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Google's Android has maintained its position as the top mobile operating system market share in the United States (U.S.), but it saw a decline in the process.
Despite the release of iOS 7, Apple's market share the mobile operating system saw a drop in new statistic.
It didn't get there first, but then again, the company certainly isn't struggling: Samsung's ChatON messaging services has more users across Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry, than BlackBerry Messenger.
The problems keep piling up for BlackBerry Ltd., as the once dominant Canadian smartphone company announced that the release date for the BlackBerry Messenger app on iOS and Android would be delayed until next week.
Despite a new name, a revamped operating system, and some genuine attempts at innovation this year, BlackBerry has reached the end of its road and is being bought out.
Even if smartphones don't work out for BlackBerry, the company still has a popular product in its BlackBerry Messenger, which is being released for the first time outside of BlackBerry's lonely walled garden on Saturday for Android and Sunday for iOS devices.
Apple's iOS platform is closing the gap against Google's Android when it comes to the latest smartphone operating system market share for July 2013.
Google's Android platform has easily defeated Apple and Microsoft in Spain's smartphone operating system market share.
BlackBerry and Symbian suffered double-digit losses as Google's Android platform was crowned as the top mobile operating system in Mexico.
Microsoft's Windows Phone encountered the most gains in the smartphone operating system market share in Australia during the three months ending in July 2013, according to Kantar Worldpanel.
Google's Android continued to reign as the top mobile operating system in China, according to Kantar Worldpanel's latest figures.
Google mobile operating system has increased its market share across France, Germany, and Italy.
A day after Microsoft announced plans to acquire Nokia's mobile division, the Redmond-based organization might be eyeing on a deal with BlackBerry as well.
The latest smartphone operating system sales market share for the last three months ending in July 2013 has been released, and Google's mobile platform lost some steam in the United Kingdom.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, BlackBerry is considering spinning off its messaging service into its own semi-independent unit, according to unnamed sources close to the company. The spin off subsidiary would be called BBM Inc., and would operate with more independence from BlackBerry.