www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With so many evolutionary and revolutionary technologies flooding the Mobile operating system market, most of them are in their first stage and this has given a welcome chance to Android to strengthen its position and score points over other platforms. Google’s Android has pushed Apple’s iPhone far behind by selling more numbers in the latter’s heartland market, the USA.

According to a research, Android-based handsets accounted for 28% of smartphone shipments in the US in the first quarter which was well ahead of Apple on 21% but lagging behind RIM on 36%. USA is a market where Symbian hardly figures, webOS is in limbo, and Microsoft is readying a new platform and under such condition, it’s the iPhone OS that needs to be beaten.

The peculiar carrier politics of North America is playing a very major role in the change in market share equations and the era of dominance of RIM and Apple seems to be over despite the fact that a new iPhone is coming to fore next month and is likely to boost Apple sales again.

The marketing activities of Verizon Wireless offering the Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris as its Android flagships, plus a range of Blackberry models, played a very important role in significant leap forward. Verizon has now woken up from its deep slumber and is ready to take over AT&T by extending RIM dominance with a strong Android strategy.

AT&T is the only major iPhone exclusive in the USA currently and is putting huge efforts into making the Apple handset a success. But even with increase in the market share, it is having diminishing returns. Verizon is preparing to launch the high end HTC Incredible, and gain a strong response to any new iPhone to cure ‘iPhone envy’ and switch the lust of many consumers towards Android.