News - iOS still much bigger than Android in the US

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Survey unsurprisingly finds Apple’s platform is still bigger when you count all devices.

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As has been mentioned in the article, this is not overly surprising..particularly as android (as a platform) has no direct competitor to the iPod Touch.

It would be interesting to see if someone does try and release one - possibly around the time that google finally get their music service up and running..it would be a bit fairer to compare then I think

Of course getting the numbers excluding iPod devices would be even better, I expect apple would still have a bigger market share simply as there are zero true iPad competitors out there at the moment.

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MarkDonovan, comScore SVP of mobile, noted that "these data clearly illustrate the Apple ecosystem extends far beyond the iPhone."

Erm, iPod Touch and iPad - I don't think that this would constitute a far extension.

As has been mentioned in the article, this is not overly surprising..particularly as android (as a platform) has no direct competitor to the iPod Touch. It would be interesting to see if someone does try and release one - possibly around the time that google finally get their music service up and running..it would be a bit fairer to compare then I think

No 'droid iPT competitor? What about Creative Zen Touch 2 range, various Archos devices, Samsung Galaxy Player (although that's supposed to be dire), Philips GoGear Connect. And that's just the ones I know about.

Don't think I'd want to trade in my old iPod (old style not a Touch) for any of them - a decent music player for Android is needed.

Actually, this might get me flamed, but a stripped Sony Xperia blessed with some of the music tech from the A-series Walkman's might be neat - especially if it "does" apps and can support LiveView. Sorry if that's off-topic ...

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Kinda proves me point - I didn't know that any of those devices existed! So I guess that there are some competitors then, just no successful ones..

In that case the comparison IS fair

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Kinda proves me point - I didn't know that any of those devices existed! So I guess that there are some competitors then, just no successful ones.. In that case the comparison IS fair

Fair point (and especially that it'll only get "interesting" once GoogleMusicStore goes online), although in defence of the small green one (Android) I should point out that apart from an Archos unit, all the ones I named are fairly new (as in only available this year).

Give it time (and assuming someone can do a decent music player app for Android) and I think we'll see quite a few folks ditching their Touch's for something else.

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I think Apple made a smart move by adding all these features to iPod Touches. Music playback isn't the primary use of them I think... well not anymore.