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February 10, 2010
Android, iPhone Grew, Microsoft, Palm� Didn't.
By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor
If you're in the smartphone game and you're a betting man, double down on Android and iPhone (News - Alert). If you're holding Microsoft and Palm cards, might be time to cut your losses, podner.
A new report by comScore on the state of the U.S. mobile market finds that BlackBerry (News - Alert) maker Research In Motion is still the most popular smartphone platform in the U.S., according to Wall Street Journal blogger Sarmad Ali, 'with 41.6 percent market-share in the quarter ended December, a slight drop from 42.6 percent in September.'
That's still comfortably ahead of Apple’s share, 25.3 percent, up from 24.1 percent over the same period. Google (News - Alert) stayed in fifth place, Ali said, albeit with a more respectable 5.2 percent instead of last year's anemic 2.5 percent. But bear in mind that RIM's including all its models in that, whereas Apple has just one.
Industry observer Don Reisinger wrote that Motorola and Research In Motion 'are leading their respective markets… But Apple is coming on strong.
ComScore's data from September through December 'shows that Motorola was the top cell phone vendor in the U.S. with 23.5 percent market share. It was followed by LG, Samsung (News - Alert), and Nokia, with 21.9 percent, 21.2 percent, and 9.2 percent market share, respectively,' Reisinger said, noting that Motorola's market share declined 1.4 percent between September and December whereas Samsung increased 0.8 percent.
Apple's iPhones are obviously driving the sector, the report found: 'A significant portion of the global growth can be ascribed to Apple, whose iPhone has grown to 14.4 percent market-share in 2009, compared with 9.1 percent a year ago. The company sold 8.7 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, an 18 percent increase from the prior quarter,' Ali writes.
Microsoft's (News - Alert) not heading in the right direction. It slipped to 18 percent share, Ali reported, 'while Palm saw the biggest losses, with its share dropping to 6.1 percent from 8.3 percent, despite recent price cuts that made its devices among the cheapest on the market.'
ComScore’s report found that the number of us who text stayed in the low 60 percent range, but that surfing the Web - 28 percent, and playing games- 22 percent, on cell phones is up a bit.
A new report by comScore on the state of the U.S. mobile market finds that BlackBerry (News - Alert) maker Research In Motion is still the most popular smartphone platform in the U.S., according to Wall Street Journal blogger Sarmad Ali, 'with 41.6 percent market-share in the quarter ended December, a slight drop from 42.6 percent in September.'
That's still comfortably ahead of Apple’s share, 25.3 percent, up from 24.1 percent over the same period. Google (News - Alert) stayed in fifth place, Ali said, albeit with a more respectable 5.2 percent instead of last year's anemic 2.5 percent. But bear in mind that RIM's including all its models in that, whereas Apple has just one.
Industry observer Don Reisinger wrote that Motorola and Research In Motion 'are leading their respective markets… But Apple is coming on strong.
ComScore's data from September through December 'shows that Motorola was the top cell phone vendor in the U.S. with 23.5 percent market share. It was followed by LG, Samsung (News - Alert), and Nokia, with 21.9 percent, 21.2 percent, and 9.2 percent market share, respectively,' Reisinger said, noting that Motorola's market share declined 1.4 percent between September and December whereas Samsung increased 0.8 percent.
Apple's iPhones are obviously driving the sector, the report found: 'A significant portion of the global growth can be ascribed to Apple, whose iPhone has grown to 14.4 percent market-share in 2009, compared with 9.1 percent a year ago. The company sold 8.7 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, an 18 percent increase from the prior quarter,' Ali writes.
Microsoft's (News - Alert) not heading in the right direction. It slipped to 18 percent share, Ali reported, 'while Palm saw the biggest losses, with its share dropping to 6.1 percent from 8.3 percent, despite recent price cuts that made its devices among the cheapest on the market.'
ComScore’s report found that the number of us who text stayed in the low 60 percent range, but that surfing the Web - 28 percent, and playing games- 22 percent, on cell phones is up a bit.
David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of David’s articles, please visit his columnist page. He also blogs for TMCnet here.
Edited by Stefania Viscusi
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