Is the smartphone sector now a two-horse race? On the one hand there’s Google’s Android operating system - open, flexible and now installed on devices manufactured by the likes of Motorola, Samsung, LG, HTC and Sony Ericsson. And on the other hand there’s Apple’s iOS operating system, which runs the iPhone 4, the iPod touch and the iPad.
Nokia - which still makes more mobile handsets than anyone else - Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry all have their fans, of course, but in terms of innovation and trendsetting, Google and Apple appear to be in the lead. Google's latest Android phone - the Nexus S - launches very soon and it’s already had very good reviews. Slim, powerful and with an excellent screen, it’s a strong competitor to the iPhone 4.
There will almost certainly be another iPhone mid-way through 2011, which will see Apple raise the bar still further, but in the meantime there will be more Android devices - some of them high-end and powerful, some of them cheap, entry level handsets. Increasingly, picking a winner comes down to personal taste but the level of competition should encourage anyone who wants to see their smartphone get smarter still.
Is the smartphone sector now a two-horse race? On the one hand there’s Google’s Android operating system - open, flexible and now installed on devices manufactured by the likes of Motorola, Samsung, LG, HTC and Sony Ericsson. And on the other hand there’s Apple’s iOS operating system, which runs the iPhone 4, the iPod touch and the iPad. 
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