Android's share of the mobile market leapt from 13% to 19.6% in the three months ending in August compared to the prior three-month period, according to new data from comScore. Google's fast-growing
mobile platform gained ground on all of its major competitors as BlackBerry-maker RIM's market share slipping four percentage points to 37.6%, Apple dipped slightly to 24.2%, and Microsoft dropped
from 13.2% to 10.8%.
The comScore figures come a day after Nielsen reported that Android is the most popular mobile operating
system among people who have bought smartphones in the last six months. It estimated Android's market share at 19% compared to 28% for Apple and 31% for BlackBerry.
The new comScore report
also showed mobile content use continuing to grow, with 34.5% of cell phone subscribers browsing the Web, 32.3% using downloaded apps, 23% playing games, and 22.5% accessing social networking sites or
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