Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS could have 50% of the smarphone market share worldwide. If so, it would be a blow to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), and the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) joint venture with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)
The advance of Android will almost certainly increase the number of legal actions against it involving intellectual properties and patents, many of which have already been filed againt hardware companies that us the Google OS.
The prediction comes from the Market Intelligence and Consulting Institute
According to CNET
Looking at the major smartphone makers, MIC sees Samsung in the lead with a 21.7 percent share, followed by Apple with 18.7 percent. HTC share’s will rise to 10.9 percent. But Nokia and RIM will face a rough climate with their shares dropping to 15.6 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively.
Overall, smartphone shipments could hit 614 million this year, a 36 percent jump from the 452 million shipped last year, estimates MIC. For now, smartphone owners account for only around 14 percent of all mobile subscribers around the globe.
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