An Android-based device from Samsung appears to be the phone to beat. According to Tuesday data from comScore, Samsung was the top U.S. handset manufacturer between March and May with 24.8 percent of the market, while Android nabbed 38.1 percent of smartphone market share.
In the past few months, Samsung has unveiled the Droid Charge, its first smartphone on Verizon's LTE network, as well as the Nexus S 4G, the first stock Android, Gingerbread smartphone with Google Voice, and the Samsung Galaxy S 4G, a 4G version of the popular Vibrant on T-Mobile. Nonetheless, the company's handset share remained flat between March and May. Number-two handset maker LG increased 0.2 percent to 21.1 percent, followed by Motorola, down 1 percent to 15.1 percent.
Apple broke with tradition and failed to unveil a new iPhone this summer, but consumers are apparently still snapping up the devices. Apple was the number four U.S. handset manufacturer with 8.7 percent of the market (up 1.2 percent), and came in second for market share, with iPhones making up 26.6 percent of smartphones sold.
RIM rounded out the top five with 8.1 percent, down 0.5 percent. RIM devices were number three for smartphone market share, but that was also down 4.2 percent since February.
Microsoft had 5.8 percent smartphone market share, down 1.9 percent, followed by Palm at 2.4 percent, also down 0.4 percent.
Among the 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers polled by comScore, texting was the most popular activity, with 69.5 percent of people doing it, up 0.7 percent from February. Coming in second was using the browser and downloading apps, at nearly 40 percent.
About 28.6 percent of people used social-networking sites, up 1.8 percent, while 26.9 percent played games, up 2.3 percent. Finally, 18.6 percent listened to music, up 1.1 percent.