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WASHINGTON (AFP) – The worldwide smartphone mart module acquire nearly 50 proportionality this assemblage and Google's Android module verify over as the directive operative system, a profession mart investigate concern said Tuesday.

International Data Corp. (IDC) said smartphone vendors are due to ship more than 450 meg smartphones in 2011 compared to 303.4 meg terminal year.

IDC said the smartphone mart module acquire more than four times faster than the overall ambulatory phone mart as consumers and project users raise their basic handsets to smartphones with advanced features.

The investigate concern said Android is due to surpass Nokia's Symbian in 2011 and embellish the directive smartphone platform.

"Android is poised to verify over as the directive smartphone operative grouping in 2011 after racing into the sort digit position in 2010," said IDC senior investigate analyst Ramon Llamas.

"For the vendors who prefabricated Android the cornerstone of their smartphone strategies, 2010 was the coming-out party," Llamas said.

"This assemblage module wager a investiture band as these same vendors alter and increase their portfolios to accomplish more customers, specially first-time smartphone users," he said.

IDC also predicted brawny ontogeny for Microsoft's Windows Phone papers which has been losing mart share but was fresh adopted by Finland's Nokia.

"Up until the start of Windows Phone 7 terminal year, Microsoft has steadily lost mart share patch another operative systems hit brought forth newborn and attractive experiences," Llamas said.

"The newborn alliance brings together Nokia's element capabilities and Windows Phone's distinguished platform," he said.

"We expect the first devices to start in 2012," Llamas said. "By 2015, IDC expects Windows Phone to be sort digit operative grouping worldwide behindhand Android."

IDC said Android module hit a 39.5 proportionality share of the worldwide smartphone operative grouping mart in 2011 followed by Symbian with 20.9 percent, Apple's iOS with 15.7 percent, Research In Motion's Blackberry with 14.9 proportionality and Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile with 5.5 percent.

By 2015, Android module enjoy a 45.4 proportionality mart share followed by Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile with 20.9 percent, Apple's iOS with 15.3 proportionality and Blackberry with 13.7 percent, it said.

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