Android Beats Down RIM and Apple iPhone in US Smartphone Market
Market data release on Monday shows that Google Android was the largest mobile OS platform in the United States for the quarter that ended in January. Android had a 7.7% growth moving the Google mobile operating system to 31.2% market share past RIM 30.4% share. What makes this report even more incredible is that these are numbers reported before the Android-based Motorola Atrix 4G or Xoom tablet. We will keep a close lookout to see what this quarter’s sales look like.
In the January period, 234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices, and 65.8 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones. Smartphone use was up 8 percent from the preceding three-month period, comScore found.
Most mobile subscribers — 68.1 percent — said they used text messaging on their mobile device. Just 37 percent of mobile subscribers used a browser, 35.3 percent downloaded applications to their device, and 23.7 percent played games.
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