Google Inc.’s Android OS (GOOG) showed national dominance in a new report released by Reston, Va.-based Comscore (SCOR) that shows Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone overtaking Research in Motion Ltd.’s (RIMM) previous BlackBerry dominance in smartphone markets.
The report highlighted trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three-month average period ending April 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers.
Google’s Android accounted for 36.4% of U.S. smartphone users in April, up 5.2% from January. Apple moved up to No. 2, with 26% smartphone market share, up 1.3% from January. Research in Motion fell 4.7% to 25.7% of the smartphone market.
Phones running Microsoft Corp.’s OS made up for 6.7% of the smartphone market. Comscore said the original company to pioneer the smartphone, Palm, continued a decline, dropping from 3.2% of the smartphone market in January to a low 2.6% in April.
The study also found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.5% market share. LG landed second with a 20.9% share and Motorola with a 15.6% share. Apple had 8.3% OEM market share and RIM rounded out the list at 8.2%.
Comscore said 74.6 million U.S. consumers owned a smartphone as of April, up 13% from January and that 234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices.
Microsoft, Google and Apple all have an Austin workforce, with Apple employing around 1,000 people in the region.
