Android Becomes Market Leader in US Mobile Phone Users

comScore announced new market share numbers for the three months through Jan 2011.

The data showed that 65.8 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during period, which is up 8 percent from the preceding three month period. While Android passed iOS in terms of subscriber share in the previous period, this is the first time the Google-developed OS has unseated RIM from the number one spot.

234 million Americans ages 13 and older used mobile devices for the period.