Windows Use Declines, as Mac OS, iOS, and Android Grow

A report from Chitika, an ad network, shows that use of Microsoft's Windows operating system was down in the month of August, while Mac OS, iOS, and Android gained users. It's also interesting to note that the Linux user base shrunk slightly, as did the percentage of using an "other" OS.

It seems consumers are using mobile operating systems more frequently, and possibly switching to Macs as well. Of course, these results only show the change over one month. Whether or not this trend will continue is uncertain.
via BGR

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Web OS Goes Down, and Stays Down

Last year, HP acquired Palm, primarily for Web OS, the company's smartphone OS. The purchase price? 1.2 billion. HP was going to continue to make WebOS phones and tablets, and they thought they would be able to succeeded in marketing WebOS where Palm had failed. However, just 16 months later, HP has thrown in the towel. As of today, HP announced that they would be discontinuing all WebOS products. WebOS is no more.

WebOS was the operating system on such products as the Palm Pre, the HP Pree 2, the HP Veer, and the Slate. It didn't have the same popularity as iOS or Android, but there were a few dedicated fans to the operating system.

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46% of Smartphone Buyers Choose iPhone

Good news for Apple. The results of a study done by ChangeWave Research were recently published. Out of consumers who said they would be purchasing a smartphone, 46% said they were going with an iPhone. 32% said they would get an Android handset, and only 4% said they were considering a Blackberry.

The study asked current smartphone owners how satisfied they were with their smartphone. The iPhone had a commanding lead, with 70% reporting that they were "very satisfied" (the highest level of satisfaction in the questionnaire). Only half of Android users said they were very satisfied. Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry did the worst in the survey, with 27% and 26% answering "very satisfied" on the survey, respectively.

So there you have it, from the owners of these phone operating systems. iOS has the most satisfied users, as well as the highest consumer interest. RIM's Blackberry, on the other hand, is the least popular mobile OS, although it's only losing in satisfaction to Windows Phone by 1%. This study should be a good indication of the cellphone market in the near future.

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