Android (GOOG) U.S. Market Share Continues to Grow

The market share of Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android in the U.S. continues to grow, according to comScore, now passing Blackberry (NASDAQ:RIMM) for the No. 1 spot in America.

RIM had a 3 point lead over Android in December, but they have overcome that and added a one percentage point lead in just a short month.

Android leads the smartphone category now with a 31.2 percent market share. RIM fell to second with a 30. 4 percent share, with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) next at 24.7 percent. In fourth was Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) with a 8 percent share.

As for the devices themselves, Samsung remained in the lead for total subscribers with 24.9 percent, a gain of 0.7 percent. LG was in second with 20.8 percent share, although they lost 0.2 percent share. Apple was the only other major company which grew in the quarter, reaching 7.0 percent, a 0.6 percent gain.