Android (operating system) the devices did ship with an application store which offered Android apps; however, the majority of them were pirated. Android received a lukewarm reaction when it was unveiled in 2007. Although analysts were impressed with the respected technology companies that had partnered with Google to form the Open Handset Alliance, it was unclear whether mobile phone manufacturers would be willing to replace their existing operating systems with Android. The idea of an open-source, Linux-based development platform sparked interest, but there were additional worries about Android facing strong competition from established players in the smartphone market, such as Nokia and Microsoft,
Market share liability mostly rejected because the strict requirements of applying market share liability. Courts have declined to expand the market-share approach to asbestos ("Becker v. Baron Bros."), handguns ("Hamilton v. Beretta"), and lead paint ("Santiago v. Sherwin Williams Co."). The market-share approach has been expanded to cases involving MTBE in the New York case "In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether". Market share liability Market share liability is a legal doctrine that allows a plaintiff to establish a prima facie case against a group of product manufacturers for an injury caused by a product, even when the plaintiff does not know from which