The latest report from NPD has just unveiled that Android has reached the number one spot as the best selling smartphone OS in America. RIM’s Blackberry phones have been at the top since late 2007, but it looks like Android will be holing the top honor for quite some time. Android finished off the quarter with 33% while RIM dropped to 28% and Apple gained a little, moving up to 22%.
While the numbers are pretty impressive, we’re a little more excited to announce that the top five list of best selling Android phones for Q2 in the U.S. market included the HTC DROID Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, HTC Hero, and HTC DROID Eris. HTC was not able to bump the Motorola DROID from the number one spot, but I’m pretty sure they are happy to have secured the other four.
We are pretty confident that HTC will continue to lead the way on the Android front over the next few quarters. The HTC Hero will most likely be faded out over the next few months just as the DROID Eris recently pulled off a silent disappearing act a few weeks back. With 3-4 new Android phones from HTC expected to hit between now and the end of the year, HTC should have no problem staying at the top of the list, helping Android increase its market share lead over the competition.
