Apple may just patted her chest on the achievement of the current iPhone. However, Apple should be wary of stretching the Google Android is seen as its greatest threat.
According to AdMob --- study results, which is owned by Google -, globally, the iPhone pocketed 50 percent market share of the operating system for smartphones in the month of February 2010.
Quoted from ChannelWeb, Wednesday (31/3/2010), AdMob said that Google's Android OS continued to clamber up and over 24 percent market share, thereby becoming the biggest threat to the iPhone.
And what about Symbian? Nokia's operating system is in third position with a market share of 18 percent. Meanwhile, RIM BlackBerry gain market share 4 percent, followed by the Microsoft Windows Mobile with 2 percent market share.
To map the competition in the U.S., AdMob study results show that in the month of February 2010, OS Apple iPhone down to around 44 percent, from 55 percent in November 2009. In contrast, Android rocketed from 27 percent to 42 percent.
"Android is an operating system that quickly rocketed in the AdMob network from year to year," explained the study.
Android market growth boom was joined jacked by a number of devices that carry, namely Motorola Droid, Motorola CLIQ and HTC smartphones. What will Google Android will be able to put down the Apple iPhone? We'll see.
