• CNet, Friday, March 12, 2010 2 PM

At present, Android claims just 7.1% of the U.S. smartphone market, but some insist that Google's mobile operating system is the one to watch. Indeed, Google added 4.3 percentage points of market share in a mere four months, according to new comScore data. "While Android's user base may skew 'young, male, and cheap,' such increase implies a much wider audience," CNet's Open Road blog writes, adding, "That is astonishing growth and has much to do with Google's open-source approach."

At present, about 60,000 Android devices are being shipped every day. Meanwhile, Apple's approach is the exact inverse of Google's, according to Open Road. "Apple owns (and tightly controls) the complete iPhone stack, from hardware to software, and also exerts tremendous control over its distribution channels, which makes for a super-slick experience, but also constrains Apple's success to whatever it, as a company, can scale to deliver."

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