Android is the most Popular Mobile OS in US

At least for new Phone Purchases.

Oct 5 2010, 10:36am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Android is the most Popular Mobile OS in US

Research company Nielsen released data that shows Android as the most popular mobile phone OS in the United States. According to August data from The Nielsen Company, Android is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months, while Blackberry RIM and Apple iOS are in a statistical dead heat for second place among recent acquirers.

The statistics includes only 1 month of iPhone 4 sales. Among all smartphone owners BlackBerry is still number one in the United States followed very close by the iPhone. Android is following on third with.

The Holiday shopping season will define which mobile operating system will come out on top for 2010. Next month Microsoft will join into the mobile OS war with the introduction of Windows Phone 7 devices.

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