iPhone iOS edges Android on smartphones in U.S.

From InfoWorld: Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry are in a dead heat for U.S. smartphone ownership honors, according to market researcher Nielsen.

But the iPhone's iOS was the clear winner when American smartphone owners were asked which mobile operating system they'd pick for their next device, the measurement company added.

Of the nearly 30 percent of mobile subscribers who own a smartphone, 27.9 percent said they had an iPhone, while 27.4 percent said they used a BlackBerry from RIM, a too-close-to-call race that Nielsen dubbed a "statistical dead heat."

Google's Android operating system powers the phones of 22.7 percent of smartphone owners, while Microsoft's mobile OS -- the latest is Windows Phone 7, which has only recently started to appear on new handsets -- trails with 14 percent.

However, Apple's iOS trounced RIM's operating system for the BlackBerry when smartphone owners likely to upgrade to a new phone were asked which OS they'd select. Nearly a third of U.S. mobile subscribers -- 30 percent -- said they wanted iOS, while just 13 percent said they'd choose BlackBerry.

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