Google Android Hits Massive Growth Spurt

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JR Raphael

Observing Android is kind of like watching a child's early years: We've seen it since the beginning; we've always known it's been on the brink of a massive growth spurt. But that hasn't made it any less impressive to see how quickly it's matured.

All right, so the two scenarios aren't exactly the same. Android's formative years involve less spit-up, for one, and the parent-child attachment is slightly less strong (full-fledged Android fanboys notwithstanding). Still, Google's mobile operating system has been growing at a breakneck pace, and from the looks of it, its mobile market peers are starting to struggle to keep up.

Google Android Growth

First, the big picture: Android, according to a new analysis by metrics firm ComScore, has recently commanded an extra 5.2 percent of the overall U.S. mobile market. The analysis compares data from November 2009 with data from February 2010, the most recent complete month available.

In that same time span, Apple's market share remained essentially flat, dropping by about 0.1 percent.Microsoft and Palm, meanwhile, both lost market share, dropping by 4 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively. The only platform other than Android to expand its userbase was RIM, which increased its market share by about 1.3 percent.

That's a lot of numbers, I know. But the trends here are what really matter: Month after month, Android is making leaps in its reach. And month after month, the competition is failing to match its growth.

Google Android Hits Massive Growth Spurt

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