdown?
In the period from June 2010 to December 2010, the number of Android activations per day went from 160k to 300k. In the period from December 2010 to April 2011, the number of activations per day went from 300k to 350k. I would've expected Android activations to be at 400k per day by now, given that the smartphone market is still expanding rapidly.
To compare: Apple went from selling 93k iPhones per day in the spring 2010 quarter to selling 180k iPhones per day in the fall 2010 quarter. For the winter 2011 quarter that ended on March 26, Apple is expected to have sold upwards of 200k iPhones per day. For a company that only releases a new generation of phones once a year, in summer, a slowdown of growth in winter is to be expected. New Android phones are released all the time, so why the slowdown?