Samsung is the top handset manufacturer overall with 24.5 percent share of US mobile subscribers for the three month average period ending March, according to a study by comScore. For the three month average period ending in March, 234 million Americans ages thirteen and older used mobile devices. LG ranked second with 20.9 percent share, followed by Motorola with 15.8 percent and RIM with 8.4 percent. Apple continued to gain share following the launch of the Verizon iPhone, up 1.1 percentage points to reach 7.9 percent of subscribers. About 72.5 million people in the US owned smartphones during the three months ending in March, up 15 percent from the preceding three-month period. Google Android grew 6 percentage points to 34.7 percent market share, while RIM ranked second with 27.1 percent. Apple grew 0.5 points to 25.5 percent share, followed by Microsoft with 7.5 percent and Palm with 2.8 percent. In March, 68.6 percent of US mobile subscribers used text messaging on their mobile device. Browsers were used by 38.6 percent of subscribers, up 2.2 percentage points, while downloaded applications were used by 37.3 percent, up 2.9 percentage points. Accessing of social networking sites or blogs increased 2.6 percentage points, representing 27.3 percent of mobile subscribers. Playing games comprised 25.7 percent of the mobile audience, while listening to music represented 17.9 percent.
