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comScore Reports July 2012 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostSeptember 4, 2012Technologyamericans, apple, Comscore, game playing, google android, htc, industry, lg, mobile phone, mobilens data, motorola, oem, Samsung, secondary device, US

Apple’s Share of Smartphone Market Grows to 1 in 3 Subscribers

RESTON, VA, September 4, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending July 2012. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.6 percent market share. Google Android continued to lead among smartphone platforms, accounting for 52.2 percent of smartphone subscribers, while Apple secured 33.4 percent.

OEM Market Share

For the three-month average period ending in July, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.6 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, followed by LG with 18.4 percent share. Apple continued to gain share in the OEM market, ranking third with 16.3 percent of mobile subscribers (up 1.9 percentage points), followed by Motorola with 11.2 percent and HTC with 6.4 percent (up 0.4 percentage points). (more…)

comScore Reports February 2012 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostApril 3, 2012Technologyamericans, apple, Comscore, google android, htc, mobile phone, mobilens data, motorola, Samsung, secondary device, us mobile

Android Captures Majority Share of U.S. Smartphone Market

RESTON, VA, April 3, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending February 2012. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.6 percent market share. Google Android continued to grow its share in the U.S. smartphone market, crossing the 50-percent threshold in February to capture a majority share for the first time in its history.

OEM Market Share

For the three-month average period ending in February, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.6 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, followed by LG with 19.4 percent share. Apple captured the #3 ranking in February with 13.5 percent of mobile subscribers (up 2.3 percentage points), followed by Motorola at 12.8 percent. HTC moved into the #5 position in February at 6.3 percent (up 0.4 percentage points). (more…)

Study: Including Ads in Mobile Apps Poses Privacy, Security Risks

By Guest PostMarch 27, 2012Technologyad libraries, Ads, ahmad reza sadeghi, android malware, apple, code, google play, internet, michael grace, mobile application, mobile networks, phone, privacy, rootsmart, security risk, tucson, wu zhou, xuxian jiang

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that including ads in mobile applications (apps) poses privacy and security risks. In a recent study of 100,000 apps in the official Google Play market, researchers noticed that more than half contained so-called ad libraries. And 297 of the apps included aggressive ad libraries that were enabled to download and run code from remote servers – which raises significant privacy and security concerns.

“Running code downloaded from the Internet is problematic because the code could be anything,” says Dr. Xuxian Jiang, an assistant professor of computer science at NC State and co-author of a paper describing the work. “For example, it could potentially launch a ‘root exploit’ attack to take control of your phone – as demonstrated in a recently discovered piece of Android malware called RootSmart.” (more…)

comScore Reports January 2012 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostMarch 6, 2012Technologyamericans, apple, Comscore, google android, intelligent online survey, Microsoft, mobile phone, mobile subscribers, mobilens, motorola, oem, rim, Samsung, symbian

*More Than 100 Million U.S. Mobile Subscribers Now Use Smartphones*

RESTON, VA, March 6, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending January 2012. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.4 percent market share. Google Android continued to grow its share in the smartphone market, accounting for 48.6 percent of smartphone subscribers.

OEM Market Share

For the three-month average period ending in January, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.4 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers, followed by LG with 19.7 percent share and Motorola with 13.2 percent share. Apple continued to capture share in the OEM market with 12.8 percent of total mobile subscribers (up 2.0 percentage points), while RIM rounded out the top five with 6.6 percent. (more…)

Researchers Discover Potential Key To Lowering Energy Costs of Cell Phones and Data Centers

By Guest PostFebruary 8, 2012Technologyalgorithm, apple, austin, australian national university, cellphone, computer science, data center, Google, gps, hardware, intel, kathryn mckinley, microprocessor, microprocessors function, Microsoft, power usage, professor, smartphone, software, stephen m blackburn, university of texas

AUSTIN, Texas — A systematic analysis of power usage in microprocessors could help lower the energy consumption of both small cellphones and giant data centers, report computer science professors from The University of Texas at Austin and the Australian National University.

Their results may point the way to how companies such as Google, Apple, Intel and Microsoft can make software and hardware that will lower the energy costs of very small and very large devices. (more…)

comScore Reports December 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostFebruary 2, 2012Technologyapple, Comscore, google android, industry, mobile phone, mobilens, oem, online survey, Samsung, smartphone market, symbian

*Smartphone Penetration Climbs Over 40 Percent during December Holiday Shopping Season*

RESTON, VA, February 2, 2012 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending December 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.3 percent market share. Google Android strengthened its lead in the smartphone market to reach 47.3 percent market share. (more…)

comScore Reports November 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share

By Guest PostDecember 29, 2011Technologyapple, blogs, Comscore, google android, key trends, Microsoft, mobile subscribers, oem, Samsung, Social networking sites, symbian, u.s. mobile phone

*One-third of Mobile Subscribers Access Social Networking on Mobile Device*

RESTON, VA, December 29, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending November 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.6 percent market share. Google Android continued to capture share in the smartphone market to reach 46.9 percent market share.

OEM Market Share

For the three-month average period ending in November, 234 million Americans age 13 and older used mobile devices. Device manufacturer Samsung ranked as the top OEM with 25.6 percent of U.S. mobile subscribers (up 0.3 percentage points), followed by LG with 20.5 percent share and Motorola with 13.7 percent share. Apple strengthened its position at #4 with 11.2 percent share of total mobile subscribers (up 1.4 percentage points), while RIM rounded out the top five with 6.5 percent share. (more…)

Smartphone Adoption Reaches 40 Percent in Canada

By Guest PostNovember 30, 2011Technologyapple, canada, canadians, Comscore, google android, Microsoft, mobile phone, mobile phone industry, nokia, oems, original equipment manufacturers, os, qr codes, rim, Samsung, smartphone, smartphone operating system, symbian

RIM Continues to Lead Smartphone Market, with Apple a Close Second

Google Android Doubles its Smartphone Market Share in Past Six Months to 25 Percent

TORONTO, CA, November 30, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the Canada mobile phone industry for September 2011. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone operating system (OS) platforms in Canada according to their share of current mobile subscribers ages 13 and older, and reviewed the most popular activities and content accessed via the subscriber’s primary mobile phone. The September report found Samsung to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 25.2 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 35.8 percent share of that market segment. (more…)