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ComScore: Android and iOS up, RIM and Microsoft down

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

It’s that time of the month once again: the latest ComScore data is out for the period ending in January 2012. Yet again 30,000 US mobile subscribers were surveyed in order to put together data showing the movers and shakers. And once again, the results aren’t exactly surprising. Read The Full Story

ComScore: Android still on top, Apple gets a boost

, Dec 29th 2011 Discuss [7]

Market research firm comScore has released its November 2011 report on US mobile subscribers, revealing unsurprisingly that Android continues to take the lead in smartphone platforms while Samsung is still on top in smartphone manufacturer market share. However, Apple saw increasing growth while the others plateaued likely due to a boost from its iPhone 4S sales. Read The Full Story

comScore: Android still way ahead, but Apple now grabs 10% US market share

, Nov 4th 2011 Discuss [27]

Research firm comScore has just released a US smartphone market report for the period ending in September 2011, revealing as expected that Android is still way ahead of the pack, but that Apple continues to grow steadily. In fact, one in ten mobile subscribers in the US now own an iPhone and this is even before Apple released the iPhone 4S. Read The Full Story

comScore: iOS still ahead of Android in total user base thanks to iPads

, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [16]

According to a new report released by research firm comScore, iOS is still the leading platform for connected devices based on actual installed base and digital traffic. This seems contrary to the general perception that Android is the front-runner, and it is indeed when it comes to only smartphone figures, but with the inclusion of all connected devices such as tablets, Apple wins thanks to the continued dominance of the iPad. Read The Full Story

ComScore: Android nears 44% of US smartphone market share

, Oct 5th 2011 Discuss [0]

Research firm comScore has just released its latest figures that unsurprisingly show continued growth for both Google and Apple in the US smartphone market. Google's Android is seeing a steady upward climb now reaching 43.7 percent market share, while Apple's iPhone seems to be slowing a bit with smaller incremental changes. It's recent launch of the iPhone 4S, however, may give it a boost. Read The Full Story

ComScore: Android and iOS near 70 percent of US smartphone market share

, Aug 30th 2011 Discuss [9]

ComScore has issued a new report on the US smartphone market breakdown for the three-month period from April to July 2011. Unsurprisingly, Android and iOS continue their steady climb now reaching a combined market share of nearly 70 percent, while RIM, Microsoft, and Nokia's Symbian continue to slide. Read The Full Story

25m Google+ visitors says ComScore as social use surges

, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [0]

Google+ is believed to have surpassed 25m visitors, with the latest figures from tracking firm comScore suggesting that the new social network is thundering at full speed toward Facebook's head start. The new estimate - including over 6m visitors from the US - indicates that Google broke the 25m barrier in less than a month of operation. Read The Full Story

comScore Reports Android Dominates 38% But iPhone Still Growing

, Jul 5th 2011 Discuss [10]

A new report was released today by comScore that compared the U.S. mobile phone market share differences between the last three-month period ending May 2011 and the previous ending February 2011. The study was based on a survey of over 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and revealed that Android continued to dominate but that Apple's iPhone numbers also continued to grow. Read The Full Story

comScore Reports iOS Device Traffic Beats Android In Every Market

, Jun 23rd 2011 Discuss [11]

The battle never ends between Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms, but thus far iOS continues to take the lead despite a broad and rapidly growing selection of Android smartphones and tablets. Research firm comScore has just issued a report introducing a new Device Essentials service that measures digital traffic from all devices and once again finds Apple's iOS to dominate all markets. Read The Full Story

comScore Finds iOS Ownership Double the Size of Android in Europe

, Apr 21st 2011 Discuss [0]

That's when accounting for mobile phones, tablets, and other connected media devices - that's the whole barrel! It seems that comScore has released a study which includes results from the EU5 (aka UK Germany, France, Spain, and Italy) which included media tablet owners* and based on data from their own comScore MobiLens service. This report suggests that Apple's iOS platform (on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch,) has a combined platform reach of 28.9 users in the five European markets in the EU5 - this number outperforming Android by 116 percent. Read The Full Story

European iOS ecosystem larger than Android just as in US says report

, Apr 21st 2011 Discuss [9]

Android versus iOS is one of the biggest rivalries in the tech world. It’s right up there with OS X versus Windows in my book. Both sides in the iOS version Android user base are very supportive of their platforms leading to a lot of numbers being thrown around to show who is larger. By most accounts, the Android platform is now larger than the iOS platform in the smartphone world. When you zoom out and look at the entire iOS versus Android ecosystem with all available devices the picture changes. Read The Full Story

Android Beats Apple in US Smartphone Share

, Feb 9th 2011 Discuss [13]

Just in case the IDC study showing that smartphones now outsell PCs wasn't enough of a rush for you, ComScore has a new study out today. It reveals a major upset in the US smartphone market: Android has beat iOS. Read The Full Story
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