Android DOUBLED its North-American market share during Q4 2009

February 9th, 2010 admin

That’s the good news, with Mashable pointing out today that Google’s share of the smartphone market rose from 2.5% to 5.2% between September and December of 2009. Amazingly, despite all the mad global Apple hype, it’s BlackBerry-maker RIM that remains in the lead, taking an astonishing 41.6% of the smartphone market during the final quarter of 2009 – leaving Apple’s iPhone variants with 25.3% and Microsoft’s WinMo handset options on a respectable 18%. Here’s it all in a little graph. Sorry it’s only in black & white: Google Android – at the bottom, but growing the fastest. Better that than to be at the top and declining, right? More detailed data and analysis can be …


Originally posted on Planet Android

 
  Related Posts
Android growing strong? Report shows 33% Market Share.
Android growing strong? Report shows 33% Market Share.
A report released by big advertisement guru AdMob shows that the Android OS share of the market is growing… and even surpassed Symbian OS for the #2 spot worldwide. In North America, the Android OS is holding strong at 33%, only sitting behind the Apple iOS, which held 54% of the market. Below the Android OS is RIM OS, which runs on Blackberry... 
Android Gains Market Share While All Others Lose It
Android Gains Market Share While All Others Lose It
Over the last three months, all of the major mobile platforms lost share to Google Android.  Although still in fourth place, Android increased by four percentage points from February to May, whereas Android’s number one competitor, Apple decreased one point.  (Although, it should be noted that this information was gathered prior to the... 
Android Market’s share of free apps twice as big as other platforms
Android Market’s share of free apps twice as big as other platforms
The Android Market is the most wallet-friendly app store based on a recent report from analytics service Distimo. According to Distimo’s June report , the percent of free apps listed in the Android Market is 57 percent, which is twice as high as almost every other app store. The Apple App Store, Blackberry App World, Nokia Ovi Store, and... 
Report: Samsung Hoping to Double Smartphone Market Share by the End of 2010
Report: Samsung Hoping to Double Smartphone Market Share by the End of 2010
Samsung is hoping to up its global smartphone market share this year from 5% to 10%.  Lee Donjoo, senior vice president of the company’s mobile communications division, told  Bloomberg this week that Samsung is banking on the success of its Galaxy S smartphone. His comments largely echo those made by other executives within the company.... 
HTC Legend Being Sold for North America
HTC Legend Being Sold for North America
Looks like options just continue to open up here in the states. If the USA-bound HTC Desire is too much phone for you, then you may want to opt for one of its smaller cousins – the HTC Legend – which is now being sold with AT&T’s 3G bands here in North America. This is probably due to AT&T sharing the same data band... 
  Related Tweets from Twitter
vodafoneuk (Vodafone UK)  : @jamescastleton Hello, which handsets are you using at the moment? Thanks. :-) ^ER..
Updated : 2010-09-07T15:47:58Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
rahulroyale001 (RAHUL ROYALE)  : RT:WebWhy Akai Mobiles to launch 10 dual SIM mobile handsets in India, starting Rs. 1,875 http://goo.gl/fb/xajn9..
Updated : 2010-09-07T15:35:07Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
rahulroyale001 (RAHUL ROYALE)  : RT @webwhy: Akai Mobiles to launch 10 dual SIM mobile handsets in India, starting Rs. 1,875 http://goo.gl/fb/xajn9..
Updated : 2010-09-07T15:34:30Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
webwhy (The Social Media)  : Akai Mobiles to launch 10 dual SIM mobile handsets in India, starting Rs. 1,875 http://goo.gl/fb/xajn9..
Updated : 2010-09-07T15:33:15Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
cleartag (Cleartag)  : Hacking handsets - How do you go about getting at data on a mobile? http://ow.ly/18TWFh..
Updated : 2010-09-07T15:29:26Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
  Related News from Digg
No comments yet.

Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree

TOP