SK Telecom announced last week that they plan to sell 2 million smartphones  in 2010. By 2013 they will offer up to 25 models of smartphone and round 40% of those will be running Android OS.

Also at the same time LG Electronics is betting on Android – they plan to rollout 20 smartphones this year with over 50% of these models are based on Android.

Apparently Korean mobile phone manufacturers are still optimistic about Android despite of Google’s launch of Nexus One.  In Hong Kong we notice the price of HTC Android phones like Hero or Magic dropped after Google start selling Nexus One directly.

From Gartner’s projection last Oct Android will be the 2^nd largest smartphone platform by 2012 – around 76 million units a year.  Looks like Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s Blackberry has a very strong competitor moving forward.

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