Android Sees Substantial Growth Through January 2010
According to recent stats released from comScore Google’s Android jumped 4.3% in popularity from October 2009 through January 2010.
RIM is still the leader with a 43% market share, a 1.7% increase from October of 2009. Apple has gained 0.3% moving up from 24.8% to 25.1%. The bigger winner in comScore’s latest market share report is Google’s Android OS which jumped 4.3% from 2.8% to 7.1%.
Both Palm and Microsoft saw their numbers decline. Palm is down 2.1% from 7.8% to 5.7%. Microsoft dropped 4 percentage points from 19.7% to 15.7% market share.
comScore Reports January 2010 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share
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Google’s Android Doubles Its Market Share
comScore released their report on the state of the U.S. mobile market for the last quarter of 2009 and it shows that Androids market growth doesn’t show signs of slowing down.
While RIM is still the leader with a 41.6% market share, a 1% drop from September of 2009. Apple has gained slightly moving up from 24.1% to 25.3%. The exciting news for those of us following the growth of Google’s Android OS is the jump from 2.5% to 5.2%. If Android keeps doubling its market share it won’t be long before Google and Apple are battling it out for a top spot.
Despite recent price cuts which made their smartphones one of the cheapest on the market, the biggest loser this quarter was Palm down from 8.3% to 6.1% a 2.2 percentage point drop. Microsoft dropped on percentage point from 19% to 18% market share.
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