iPhone Blows Past Windows Mobile
The Silicon Valley Insider
Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova l Dec. 17, 2009
Apple's U.S. iPhone user base blew past Windows Mobile for the first
time in October and it's bearing down on Research In Motion, according
to data from comScore, via FierceDeveloper. ComScore conducts monthly surveys and the data below is based on a three month average.
Not only does this chart illustrate Apple's growth, which is well known,
but it also shows RIM's continued growth with the BlackBerry. There is
an obvious benefit to selling your device at all four major U.S.
carriers, as RIM does, and we expect Apple to increase its carrier
relationships next year.
The data also provides some justification for Google's forthcoming phone.
After a year of letting its partners promote and develop Android
phones, it's still far behind the competition. Maybe something Google
designs and sells itself will be better. (Though, to be fair, Google
just got on two more major carriers with Verizon and Sprint, so this
chart could look much different in the next six months.)
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