NPD said May 10 that Google Android has supplanted Apple iPhone as the No. 2 smartphone operating system in the U.S. Android logged 28 percent share of the market, besting the 21 percent tallied by the iPhone and second behind Research In Motion, which grabbed 36 percent. Two things could help iPhone regain the No. 2 OS spot from Android: Apple iPhone 4.0 and an iPhone launch on Verizon’s leading wireless network. Tapping into just a portion of the 90 million-plus subscriber base on Verizon would enable the iPhone to gain traction on Verizon’s popular Droid lineup.
– Google Android has supplanted Apple iPhone as the No. 2 smartphone operating
system in the United States,
according to fresh data released
by the NPD Group May 10.
The market researcher analyzed unit sales to consumers in the first quarter
and found that Android logged 28 percent share of the m…