Apple's Downfall, Android Sales

Research In Motion RIMM is no longer the major challenge to the sales of Apple Inc AAPL iPhone. Google Inc. GOOG Android-powered smartphones are. New data from comScore show that Android is still gaining on both Apple and RIM in the US market, and that, for the first time, the Apple mobile operating system has lost market share. Apple's piece of the smartphone platform business fell 1.3% to 23.8% from April to July. Android's share was up 5% to 17%. At that rate, Android may pass Apple early next year. The loser in the operating systems business continue to be the leader, RIM. Its market share fell 1.8% to 39.3%. Microsoft's MSFT Windows Mobile product continued to bleed out. Its market share over the period fell 2.2% to 11.8%. It has lost so much ground that it would seem that it has no chance to make any of it up. Read the rest here.