Google Android has overtaken Apple’s iOS to become the second most popular mobile operating system among American smartphone users.
As of November 2010, Android powered 26% of U.S. smartphones, up from 19.6% in August 2010, according to MobiLens, the mobile division of tech research firm, comScore. Apple’s iOS, the platform of the popular iPhone device, held a 25% market share in November (up from 24.2% in August), while Research In Motion’s BlackBerry OS remained the market leader but slipped to 33.5% (down from 37.6%).
The overall number of U.S. smartphone users increased 10% during the August-to-November quarter, to a nationwide total of 61.5-million.
