Wow- what a difference a year makes! – GFK is reporting that Android’s share of the UK market has increased from 3% in Q1 2010, to 13.2% in Q2 2010. That’s 350% in half a year and that is outstanding performance, even for a OS that we already knew was rapidly growing.

Globally we have seen Android increasing from 60,000 activations a day in January to 160,000 in June, and the Market up from 20,000 apps to 70,000 in a similar time-frame, which is concrete proof that android is working!

GFK is also reporting that advanced operating systems account for 66.6% of the contract market. This increase in Android adoption is likely due to the backing by companies like Htc, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and equally importantly the support of all major Network Providers (Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, 3, O2).

Overall it’s hard to see when it will stop growing and with Gingerbread right round the corner with a promised complete UI redesign we can’t see this growth stopping any time soon. The question is, when do you guys think it will reach the magic 50%, leave a comment below and start pondering!

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