Android passes BlackBerry in the US

Release Date 4 Apr, 2011 in TechSpot

Android phones more popular than iPhones in the UK Mirror.co.uk - David Lea - 4 Apr, 2011 About 28% of smartphone owners in the UK chose an Android handset, compared with 26% who opted for an Apple iPhone and 14% who picked a BlackBerry. An online survey of 2000 people found 36% of smartphone users aged ...
Android phones 'top with consumers' The Press Association - 4 Apr, 2011 Android phones have edged out the iPhone to become the most popular smartphone in the UK, according to new research. Some 28% of smartphone users own an Android, with 26% using an iPhone and 14% a BlackBerry, the study for digital banking provider ...
	Why iPhone users look rich but are usually poor Daily Mail - Ryan Kisiel - 4 Apr, 2011 Conspicous consumption: But iPhone users are twice as likely to be overdrawn. Posed by model With their expensive gadgets, iPhone users may look well off. Just under one in five owners of the must-have phone admit that their main bank ...
Wired Winnipeg Free Press - 4 Apr, 2011 In Canada, it seems that BlackBerry is No.1, iPhone No. 2 and the rest is a toss up. In the United States, analysts are forecasting that Android is going to control nearly half of the smartphone market by 2015. I totally see this happening for many ...
3 Winners, 1 Loser in the Mobile War (Hint: Apple Didn't Make the List) msnbc.com - Tim Beyers - 4 Apr, 2011 New data from comScore is out, and unsurprisingly, Google added to its share of the US smartphone market in February. The Big G now serves 33% of US smartphone subscribers, up from 26% in November. Of course, Google wasn't the only winner ...
Android Market Share Now 1 of Every 3 US Phones PC Magazine - David Murphy - ‎Apr 2, 2011‎ New numbers released by Comscore show that Android-based phones are continuing to take a chunk out of the market share of competing devices. And smartphones based on Google's mobile OS now eat up 33 percent of the US market, ...
Where's that Verizon iPhone bump? Fortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - ‎Apr 2, 2011‎ If you look very closely at the Feb. 2011 data in the chart at right you will see slight uptick in the green line that represents Apple's (AAPL) share of the US smartphone market. It's a subtle change. You might have to enlarge the chart (by clicking) ...
Android Wins in Smartphone Sales Surge PCWorld - Lexton Snol - ‎Apr 2, 2011‎ Smartphone shipments were up 71 percent in 2010 from the previous year, says a new tally, which estimates 302 million smartphones shipped last year. Google Android's success since its launch is expected to continue, ...
	ComScore: Verizon iPhone was top phone in Feb. CNET - Josh Lowensohn - ‎Apr 1, 2011‎ A new report from analyst ComScore says that the Verizon iPhone was the "most acquired" handset during the month of February. ComScore's sampling, which consisted of more than 30000 US mobile subscribers, notes that the surge of ...
Google, Apple Gain In Mobile In February, Says Comscore Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Apr 1, 2011‎ ComScore this afternoon released data for the average share of cellular subscribers during the three months ending in February, showing an outsized gain for Apple (AAPL) among devices and gains for both Apple and Google (GOOG) in terms ...
	Smartphones: Google Now 33% Of The Market, Ahead Of Apple Forbes (blog) - Eric Savitz - ‎Apr 1, 2011‎ Phones based on Google Android accounted for 33% of the US smart phone market as of the end of February, according to new data from ComScore, up from 26% three months earlier. Apple's (AAPL) market share inched up to 25.2%, from 25%. ...
Android platform rout continues: 1 in 3 smartphones ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - ‎Apr 1, 2011‎ The Android platform now powers 1 in 3 smartphones, according to comScore. And the gains are coming at the expense of Research in Motion, Microsoft and Palm. Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and ...
Verizon iPhone 'Most Acquired' Phone in February: comScore TAXI Design Network - 4 Apr, 2011 The Verizon iPhone, released 10 February, is the “most acquired handset” in the US for that month, according to a comScore report. As a result, Apple posted the strongest gain among other smartphone manufacturers. Samsung ranked top in terms of ...
Upsetting the Apple cart Wangle - Damien Hatton - 4 Apr, 2011 In recent years Apple has won over consumers by doing things first and doing things best. Apple products are well designed, they're cool, and they work. Not surprisingly the world is now crowded with Apple devotees. ...
Can Android be stopped? BetaNews - Joe Wilcox - 4 Apr, 2011 It's the question I'm asking after reviewing ComScore's most recent mobile market share data. One in three American smartphone users have Android -- that was at the end of February. ...
	Businesses beware: Android malware mobile phone alert Dynamic Business - 4 Apr, 2011 Business owners using Google operating system Android on their smartphones need to beware that the open source apps may contain malware. The mobile phone market has been relatively free of security or infection issues until the recent introduction of ...
