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07:32 3rd June 2011
Google's Android mobile operating system (OS) will not have outside influence in the mobile space in the same way that Nokia did with Symbian, according to Michael Morgan, senior analyst of mobile devices at market intelligence company ABI Research.
"It is unlikely that any particular smartphone OEM [original equipment manufacturer] will 'hijack' the Android ecosystem and road map," he said.
This is because Google is "not really in the handset business" but is "the key owner and driver of the software," which it licenses for free, he added.
On the contrary, Nokia's domination of the mobile market and contribution to Symbian made that OS "more of a Nokia product," the expert went on to say.
His comments emerged as Android's share of the worldwide smartphone OS market rose to 36 per cent in the first quarter of this year, up from 9.6 per cent in the first quarter of last year, figures released by Gartner showed.
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