Google’s wildly popular mobile Android operating system continues to gain ground and now claims 41.8% of the smartphone market.
According to ComScore, Apple weighed in at second place with 27%, as RIM ranked third at 21.7%, followed by Microsoft (5.7%) and Symbian (1.9%).
Meanwhile, device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.5% of U.S. mobile subscribers, followed by LG with a 20.9% share and Motorola with 14.1%.
Apple strengthened its position at #4 with 9.5%, as RIM rounded out the top five with 7.6%.
Other notable highlights of ComScore’s latest report include:
- 70% of U.S. mobile subscribers send or receive text messages on their devices.
- Browsers are used by 41.1%.
- Downloaded applications are run by 40.6%.
- Accessing of social networking sites or blogs increased by 2.1 percentage points to 30.1%.
- 27.8% of the mobile audience played games, while 20.3% listened to music on their phones.
