Over 100 million of Americans have smartphones – report March 7, 2012 - 15:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - For the first time, more than 100 million Americans have smartphones, Mashable says citing a report by research firm comScore MobileLens. The smartphone category exceeded that figure in January, the report said, estimating that the exact number was 101.3 million, a 13% jump since October. Despite that milestone, smartphones are still in the majority. About 234 million Americans over the age of 13 used cellphones in January, meaning that the penetration for smartphones in the U.S. is around 43.3%. As has been the current trend, both Google and Apple’s share of the smartphone market grew at RIM’s expense. Google’s Android platform now claims 48.6% of the market and Apple’s iOS has 29.5%, a jump of 2.3% and 1.3%, respectively, over October. RIM’s share is now 15.2%, a 2% drop. Microsoft’s share also fell 1% to 4.4%. The report also found that texting is still the most popular mobile activity. Some 74.6% of cellphone owners texted in January. The next most popular activity was using a downloaded app (48.6%) and a browser (48.5%.) ComScore’s figures, which are based on a survey of 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers, are at odds with a recent report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. That report showed that smartphone owners actually outnumbered basic phone owners 46% to 41%. (The other 13% didn’t have a cellphone).   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |
