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

 
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