Google: “Numbers favor Android, not the iPhone”

The logical continuation of the topic about flash in Android , now we will look at the second part of the interview with Andy Rubin, where he explains what the main advantage of Google over its competitors is (translation of the article by Matt Asay):

The more you throw a dice, the more likely that you, according to the law of large numbers , will get the expected average value - 3.5.
And according to the vice-president of Google, Andy Rubin , the more the search giant covers the market with different, Android-based devices competing with each other, the more likely Google will achieve the expected figures to dominate Apple's iPhone.
“This is a numbers game,” says Rubin. And the numbers look very rosy for Android.
According to the new AdMob report (PDF), Android-based devices account for a total of 25 percent of mobile ad requests worldwide and a giant 46 percent in the US:

(data: AdMob)

The most interesting inside:


It is also worth considering that Android applications are now over 50,000 and their number is growing at an incredible pace:

(data: AndroLib.com)
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It is important that, unlike Apple, Google in its growth does not depend on any one device: at the moment 34 Android devices from 12 manufacturers have already been released, and only one device has been produced directly by Google. This is the power of Google. Sales of her own Nexus One , they say are not very good, but Google is betting on statistics, as Rubin noted:

“When you have a lot of OEMs that produce a lot of products in different market segments, it’s just a matter of time” when sales of Android phones exceed sales of primitive devices like Apple and RIM ... “I don’t know when it will happen, but I am convinced that this will happen. Openness usually wins. ”

Perhaps, except when openness is condemned. Apple has already made one "shot" in the direction of Android'a filed a lawsuit against HTC , which is a partner of Google in the production of Nexus One. Now Microsoft has also gotten into trouble, sources close to the company hint that Android is violating Microsoft patents .
These legal attacks suggest that Google is winning, and winning in a market that is incredibly huge (Morgan Stanley PDF). Apple and Microsoft would not hurl fire like if they had not seen a real threat to their business.
In turn, Apple is still ahead of Android , but Apple is increasingly beginning to imitate the Googl style of development . On the Google side, there are large numbers that are growing, as well as an open approach to relationships with developers and partners ( such as Adobe Systems , which the previous post was about ), which makes it attractive to potential buyers ...

... and a threat to existing competitors. "

via news.cnet.com