The NPD numbers are out, and as it turns out, the Android phone OS was more of a threat than anyone realized.  Yes, Android only makes up about 9 percent of smartphone OS shares, behind pretty much all of the other smart phones on the market.  For now.  However, in the first quarter of 2010, Android phones made up 28 percent of all smartphones sold in the US, well ahead of the iPhone’s 21 percent and nearly that of RIM’s Blackberry (which had 36 percent of all smartphone sales).

If you’re following the smartphone wars, that’s huge.  Android phones were the only phones to gain market share while the iPhone was flat; RIM, WebOS, Windows Mobile, and all the other operating systems lost market share.  Google Android is a huge hit, thanks to Verizon’s massive market share and really good sales pitch of the latest in smartphone technology.  There’s also the huge success that is the Droid Incredible, and the sheer number of devices running Android all hitting the market at once.  Add it all together and it spells an impressive product launch for Google.

Tags: NPD, Android, iPhone, smartphones, smartphone sales numbers, RIM, Blackberry, Research in Motion, Android outsells iPhone, Apple, Google, Droid Incredible

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