Android smartphones surge to 42% share

Release Date ‎Aug 30, 2011‎ in Computerworld

 
   

Google bought Motorola to guard Android: Sony Ericsson

Reuters - Brendan McDermid, Elaine Hardcastle - 2 Sep, 2011
A posed picture shows a Motorola Droid phone displaying the Google search page in New York August 15, 2011. By Tarmo Virki BERLIN (Reuters) - Smartphone vendor Sony Ericsson said it saw Google's acquisition of rival Motorola Mobility as a move to ...

Apple and Google make up almost 70 percent of growing US smartphone market

The Independent - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
Sixty-nine percent of smartphones sold in the US run either Apple's iOS or Google's Android platforms. In the three-month period ending July 2011 Apple and Google both grew their US market share, pushing smartphone makers such as RIM and Microsoft ...

Survey: Android continues surge in smartphone market

USA Today (blog) - Brett Molina - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
Google's Android operating system powers almost 42% of the smartphones owned by US consumers, according to a recent ComScore survey. The research conducted over the last three months finds 82.2 million people in the US owned ...

Android nabs 41 percent share in US, study finds

CNET - Don Reisinger - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
Try as it might to catch up to Android, iOS simply isn't gaining ground, a new study from research firm ComScore has found. During the three-month period that ended in July, Android captured 41.8 percent of the US smartphone market, representing a 5.4 ...

Apple Continues Lead over RIM in US Mobile Market

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Mia Lamar - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎
Samsung Electronics continued to dominate the US market for mobile subscribers in the three months ended in July, while Apple preserved its lead over Blackberry-maker Research in Motion, according to market researcher comScore. ...

Samsung, LG, Motorola, Then Apple: America's Biggest Cell Phone Makers

PC Magazine - Sara Yin - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎
Apple iPhone coverage and rumors are ubiquitous on the Internet, but when it comes to actual sales, Samsung, LG, and Motorola are all more popular. In a market of 234 million US cell phone users, the pecking order for cell phone ...

Smartphones: Android Pulling Away From The Pack

Forbes - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎
After a long career at Barron's, I joined Forbes as San Francisco bureau chief in December 2010. I've been writing about technology and investing for more than 25 years. With the Tech Trade, I'll pick up where I left off when I was writing the Tech ...

Android smartphones gain more ground in US

AFP - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎
SAN FRANCISCO â€" Google's Android software strengthened its grip on the US smartphone market, powering nearly 42 percent of handsets as of July, industry tracker comScore reported on Tuesday. Android's share of the US smartphone market grew to 41.8 ...

Android smartphones surge to 42% share

Computerworld - Matt Hamblen - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎
Computerworld - Google's Android smartphones recently surged by 15% in popularity in the US, topping out the field with a nearly 42% share, according to the latest ComScore survey released Tuesday. Apple iPhone's second-place share also ...

Is the market being saturated with Android smartphones?

PhoneDog - 2 Sep, 2011
After Google announced its plan to acquire Motorola, there was a lot of initial backlash. It centered on the fear that Google's plan for Android had suddenly shifted, and the search giant would be playing favorites with the house that launched the ...

Sony: Google's Motorola move good for other Android smartphone makers

ITworld.com - Chris Nerney - 2 Sep, 2011
September 01, 2011, 12:32 PM â€" So it's been a couple of weeks now since Google announced it was buying Android smartphone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, and we've been waiting for the other Android ...

Android and Samsung: Strong Showing State Side

DigitalVersus - Jack Sims - 2 Sep, 2011
The Google OS continues to make ground on the US smartphone market and has now cornered a share of over 40%. In the manufacturer league, Samsung continues to make a strong showing. The stats in the comScore study of the smartphone market on the other ...

Report: Android increases US market share to 41 per cent

Life of Android (blog) - Robert Leedham - 2 Sep, 2011
When it comes to the US, Android is top dog and going nowhere according to new research from ComScore. During the three-month period that ended in July, Android grabbed a 41.8 per cent share of the US smartphone market, that's a substantial 5.4 per ...

Android OS Dominates Smartphone Market

RedOrbit - ‎Sep 1, 2011‎
A new report released by comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, indicates the Android OS is the market leader in the smartphone market. The report indicates the top mobile phone manufacturer for US subscribers, including smartphones and ...

Android Overload: Google Rolls Out +1 Extension for Chrome, Amazon's 10-inch ...

Phandroid.com - Chris Chavez - ‎Sep 1, 2011‎
Greetings Android phone fans. It's already Wednesday and with the end of the day, comes the Android Overload. This is the place you can come to for all the Android/Google/wireless related news that ...

