April 2012, 27.6 million people from the United
Kingdom age 13 and older owned a Smartphone, representing 55.8% of the mobile
population.According to Comscore research,The total Smartphone audience increased by 40.4,% year-on-year. The Mobile OS Platform was led by Google’s
Android platform as its share grew rapidly over the past year in 2011 , driven by the
proliferation of Android devices manufactured by different OEMs and the wide
availability of such devices across carriers. In the past year.
Android increased its market share to 40.6%, while Apple retained almost sam marketshare as last year with 1% drop.Android
and Apple combined now account for over 65% of the Smartphone market.RIM as usual keeps fighting a loosing battle and as of now on possibly on the verge of either being snapped by the Giants or becoming an also ran.