Android becomes No 1 smartphone platform: Canalys

HELSINKI, FINLAND: Google's Android overtook long-time market leader, Nokia's Symbian, as the most popular smartphone platform in the fourth quarter, research firm Canalys said on Monday.

All phone makers sold a total of 32.9 million Android phones in the last quarter, compared with Symbian's total sales of 31 million in the quarter, the researcher said.