Google Inc.’s Android platform is the most popular smartphone software in the United States, having overtaken Apple Inc.’s iPhone and the BlackBerry from Research In Motion Ltd., Gartner Inc. says.
Worldwide, Android became the third-best-selling operating system in the second quarter, with 17.2 percent of sales compared with 1.8 percent a year earlier, Gartner said yesterday. It trails Nokia Oyj’s Symbian and RIM.
The Android system has outpaced sales of Apple software this year because it is available on a wider array of phones and carriers, analysts have said. The two operating systems are competing for share of smartphone sales, which gained 50.5 percent in the quarter. That’s more than three times the growth for the market as a whole.
Apple’s iOS fell behind Android to fourth place among smartphone platforms, with a 14.2 percent market share, as the iPhone 4 ramped up production.
Symbian, also used on some phones from other vendors, lost almost 10 percentage points of market share to 41.2 percent as Nokia struggled to revamp it and ship new handsets.
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Worldwide, Android became the third-best-selling operating system in the second quarter, with 17.2 percent of sales compared with 1.8 percent a year earlier, Gartner said yesterday. It trails Nokia Oyj’s Symbian and RIM.
The Android system has outpaced sales of Apple software this year because it is available on a wider array of phones and carriers, analysts have said. The two operating systems are competing for share of smartphone sales, which gained 50.5 percent in the quarter. That’s more than three times the growth for the market as a whole.
Apple’s iOS fell behind Android to fourth place among smartphone platforms, with a 14.2 percent market share, as the iPhone 4 ramped up production.
Symbian, also used on some phones from other vendors, lost almost 10 percentage points of market share to 41.2 percent as Nokia struggled to revamp it and ship new handsets.
Read More @ boston.com
