Google overtook RIM and Apple in January, capturing the top spot for mobile operating system market share.
[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]According to a new report released on Monday by comScore, Google’s market share rose from 23.5 percent in October 2010 to 31.2 percent in January 2011. That’s a 7.7 percent gain and enough to catapult the company ahead of both Apple and RIM.
RIM, who is now in second place, saw it’s market share drop 5.4 percent from 35.8 percent to 30.4 percent. Apple’s market share rose slightly from 24.6 percent to 24.7 percent over the same period.
The list also included Microsoft with 8 percent and Palm with 3.2 percent market share, respectively.
In the handset market, Samsung topped the list with 24.9 percent market share, followed by LG with 20.8 percent share and Motorola with 16.5 percent share. RIM with 8.6 percent share and Apple with 7 percent market share round out the list.
And now every android fan that swore is wasn’t about market share, it was about open will now switch to it being all about market share.
Still pretty amazing since apple has 1 device and rim and google have dozens
Since you’re talking about mobile operating system market share, will you include all of the mobile iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) in your figures? No, I didn’t think so.
It’s just funny because while Apple is providing one OS and several devices, RIM having more than one OS and many devices, Google has all but two devices on its own and one OS, the rest are licences and OS variations not under their control.
As always: Don’t trust a statistic you haven’t falsified yourself 🙂
I’m happy IOS has a strong competitor in Android, but I’m not very happy that Android enables carriers to be the price-gouging control-freaks they’ve grown accustomed to being.
Isn’t it ironic then, that the iPhone, being on so many carriers, actually gives customers the freedom of choice? 😉
I guess I just don’t fully appreciate “Open.”
Yet they’re opening up their wallets to carriers all the time.
if you would have researched a little more they did include all iOS devices, try checking out different sources next time jackass
Went to comscore. The comscore numbers were for SMARTPHONES and mobile SUBSCRIBER usage. The article was about MOBILE OS usage. iOS is used in devices other than smartphones.
My original post stands…
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This battle really gets me. I love both Android and iOS. I love the PC and the MAC, the iPad and an android tablet. I’m a geek and I love computers. They all work great and do what I want because I’m technical enough to make them do what I want. I’m not sure why everyone is being hateful and calling each other names. Obviously iPhone is working out great for a lot of people and android phones are working out great for a lot of people. I have both, I love them both.