1/3 of all Americans now own a Smartphone

The latest numbers from comScore’s MobiLens service, covering the US smartphone market over a three-month period ending in May 2012:

Nearly 100 million Americans own a smartphone.

Google’s Android owned 50.9% (up 0.8% from February 2012) of the US smartphone market. Apple’s iOS-operated iPhone came in second with 31.9% (+1.7%), followed by RIM at 11.4% (-2%), Microsoft at 4% (+0.1%), and Symbian at 1.1% (-0.4%).

In May, 51.1% of US mobile subscribers used a downloaded app; 49.8% used a mobile browser; and 36.7% accessed a social networking site or blog.