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We use personal computers to perform tasks in the digital realm, be it to find information, create media, communicate with each other, or entertain ourselves. Smartphones and tablets have quickly wedged their way into the conceptual space of personal computers—if you still manage to find a PC task…

Android is taking a much bigger market share for a simple reason. You can count Android-based handsets in the hundreds if not thousands. They are all over the market and they take a lot of carrier’s advertising and shelf space. So they sell a lot. They have to. People buying them aren’t buying them because it is Android. They buy a new phone because they are replacing their old one and it is called a smartphone and smartphones needs an operating system and it is called Android. And it’s ok.