市場研究機構(gòu)IMS Research預測，到 2011年底， Android平臺的安裝數(shù)量將達到1.4億臺便攜式裝置，包含智能手機與平板電腦。
在IMS的報告中，并未提及Android平臺達到1.4億臺安裝量的確切時間，以及2010年的Android裝置數(shù)量；不過該機構(gòu)表示，3.0版Android (Honeycomb)即將問世，以及Android線上應用程序商店的改善，都有助于Android市場的成長。
IMS首席分析師Anna Hunt表示，Android市場的成長為付費電視(pay-TV)業(yè)者帶來了機會，這些業(yè)者在過去的活動空間僅限于客廳，現(xiàn)在則有機會將生意擴展到可攜式裝置。
據(jù)統(tǒng)計，在2010年出貨的連網(wǎng)設(shè)備中，搭載Apple操作系統(tǒng)與Android操作系統(tǒng)的數(shù)量約有1.25億臺；由于有越來越多消費者采用這類裝置，也會吸引更多業(yè)者開發(fā)相關(guān)應用程序，提供使用者透過可攜式平臺購買電視內(nèi)容，或是更創(chuàng)新的整合式應用。
IMS行動技術(shù)資深研究總監(jiān)Bill Morelli表示，這些創(chuàng)新的應用包括：“例如使用者能把智能手機當遙控器，操作自家電視的隨選視訊內(nèi)容等等?！?
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(參考原文 Android to reach 140 million units in 2011)
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Android to reach 140 million units in 2011
Peter Clarke
LONDON – There will be an installed base of 140 million Android portable devices, including smartphones and tablets, by the end of 2011, according to a forecast from IMS Research.
At the end of 2010 IMS estimates that the installed base for Android is 54 million devices - smartphones and tablets combined, which means that it is predicting that 86 million or more Android portables will ship in 2011. The unveiling of Google's Android 3.0 operating system for tablets, known as Honeycomb, along with enhancements to the Android Market website, will help the growth of Android, IMS said.
"This provides an exciting opportunity for pay-TV operators, which have traditionally been tethered to the living room, to expand the reach of their brands to multiple portable platforms with apps development," said Anna Hunt, principal analyst with IMS, in a statement.
"In total, Apple OS and Android OS were present in nearly 125 million connected devices shipped in 2010 and this is only expected to increase in 2011. Such reach into consumers' hands means more operators will be developing apps that enable subscribers to purchase and consume content on new portable platforms and explore new convergence applications, such as controlling your on-demand service on the TV set via the smartphone," stated Bill Morelli, research director for Mobile Technologies at IMS Research.
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