The Smart phone market is expecting considerable growth this year as shipments surged to almost 50%, however there has been some warning signs that the slowdown from the 74% growth rate the industry enjoyed in 2010. Google’s Android smart phone is highly tipped to become the new standard operating system according to a technology market research firm said overnight. [AdsWithin]International Data Corp was quoted saying that the smartphone vendors are expecting to ship more than 450 million smartphones in 2011 compared to 303.4 million last year making it a solid growth that they expect to continue for some time to come.