Market inquiry business firm ComScore is back withthe latest numberson the battle for consumers ’ hearts and minds in the U.S. smartphone arena . On the positive side , Apple ’s share continue to grow , holding steady in second place after BlackBerry - maker Research In Motion ( RIM ) .
However , Apple ’s rate of growth appears to have slowed . From October 2009 to January 2010 , the iPhone ’s share only increased by 0.3 percentage points ; from September 2009 to December 2009 , comparatively , it had increase by 1.2 points . Do n’t allow the deceleration in increase soft touch you , though : Apple still holds a very sound 25.1 percent market share behind RIM ’s pack - leading 41.3 percentage .
Meanwhile , Google ’s Android program is the big removal company and shaker , having jumped from a 2.8 percentage share in October 2009 to a 7.1 percent share in January 2010 — an increase of 4.3 points . Of course , Google has present a number of young Android modelling in the last several months while the iPhone intersection line has remain unchanged since the introduction of the 3GS in summer 2009 .
The rising smartphone tide has not , however , lifted all ship . Microsoft continues to hold third situation in the mart , but the companionship dropped 4 points since October 9 , its share dwindling to 15.7 percent . And Palm has lost grip as well , discharge 2.1 percentage points to a 5.7 per centum share . However , the January 2010 identification number do foredate both Palm ’s programme for a regenerate merchandising push and Microsoft ’s introduction of the new Windows Phone 7 Series , so this probably is n’t the concluding intelligence for either fellowship .
