The folks at Digitimes never waffle to modify a rumor, opinion, or prediction, but their most past research is a prognosticate I conceive a aggregation of Android fans saw coming… but to this degree?

Shipments of Android-based smartphones are estimated to move 561% from a assemblage past to more than 55 meg units in 2010.

Modest ontogeny indeed.

Digitimes credits a super assets of this forecasted move to Samsung and LG’s accumulated worship towards the Android Operating system. As the 2nd and 3rd maximal phone makers (respectively), I wish that effectuation they’re both thinking an attack on the ambulatory mart this pass season. Samsung prefabricated a enthusiastic display with their dweller Galaxy S rollout so I wish they move the momentum.

I pulled discover one distinction of the article but really, it reads same a father’s satisfaction pledge of their son’s accomplishments at a broad edifice exercise party. Let me exhibit you what I mean:

Global smartphone shipments for 2010 module crowning 280 meg units, ascension 57% from 178 meg units in 2009 to statement for a 20.3% deal of the coverall phone market, according to Evangelist Lin, shrink of Digitimes Research. Second-half shipments module accomplish 163 meg units versus 117 meg units in the prototypal half.

Smartphones supported on the Android operative grouping (OS) module wager the strongest growth, specially with Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, the world’s ordinal and ordinal maximal phone makers, respectively, due to devote more resources to the utilization and marketing of Android-enabled devices in the ordinal half.

Android’s deal of the worldwide smartphone mart has risen from inferior than 5% in 2009 to 13.8% in the prototypal half of 2010 and is sticking to accomplish 24.5% in the ordinal half to embellish the ordinal most favourite smartphone platform, according to Lin. Shipments of Android-based smartphones are estimated to move 561% from a assemblage past to more than 55 meg units in 2010.

Meanwhile, they state Symbian module wager a fall and BlackBerry module rest level.

Sounds most correct to me.