Google Gains, Apple Stays Steady, And Palm Loses In Smartphone Share
March 10, 2010 at 14:23 PM EST
No wonder Apple is suing HTC for patent infringement over its Android phones. In the three months between October and January, Android's overall share of smartphone subscribers in the U.S. rose 4.3 points to 7.1 percent, according to mobile market share data released by comScore . Android showed the biggest single gain of any of the top five smartphone platforms. Apple's share was virtually flat at 25.2 percent (up 0.3 percent), while RIM's Blackberries saw a 1.7 percent gain to 43 percent.