Google's Android has surged past Blackberry maker Research in Motion to become the leading smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday.
Google's Android operating system captured the top spot in the United States for the first time with a 31.2 per cent smartphone market share for the three months ending in January, comScore said.
RIM was next with a 30.4 per cent market share, followed by Apple with 24.7 per cent, Microsoft with 8.0 per cent and Palm with 3.2 per cent.
According to comScore, 234 million Americans owned mobile devices at the end of January and 65.8 million owned smartphones.
Samsung was the top handset manufacturer overall with a 24.9-per cent share of the US market, comScore said, followed by LG with 20.8 per cent, Motorola with 16.5 per cent, RIM with 8.6 per cent and Apple with 7.0 per cent.