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Android gains, Microsoft slips in smartphone platform race
Android continues to make gains in the smartphone platform market in the U.S., while Microsoft continues to slip, according to the latest data from comScore.
The latest bad news for Microsoft makes its smartphone platform deal with struggling handset maker Nokia all the more urgent.
Nokia and Microsoft have struck a deal for Nokia to use Windows Phone 7 as its main smartphone platform. Nokia said it will ship the first Nokia device with Windows Phone in the fourth quarter of this year.
When the devices are finally ready, Microsoft will have a lot of catching up to do.
For the three months ending in April, comScore said Google Android was the No. 1 top operating system with 36.4 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers. That was up 5.2 percentage points. No. 2 Apple also gained share, with 26 percent of the smartphone market. RIM ranked third with 25.7 percent share, followed by Microsoft (6.7 percent) and Palm (2.6 percent).
Samsung was the top handset manufacturer with 24.5 percent of the U.S. market.
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