Android gains market share in the US

SmartCompany.com.au - Patrick Stafford - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
Google's Android mobile operating system has continued to gain market share in the United States, according to the latest figures released by ComScore. The figures show Android recorded the biggest gains, growing 5.4 percentage points, taking 41.8% of ...

Android use rising, Motorola Mobility-commissioned survey finds

CNS Magazine - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
According to third party research commissioned by Motorola Mobility, upwards of 40% of Canadian company decision makers across all company sizes are considering Android smartphones for business use. This is in line with research by Gartner, ...

iPhones,Androids dominate US cellphone market

Gant Daily - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
New York, NY, United States (AHN) â€" Chances are if you use a smartphone in the United States, it is an Apple iPhone or one powered by Google's Android. Seventy percent of the 82.2 million smartphone users in the US own either an Apple iPhone or a phone ...

comScore Says 7 in 10 US Smartphones Now Run Either Android or iOS

Mobile Marketing Watch - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
It's an Android and iOS-dominated smartphone world. That much is clear from the latest data presented by the comScore MobiLens service. Incredibly, 82.2 million people in the United States owned smartphones during the three months ending in July 2011. ...

iPhone 5 top 5 rivals: Nokia, Google, Samsung, BlackBerry, Motorola

FoneHome.co.uk - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
By Jon on August 31st, 2011 The iPhone 5 will be with us in the next month or so, and it promises to sweep all before it. But there's a small group of highly accomplished handsets all ready â€" or soon to be ready â€" to take Apple on at its own game. ...

Is Google's (GOOG) Android a Blackberry Killer?

Market Intelligence Center - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
For a long time, Research in Motion (RIMM) was the only true player in the smartphone market, with the highly successful Blackberry. That all changed back in 2007 when Apple (AAPL) launched the first generation iPhone, which took the smartphone market ...

Android Strengthens Hold on First Place in Smartphone Marketshare

TMC Net - Oliver VanDervoort - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
While many people think that the iPhone is the undisputed king of the smartphone market, it is actually Google's Android (News - Alert) platform phones which continue to reign. A new report continues to show ...

Android tops U.S. smartphone market with 42% market share

Droid Matters - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
by Jonathan Radande August 31, 2011 0 How about some Android domination news for today? The latest ComScore smartphone market share data for the US is in, and guess who's still on top? If you guessed Android, then you win a pat on the back . ...

Android Tops Comscore's US Market Share Chart

Phandroid.com - Quentyn Kennemer - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
The folks at Comscore just put together some numbers regarding US smartphone market share. Their data was gathered from May 2011 though July 2011 â€" not exactly your traditional quarterly report but ...

Number of Android smartphone users continues to grow

PanARMENIAN.Net - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
PanARMENIAN.Net - Android and Apple together now share for nearly 70% of smartphone subscribers in the US, according to new estimates for July by comScore, TechCrunch reports. Android phones command nearly 42 % market share, while Apple's iPhone ...

Over Two-Thirds Of Smartphones In The US Run Android Or iOS

Android Police - Abhiroop Basu - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
A recent report from ComScore indicates that as of July 2011 82 million Americans own smartphones, with Android running on 41.8% of those devices, iOS on 27%, BlackBerry OS on 21.7%, Windows Phone on 5.7%, and Symbian on 1.9%. ...

Android US market share growth continues, comScore reports

GSMArena.com - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
The marketing research company comScore has just published its report on the US mobile phone market for the three months ending in July. The numbers confirm that Android continues to increase its share at a staggering rate, while Samsung maintains its ...

Android and Samsung Dominate Apple

Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Emily Knapp - ‎Aug 31, 2011‎
While the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone might be the most popular smartphone model in the country, Apple faces significant competition when it comes to its mobile market share. According to a recent comScore survey (NASDAQ:SCOR) with a 9.5% ...

ComScore: Android Creeps Up On 42 Percent Share

eWEEK Europe UK - Clint Boulton - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎
Google's Android operating system grabbed a 41.8 percent US smartphone market share for July, up nearly two percentage points from its June count of 40 percent and nearly four points from its 38 percent share from May. The company increased its lead ...

Android Creeps Up on 42% Share: comScore

eWeek - Clint Boulton - ‎Aug 30, 2011‎
Google increased its lead over Apple's iOS, Research In Motion's BlackBerry and other smartphone platforms, according to comScore. Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system grabbed a 41.8 percent US smartphone market share for July, up nearly two ...

 

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