ComScore: Android continues to lead in OS marketshare, Apple behind in second

Jake Smith

Research firm ComScore is out with new quarterly numbers today, giving us a look at the current state of mobile marketshare in the United States. Over the last three months, nothing too dramatic has changed. Android still has the lead in marketshare, now boasting a 50.9-percent share of smartphone customers (0.8-percent gain over three months ago but down from March), whereas Apple is in second with a 31.9-percent share (1.7-percent gain).

As for OEMs, Samsung has a commanding lead with 25.7-percent marketshare, followed by LG with 19.1-percent (had a 0.3-percent loss). Apple is third with 15 percent (boasting a 1.5-percent increase). The real story will come when companies report their earnings to investors in a few weeks. You can check out the charts after the break for all the details:

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AT&T Galaxy S III goes on sale Friday, July 6

Jake Smith

The launch of the Samsung Galaxy S III could be summarized in one word: delays. Being one of the carriers experiencing such delays, AT&T announced this afternoon that the Samsung Galaxy S III would finally go on sale for its network June 6. According to AT&T’s online store, only the 16GB white and blue versions of the device will be available at launch, priced at $199 on a two-year contract and featuring AT&T’s 4G LTE. For some reason, the 32GB version and exclusive AT&T red model are nowhere to be found. Is anyone picking one up?

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CamUp sues Google, says Google+ and YouTube stole Hangouts feature

E. Betters

CamUp filed a lawsuit late last week that claimed Google ripped its video-chat feature for Google+ and YouTube.

The lawsuit filing revealed Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president, along with a few Mountain View engineers, approached the New York-based startup at the South by Southwest Festival in March 2011. They later met in London to negotiate adding a Hangout-like button, called “Watch with your friends on CamUp,” to Google’s popular video-sharing platform, YouTube. Despite receiving accolades on its product, CamUp did not hear from the Googlers after the meeting.

By May 2011, CamUp detected an alarming amount of visits from Google’s headquarters in California. The startup suggested that the traffic is evidence of Google beginning to examine its product for copying purposes. Google launched Hangouts with a “Watch your friends” button just one month later, which were allegedly indistinguishable from CamUp’s offerings.

CamUp is seeking damages, an injunction to remove Hangouts on YouTube and Google+, and it is suing Google UK’s Director of Business and Markets Richard Robinson.

The filing (via GigaOM) is embedded below.

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HTC Droid Incredible 4G launching on Verizon for $149 on July 5

Jake Smith

Verizon announced in a press release this morning that the HTC Droid Incredible 4G is launching on its network July 5 for $149 on a two-year contract. The Droid Incredible 4G was previously shown off at this year’s CTIA after running its course in the rumor-mill for months. It is packed with a 4-inch qHD display, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, front-facing camera, 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 4G LTE, and the option for up to 32GB of expandable storage. It will be interesting to see how this device will stack up against the Galaxy S III, which launches on Verizon fairly soon but is currently facing delays. At any rate, this looks like a sleek device.

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VLC for Android makes its way to Google Play in beta form

Jake Smith

Open source media player VLC announced an all-new beta Android app available on the Google Play store this morning. The app features the ability to play a long list of support video and audio with a basic controller that allows you to play, pause, and skip content. We assume better features will be added over time. The VideoLAN staff makes it clear that the app is not on the stable side. However, why not give it a shot if you are loyal to the orange and black. Though we do have to pass on VideoLAN’s message, just as a warning: “It might kill your kitten, destroy your house and start the Mayan apocalypse. Use it at your own risk.” Sounds rough. (via The Verge)

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After facing delays, Samsung Galaxy S III goes on sale at Sprint

Jake Smith

As we told you last week, Sprint officially began selling the Galaxy S III in stores and online today. The Now Network priced the 16 GB and 32GB Galaxy S III at $200 and $250, respectively. However, if you are looking to pick up one in-store, you will have to settle with the 16GB version. The 32GB version is only offered online. Is any of you picking one up? Samsung pegged shipments of the Galaxy S III to be over 10 million units for the month of July (also due to high demand).

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