AdMob: North America home to 75% of Android devices

Seventy-five percent of all Android-based devices are concentrated in the North American market, compared to 49 percent of all iPhone OS-powered devices, according to new data issued by mobile advertising network AdMob. Asia accounts for 12 percent of Android devices on the AdMob network, with 11 percent in Western Europe--iPhone OS units are more broadly distributed, with 28 percent in Western Europe and 14 percent in Asia. AdMob notes that in the U.S., iPhone OS devices outnumber Android devices by a 2 to 1 ratio, but worldwide the difference expands to 3.5 to 1.

As of April 2010, there are now 10.7 million unique iPhones on AdMob's network in the U.S., although that number jumps to 18.3 million when the iPod touch and iPad enter the equation; there are 8.7 million unique Android OS devices. From a global perspective there are 11.6 million unique Android OS devices, 27.4 million unique iPhones and 40.8 million unique iPhone OS devices.

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