Google Android Most Popular Operating System For New Smartphone Users
According to August data from The Nielsen Company, Android is now the most popular operating system among people who bought a smartphone in the past six months, while Blackberry RIM and Apple iOS are in a statistical dead heat for second place among recent acquirers. The Nielsen data covers a period that includes a full-month of iPhone 4 availability. Some are already predicting this is the beginning of the end for BlackBerry OS dominance and to be honest I have to agree with them. I personally still lug around the Blackberry Bold 9000 that I have owned since the day it was released in the United States. The phone is amazing and the upgrade to BlackBerry OS 5 has certainly increased the phones longevity. The thing is I’m in the market for a new BlackBerry phone, but I’m not impressed by the BlackBerry Torch 9800. It uses the same 624 MHz processor that I have in my BlackBerry Bold 9000 from 2008 if I read the specs right. BlackBerry just doesn’t have anything for me to upgrade to!
Among all smartphone owners, Blackberry still holds the dominant share with 31 percent of the market, though its lead over Apple is declining. Twenty-eight percent of smartphone owners have Apple iPhones, compared to 19 percent who have Android devices.
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