Apple OS supersedes iPhone in the USA

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Apple Inc.’s iPhone has been superseded by Android mobile operating system in terms of U.S. market share during the first quarter.

Android OS, developed by Google Inc occupied 28% of the domestic market share during the first quarter, up from 20% in the December quarter. Strong sales of handsets such as the Droid and Droid Eris at Verizon Wireless have been cited as the reason behind the strong market share.

The US share of the iPhone remained relatively flat at 21%. The leader has been Research In Motion Ltd., whose BlackBerry family of smartphone devices has about 36% of the market.

Launch of the Droid handset from Motorola Inc. in late 2009 has been attributed as the boost for the Android platform which picked up strong sales surging market share from below 5% in the third quarter to end the year around 20%. Verizon Wireless too put considerable effort behind promoting Android to its customers.