Jeff Campbell
04-26-2011, 03:58 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cultofmac.com/report-smartphone-market-tilting-toward-android/92085' target='_blank'>http://www.cultofmac.com/report-sma...d-android/92085</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Google's Android smartphone OS now has a double-digit lead on Apple, according to a new survey released Tuesday morning. Android is used by 37 percent of smartphone users, compared to the iPhone, owned by 27 percent of smartphone users, found a March survey by measurement firm Nielsen."</em></p><p><img height="446" src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1303829622.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;" width="500" /></p><p>From number 3 with 22.7% of the market in October of 2010, to leading the market in March of 2011 with 37%, Android OS now has a double digit lead on Apple iOS. Also, the number of people planning on purchasing Android over Apple is increasing, now at 31.1% from 25.5% in 2010. In the same survey, 30% of consumers surveyed said they would be buying an Apple iOS smartphone, which is a drop from 32.7% in 2010.</p>