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Nielsen: Android top smartphone OS in past 6 months
10/5/2010 8:13 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO—Google Inc.'s open-source Android is the most popular operating system among people in the U.S. who bought a smartphone in the past six months, according to data released Tuesday (Oct. 6) by the Nielsen Co.
Research in Motion Ltd.'s Blackberry operating system and Apple Inc.'s iOS were in a statistical dead heat among recent buyers, according to Nielsen, a media tracking company based in New York.
The Nielsen data covers a period that includes a full-month of iPhone 4 availability, the firm said. The iPhone 4 became available at the end of June.
Among all smartphone owners, Blackberry still holds the dominant share with 31 percent of the market, though its lead over Apple is declining, Nielsen said. Twenty-eight percent of smartphone owners have Apple iPhones, compared to 19 percent who have Android devices, according to Nielsen.
Research in Motion Ltd.'s Blackberry operating system and Apple Inc.'s iOS were in a statistical dead heat among recent buyers, according to Nielsen, a media tracking company based in New York.
The Nielsen data covers a period that includes a full-month of iPhone 4 availability, the firm said. The iPhone 4 became available at the end of June.
Among all smartphone owners, Blackberry still holds the dominant share with 31 percent of the market, though its lead over Apple is declining, Nielsen said. Twenty-eight percent of smartphone owners have Apple iPhones, compared to 19 percent who have Android devices, according to Nielsen.
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eewiz
10/5/2010 10:53 PM EDT
Expected this. This is happening when there isnt any decent Android tablet in the market. With so many tablets getting released by the yearend, I guess Android market share could easily double. BTW with the new windows phone 7 OS getting released this month, there is going to be a redistribution.
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Sheetal.Pandey
10/6/2010 12:30 AM EDT
What features of Android makes it top contender?
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t.alex
10/6/2010 7:40 AM EDT
Probably the open source system and application development make it the favourite choice?
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Warren
10/6/2010 6:23 PM EDT
Agree with t.alex for the most part but I think it all comes down to the way the apps run (similar between OS's), what apps are available (similar) and cost (similar). With the open platform that is Android it means more suppliers of HW (more types of solutions to meet more needs) and competion within this community (controlling costs).
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t.alex
10/6/2010 9:12 PM EDT
Yep, also android is built on top of linux kernel so the maturity and the community are established. It is becoming the preferred choice of developers.
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