	Verizon iPhone Most Popular Cell Phone in Feb., but Android Still Surges: comScore Hot Hardware - Michael Santo - 4 Apr, 2011 A new report from comScore citing the state of the US mobile phone market at the end of February, 2011 showed that the Verizon iPhone was the most popular cell phone model (not just smartphone model) in February. That enabled Apple's market share to ...
	Verizon iPhone 4 Top Feb Smartphone, Android & BlackBerry Top OS, Txt G8st ... Wireless and Mobile News - 4 Apr, 2011 According to comScore, Verizon's iPhone was the top selling smartphone in the United States for the month of February. The Verizon iPhone 4 helped Apple increase .9% to make up 7.5% of subscribers. Verizon did not release any numbers, but Verizon CEO ...
	Android phone Sales is Projected to Have a 19 Percent Growth Rate Planet Insane - Ben Lacombe - 4 Apr, 2011 Android phone sales have increased by 71 percent in the smartphone market last year compared to a year before based on a study made by ABI Research. Around 69 million Android smartphones were delivered last year and it will continue to increase as ...
New Platform Distribution Figures Show More of the Same [Froyo Dominates] Phandroid.com - Quentyn Kennemer - 4 Apr, 2011 It's that time of the month again �" Google shows us a breakdown of Android versions across all officially certified devices. We last visited this two weeks ago, but much hasn't changed since then. ...
Android Malware Threat Highlights Risks to All Smartphones eWeek - Wayne Rash - 4 Apr, 2011 The very freedom that makes Android-based devices so attractive also makes them a malware threat. The recent revelation in Wired News of a new Android malware application highlights the risk that comes with getting your applications from unknown ...
	Verizons iPhone Was A Big Hit And Top Selling Phone In February Daily News Pulse - Charles Winget - 4 Apr, 2011 It looks like the Verizon iPhone launch is helping iOS hold its own with 25% of the market. I expect (and hope) that iOS will remain a strong competitor to Android. But as I've been saying for several years ...
ABI Research: Android will have 45% of the Smartphone market share by 2016 MobileSyrup.com - Ian Hardy - 4 Apr, 2011 Last week it was research firm IDC stating by 2015 Google's Android OS would capture 45.4% of the smartphone market share. Coming in a strong 2nd place is Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 OS with ...
Verizon iPhone 4 Can't Slow Android's Roll: comScore eWeek - Clint Boulton - 4 Apr, 2011 Verizon Wireless' iPhone 4 was the top smartphone sold in the US through February. While this helped Apple iOS grow to 25.2 percent share, Google's Android OS grew to 33 percent. Verizon Wireless' iPhone helped Apple iOS gain nearly a full percentage ...
	Android passes BlackBerry in the US TechSpot - 4 Apr, 2011 By Emil Protalinski, TechSpot.com 69.5 million people in the US owned smartphones during the three months ending in February 2011, up 13 percent from the preceding three-month period. For the first time, more Americans are using phones running Google's ...
	Google Android phones selling 1 in 3 in US KitGuru - 4 Apr, 2011 Android has been a runaway success story for Google and the latest reports in from Comscore show that Android based phones are still taking a chunk out of the market share of competing devices. Statistics from America are staggering, with a 33 percent ...
Android The Victor As Smartphone Sales Soar Touch Reviews - Oliver Haslam - ‎Apr 2, 2011‎ According to new numbers coming out of ABI Research today, approximately 302 million smartphones shipped last year worldwide, with sales up 71% in 2010 when compared to 2009. The figures also show that a massive 69 million Android devices were sold to ...
ComScore: Android dominates market, Verizon iPhone 4 boosts Apple Digitaltrends.com - Andrew Couts - ‎Apr 2, 2011‎ Android has officially overtaken RIM as the leading US mobile phone platform, comScore reports. Apple, still number three, saw its market share increase with stellar Verizon iPhone 4 sales. Google's Android operating system leads the US smartphone ...
	Android Is Destroying Everyone, Especially RIM -- iPhone Dead In Water The Business Insider - ‎Apr 2, 2011‎ Google's Android OS has gained an astonishing 7 points of market share in the US smartphone market in the past three months, Comscore says. RIM's market share over the same period collapsed, dropping almost 5 points. Apple's share increased slightly, ...
	Report Indicates Verizon Apple iPhone Most Popular in February Planet Insane - ‎Apr 2, 2011‎ A recent ComScore report indicates that the Verizon Apple iPhone became the most popular handset in the United States for February basing on a ComScore survey of over 30000 handset owners in the US. ComScore also observed that the introduction of the ...