According to a report appearing on the BBC, the Android operating system's share of the global tablet computer market has risen sharply at the expense of Apple's iOS.
Android accounted for 39% of the market in the final three months of last year, up from 29% a year earlier, Strategy Analytics said. Apple's share fell to 58% from 68%.
Microsoft's share stood at 1.5%.
Shipments of tablets reached 26.8 million in the quarter, up from 10.7 million a year ago.
"Demand for tablets among consumer, business and education users remains strong," said Strategy Analytics' Peter King.
Apple shipped 15.4 million iPads between October and December. That compares with shipments of 10.5 million tablets using Android.
For 2011 as a whole, shipments hit 66.9 million, up from 18.6 million in 2010.
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