According to June date from Nielsen , Android( despite mounting legal challenges ) has claimed the top spot in the U.S. smartphone OS market. Figures have it as: 1. Google Android comprising 39% of the market, i.e on about four out of every 10 smartphones sold in the U.S. 2. Apple iOS a distant second at 28%, 3. RIM BlackBerry OS, dragging its feet at 20%, 4. Windows Phone 7 at 9% and 5. HP WebOS and Symbian (both at 2%). This should not surprise Nokia owners, given what seems like the gloomy lack of Nokia smartphones in US. Few interesting tidbits: Android moved up to 39% from 29% between November and January , a rise that has come at the expense of BlackBerry, which fell from 27% to 20% over the same period. Apple’s iOS has grown 1% since November to January period. Meanwhile, Windows Phone 7 and Windows Mobile lost a point over the same period, falling from 10 to 9 percent. Simply put, t...
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