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"Three out of four new smartphones sold run Google&amp;#039;s Android operating system, new figures suggest. Statistics from market analysts IDC appear to show that 136 million Android handsets were sold during Q3, increasing the platform&amp;#039;s global marketshare to 75%.   The figures represent a significant rise for the OS, which accounted for 57.5% of the market this time last year. Apple&amp;#039;s gains were comparatively small, with the Cupertino firm&amp;#039;s iPhone business growing from 13.8% this time last year to 14.9%. BlackBerry and Symbian both saw sharp declines. The former dropped from 9.5% this time last year to 7.7%, while the latter plummeted from 14.6% to 4.1% following Nokia&amp;#039;s adoption of Windows Phone. IDC analyst Kevin Restivo attributed Google&amp;#039;s dominance to the strength of its &amp;quot;multi-faceted product portfolio&amp;quot;. He told Reuters: &amp;quot;Google has a thriving, multi-faceted product portfolio. Many of its competitors, with weaker tie-ins to the mobile OS, do not.&amp;quot; Microsoft, which currently accounts for 3.6% of the smartphone market, is expected to make gains over the next quarter following the launch of Windows Phone 8. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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