Andre Yoskowitz
4 Apr 2011 0:49
comScore has posted their latest figures today for the mobile market, and Android is now the dominate smartphone operating system in the U.S.
Samsung was the top handset maker, with 24.8 percent share of the market.
For the period ended February 28th, 234 million Americans over the age of 13 used a mobile phone and 69.5 million owned a smartphone.
Following Samsung was LG at 20.9 percent share, Motorola at 16.1 percent share, RIM at 8.6 percent, and Apple at 7.5 percent. Apple saw the biggest gain of all manufacturers thanks to the release of the iPhone on Verizon.
In the smartphone market, the top OS was Android at 33 percent, followed by RIM at 29 percent, Apple at 25.2 percent and Windows Mobile/Windows Phone 7 at 7.7 percent.