Again, can you point me to the list of "Android apps" that you must run so your install of Android is, in fact, an "real" Android install?
As far as OMS and TAPAS, they are in fact Android based OSes. I guess we could claim that OSX is not a BSD OS as well, since it's been forked by Apple? Is the root of your complaint that OMS and TAPAS are forks of Android? And as such they are no longer Android?
I guess every fork of Linux is no longer Linux...
And we can say that iOS on iTouch and iPad devices is not iOS, since they do not support the iOS dialer. Or that iPhones are not iOS since they include a dialer. Different feature sets of the same OS means they are not the same OS.
Furthermore, even dropping OMS and TAPAS, and the iPhone/iOS numbers show smaller market share: Global Android smartphone shipments topped Nokia Symbian-based handsets -- 32.9 million to 31 million, respectively -- or twice iPhone (16.2 million). By another accounting, including OMS and Tapas platforms, Google ranked higher still: 33.3 million units
So at most OMS and Tapas added 2.3 million deployments - not nearly enough to explain the massive lead in shipments for Android.
The facts are pretty much irrefutable, and no one credible still clings to iOS shipments outpacing Android. Android's been out-shipping and out-selling iOS for several quarters now, and is only accelerating. The facts show it, all reputable sources and tracking firms show it and acknowledge it, and every reliable resource agrees. The data is there - it's hard to deny.
“Android’s been out-shipping and out-selling iOS for several quarters now, and is only accelerating. The facts show it, all reputable sources and tracking firms show it and acknowledge it, and every reliable resource agrees.”
That may well be true. Chrysler no doubt outsells BMW as well. Which would you rather drive, and which stock would you rather own?
I think you’re missing the heart of the issue.