Samsung is the top handset manufacturer overall in the US with 24.8 percent market share, according to a study by comScore. Google Android led among smartphone platforms with 38.1 percent market share. For the three month average period ending in May, 234 million Americans aged thirteen and older used mobile devices. Samsung was followed by LG with a 21.1 percent share and Motorola with 15.1 percent share. Apple ranked fourth with 8.7 percent of mobile subscribers, up 1.2 percentage points, while RIM rounded out the top five with 8.1 percent share. In the US, 76.8 million people owned smartphones during the three months, up 11 percent from the preceding three-month period. Google Android ranked as the top operating system with 38.1 percent of US smartphone subscribers, up 5.1 percentage points. Apple ranked second with 26.6 percent of the smartphone market, up 1.4 percentage points. RIM ranked third with 24.7 percent share, followed by Microsoft with 5.8 percent and Palm with 2.4 percent. In May, 69.5 percent of US mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device. Browsers were used by 39.8 percent of subscribers, up by 1.5 percentage points. Downloaded applications were used by 38.6 percent up by 2 percentage points. Accessing of social networking sites or blogs increased 1.8 percentage points to 28.6 percent of mobile subscribers. Game-playing was done by 26.9 percent of the mobile audience up by 2.3 percentage points, while 18.6 percent listened to music on their phones.
