Not to repeat ourselves as we have been emphasizing on this blog that we believe we are only at the beginning of a huge mobile revolution, but sometimes it seems the iPhone is already at its peak in terms of devices sold per quarter and apps being downloaded per month. The sheer amount of apps that users pull onto their iPhones is overwhelmingly impressive. Rather than the iPhone continuing it’s market leadership it sometimes seem most probable that this development could be repeated by other mobile platforms, such as Android.

But really, where is the iPhone going? Is it overhyped or is there room for more? Well, just from the gut feeling, all the hype-news and huge numbers have been mixed up with quite some negative PR lately. There were and still are so many issues and topics related to developers having problems with Apple’s approval process that maybe we tend to forget that the iPhone is still sold by one operator exclusively (in most countries). Basically, it is common sense, that once the iPhone is sold by more than one operator per country, adoption of the device will probably explode. Additional data plans for the user and cheaper device prices will be the main drivers of this.

So, after thinking out loud about other platform in the last few posts, we wanted to make a case for the iPhone again: 2010 will probably be huge for Android. It will most definitely be huge for the iPhone. O2 has already given up it’s exclusivity (or rather was forced to do so) and with AT&T losing its exclusivity in 2010, additional operators will most likely be offering it in the United States as well (though this might not be that easy). If these markets follow in the footsteps of France, sales will double. Yes, double.

Of course, 2010 will be the year of mobile in general. But still, it is our believe that the iPhone will come out on top.