The Android operating system has overtaken Windows Mobile in worldwide smartphone market share in less than a year.
A recent study by AdMob [pdf] found that Google’s Android operating system has now overtaken Windows Mobile phones in terms of global market share, despite the first handset launching less than a year ago. It has achieved this position via growth rates of 25% month-over-month.
The study found that Apple is still the undisputed market leader, with requests from iPhone and iPod Touch devices totalling 47% of all smartphone requests. Of those, roughly two thirds were from iPhone devices and the remaining third from iPod Touch devices. The study found that 54% of requests from these devices were from the US, down from 61% in January this year, indicating that international growth is outpacing growth in the US.
The Symbian platform (now owned by Nokia) is ranked second, with a respectable 34% market share, followed by RIM OS devices (Blackberry) on 7%, Android on 5%, Windows Mobile on 4% and Palm on 2%. Only 1% of requests were attributed to other operating systems.
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