According to an e-mail statement by Samsung, the company sold a record number of 10 million units of its Android-running Galaxy S since its debut in June. A staggering 61 million units of the company’s official best seller and NFC technology-equipped smartphones are expected to be shipped in 2011.

Introducing the Galaxy, which uses Google Inc.’s Android software, helped Samsung boost third-quarter profit at its phone-making division by 20 percent. Still, Cupertino, California-based Apple outsold Samsung by selling 14.1 million iPhones in the quarter ended in September.

“For the time being, Apple’s presence in the smartphone market will remain solid,” said Young Park, a Seoul-based analyst at Woori Investment & Securities Co. “As time goes on, based on their brand power and their relationship with telecommunication companies, their numbers should be increasing steadily,” Park said about Samsung phones.

Samsung has broken a sales record with the Galaxy S, but the same is also true for the Galaxy Tab. Samsung reported the sales of 600,000 units worldwide within just a few weeks after the device’s premier, which we covered here.

In related Android news, an IDC report revealed Android’s win over Windows Phone 7 and Nokia’s Symbian in Europe along with other statistics including HTC’s 39% share of the regional shipments followed by Sony with 27% and Samsung with 14%.

Android is certainly increasing its share in the mobile OS market, but it still falls behind Apple. Apple held a 28.6% share of the U.S market in November compared to Android’s 25.8% share. Nonetheless, Android is the best selling mobile OS for the last 6 months, which means it’s rapidly making gains to catch with Apple.