SMART PHONES Big sales jump for Android

San Francisco Chronicle - Benny Evangelista - 5 Oct, 2010
Eric Risberg / AP In the battle for the smart-phone market, an army of little green robots has risen. Momentum has shifted toward smart phones that run on ...

Android roars past iPhone in US

Sify - 5 Oct, 2010
San Francisco, Oct 6 (DPA) Sales of smartphones powered by Google's Android operating system have overtaken Apple's iPhone in the US for the first time, ...

Android handset most popular among new US smartphone buyers: survey

Xinhua - 5 Oct, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Handsets running on Google's Android operating system were most popular among consumers in the United States who bought a ...

Nielsen report shows smartphone buyers flocking to Android

CNET (blog) - Scott Webster - 5 Oct, 2010
If you bought a smartphone in the first eight months of 2010, chances are pretty good that you picked up an Android device. ...

Android overtakes BlackBerry and iPhone as most popular smartphone OS with ...

Vancouver Sun (blog) - Gillian Shaw - 5 Oct, 2010
Despite the iPhone 4 lineups, it seems the Android operating system has been the most popular among ...

Post Tech: Android takes smart-phone lead from BlackBerry, iPhone

Washington Post - Cecilia Kang - 5 Oct, 2010
Android phones have replaced the BlackBerry and iPhone in popularity among new users, according to new data by Nielsen. ...

Nielsen: iPhone 4 Fails to Stave Off Android Invasion

PC World - 5 Oct, 2010
According to Nielsen research more people bought Android-based smartphones than iPhones making the Android OS the mobile platform to beat. ...

The iPhone Has a Real Fight on Its Hands

New York Times (blog) - Miguel Helft - 5 Oct, 2010
Back in March, I wrote about the increasingly personal fight between Steven P. Jobs, the Apple chief executive, and Eric E. Schmidt, ...

Android Beats iPhone As Most Popular Operating System Among Recent Buyers: Nielsen

Huffington Post - 5 Oct, 2010
According to new figures from Nielsen, Google's Android operating system is now the most popular OS among US buyers who purchased a smartphone in the last 6 ...

Nielsen: Android Is Most Popular Smartphone OS

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman, Chloe Albanesius - 5 Oct, 2010
Data released by Nielsen Tuesday claims that the Android OS is now the most popular smartphone operating system among recent buyers, although the BlackBerry ...

The Rise of Android: What Does It Mean for Apple, Users?

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Jennifer Valentino-DeVries - 5 Oct, 2010
Google's Android platform is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months ...

US consumers snapping up Android phones: survey

AFP - 5 Oct, 2010
WASHINGTON â€" Smartphones powered by Google's Android software were the most popular among US consumers over the past six months ahead of the Blackberry and ...

Download Central

Livemint - 5 Oct, 2010
Users of any of the three gazillion Android phones available out there will know just how difficult it is to find stuff on the Android Market. ...

Android passes BlackBerry and iPhone among recent smartphone purchases

Fortune (blog) - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 5 Oct, 2010
Google's (GOOG) Android was the most popular operating system in the US among customers who purchased smartphones within the past six months, according to ...

Android Phones Outsell iPhone, BlackBerry In US, Nielsen Says

Barron's (blog) - Eric Savitz - 5 Oct, 2010
Nielsen reports that among people who purchase smart phones over the last six months, 32% chose Android phones, ahead of the Research In ...

Nielsen: Android Surging n Smartphone Popularity

CBS News - 5 Oct, 2010
The latest interim report on the escalating battle between smartphone makers confirms recent anecdotal and statistical evidence about the surging popularity ...

Android Tops IPhone, BlackBerry Among New Buyers: Nielsen

Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 5 Oct, 2010
A shopper tries out the new HTC Corp. 4G Evo phone, which is powered by Google Inc.'s Android software, ...

iPhone vs. Android: The Smart-Phone Wars Rage On

TIME (blog) - Harry McCracken - 5 Oct, 2010
It's possible to sum up the tech industry's engine of progress in four words: Apple vs. everybody else. ...

Android Phones Outpacing BlackBerry, iPhone: Nielson Report

ChannelWeb - Stefanie Hoffman - 5 Oct, 2010
The popularity of Android smartphones is surging, as users bought more Android phones in 2010 than ...

Nielson releases report on smartphones, Android sales increase

Examiner.com - 5 Oct, 2010
Nielson has just released a report detailing sales trends for smartphones and released some interesting statistics for where the smartphone market is going. ...

Android leads in smartphone popularity above BlackBerry, iPhone

Siliconindia.com - 5 Oct, 2010
By SiliconIndia Bangalore: New smartphone users prefer Android phones over BlackBerry and iPhone as Android has recorded the most sales for those who have ...

Android top choice for new buyers

Investor's Business Daily - 5 Oct, 2010
Google's (GOOG) Android software became the most popular operating system in the US among new smart-phone buyers, surpassing Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and ...

Survey: Android is tops when it comes to 'recent' smartphone buyers

Yahoo! Tech (blog) - 5 Oct, 2010
AFP/File â€" The Motorola Droid smartphone. Google's Android operating system gained US smartphone market share … Nearly one in three who bought a smartphone ...

32% Of Smartphone Buyers Choose Android, Now Most Popular Mobile OS In US

Mobile Marketing Watch - 5 Oct, 2010
New data out from Nielsen suggests Android is now the top choice for new smartphone buyers in the US, with 32% of new smartphone purchases sporting the open ...

Android: Outsmarts Other Phones on the Market

ThirdAge - 5 Oct, 2010
By ThirdAge News Staff Android is proving itself to the most popular smartphone. The Google phone accounted for 32 percent of new smartphone purchases. ...

Android surges ahead in US smartphone market

PCR-online.biz - Mat Bettinson - 5 Oct, 2010
August data from research outfit Nielsen shows that Android devices are now the most popular smartphone in the US ...

T-Mobile expects BlackBerry share to fall through 2014

Electronista - 5 Oct, 2010
T-Mobile appears to have little faith in RIM to hold its position in the smartphone market, as the BlackBerry OS is expected to continue a steady decline ...

Will Android Ever Be Profitable For Google? Probably Not

24/7 Wall St. (blog) - Jonathan Berr - 5 Oct, 2010
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is testing the old “why buy the cow if the milk is free” cliché with the Android Mobile OS. The question remains whether the ...

Android Smartphones Gain Popularity, iPhone and BlackBerry Lose Appeal

Gather.com - Jules Shan - 5 Oct, 2010
Android smartphones are what consumers are after this year, while iPhone and BlackBerry appear to be losing their mass appeal. ...

Android surpasses iOS and BlackBerry as the most popular smartphone OS

VIP Breakdown - 5 Oct, 2010
Data acquired by Nielsen in this graph shows the past 8 months of Android's steady rise to the top as the most popular OS. While iOS took a major dive ...

 

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