Android leads in U.S. Smartphone Market…
According to the most recent information coming from general market trends master Nielsen, Google’s mighty Android os platform appears tallest in the U.S. smart phone space with a vast majority 39 % share. That leaves Apple within an nearly faraway second location with 28 percent, as well as RIM holding to relevance with a 20 % stake.Credit Android’s success to Google’s choice to create its open source os accessible to just about all handset manufacturers, as opposed to Apple inc, which is the only manufacturer of the iPhone. As a result, Apple ranks as the top mobile phone maker in the usa.
Second to Apple is HTC, in whose Android smartphones consist of 14 percent of the marketplace, based on Nielsen. The company’s Windows Mobile and WP7 devices balance for an additional half a dozen pct. Meanwhile, Motorola maintains a good 11 % share, while Samsung’s Android (8 pct) and Windows Mobile and WP7 devices (2 percent) make up ten percent of most smartphones in the U.S