INQUIRER.net: New smartphone platforms to challenge to Android, iOS eye inroads in hot market

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New smartphone platforms to challenge to Android, iOS eye inroads in hot market Mar 24th 2013, 03:19 WASHINGTON - A handful of new smartphone platforms are expected to become available this year, challenging the stranglehold of the two market leaders, Google's Android and Apple's iOS.   Android and Apple account for more than 90 percent of the surging smartphone market, and third place is being contested by BlackBerry and Microsoft's Windows Phone.   But phones using operating systems based on the open-source platforms Linux and Mozilla's Firefox will be hitting the market this year, most likely in emerging markets.   Among smartphone makers, "there is a consensus that there is room for a couple more operating systems," said Ramon Llamas, analyst wit... Keep on reading: New smartphone platforms to challenge to Android, iOS eye inroads in hot market Media files: obama.jpg (image/jpeg)

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