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Android beats out iPhone in 8 States
Myxer is an entertainment company in the business of providing downloads to mobile phones. You know, things like wallpaper, ringtones, videos, etc. They have delivered more than 1 billion such downloads and with 350,000 registered Android users, they decided to get into the metrics business. In their report for January, Myxer has found something very interesting. While it is usually the big, flashy cities like New York and San Francisco where you would expect to find the vanguard of technological change, it seems to be middle America that is embracing Android first. 7 states in America's heartland-Arizona, Nebraska, New Mexico, Montana, North and South Dakota, and Wyoming-have seen Android usage outnumber that of the iPhone. Maryland is the only East coast state that can claim the same thing. Some are saying that the reason for the results is that in some of the Mid-West states, Verizon is the only carrier with broad 3G coverage. But it could be that in the U.S., change starts in the middle of the country and spreads out to the coasts.

Other interesting things discovered by Myxer is that 3 out of every 4 Nexus One users is Male. On the opposite end of the spectrum, 2 out of every 3 users of the Samsung Behold II and the HTC myTouch are Female. Across every Android handset, more Women than Men downloaded mobile entertainment. The G1 seems to be the handset with the youngest demographics. 57% of downloads  for that device fall into the 18-24 age group. Finally, users of the DROID are the least active, consuming an average of just 4 pieces of mobile entertainment per month.

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Android beats out iPhone in 8 States
Android beats out iPhone in 8 States

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1. tuminatr posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:45

look at the states, its about the network in the states Droid wins I bet this map will be almost all green a year from now

11. JeffdaBeat posted on 27 Feb 2010, 08:12

...Now, I may be mistaken, but the iPhone users really can't use MUCH on Myxer seeing as everything has to be done through iTunes. On a regular phone, I could go to Myxer or Funformobile.com and download ringtones and what not. The iPhone, of course, has to go through iTunes. So maybe that's the reason why....

16. cellgeek82 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 12:05

iPhone is already the "yesterday phone". I bet it will be all green next year. Android FTW Apple iPhone FTL

23. testman22 posted on 28 Feb 2010, 17:30

no steve jobs, you can't have a recount

2. android#1 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 00:10

i second that

3. spk posted on 27 Feb 2010, 00:42

A sign of the times. Android is taking over!

4. omarc26 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 01:04

its maybe cause gayt&t dont have coverage in those states .. and verizon does .. so no at&t coverage no iphones .... yea at&t sucks

5. E.N. posted on 27 Feb 2010, 01:15

There's like a thousand different Android models out, so none of the Droid crap.

6. ggp (unregistered) posted on 27 Feb 2010, 01:23

interesting though how there wasn't a map like this until VZW offered Android

8. E.N. posted on 27 Feb 2010, 01:46

Okay........?

10. DonkeyPunched posted on 27 Feb 2010, 03:58

I think this is going to be an ongoing competition. Android has been able to make updates and releases as the months go by. Apple does it annually, at least so far, so I'm sure when May comes around, this will halt things possibly. We'll see...and hey, maybe even Windows Mobile 7 will get into the game.

21. iHateCrapple posted on 27 Feb 2010, 18:12

DROOOOOIIID!

7. 0157h7 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 01:33

This is clearly because of the network. It also did not hurt that Droid got a huge ad campaign, something the other Android phones have not had. Also, Sprint released 2 Android phones around the same time as Verizon.

9. Trobes05 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 01:58

Okay, I'm from South Dakota. Arizona and New Mexico do not count as the midwest or the heartland.

19. n0gar2 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 13:22

I am from the northeast and the only heartland iis where the country began - from VA to Boston!

12. rwolf1984 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 09:53

competition is heating up between android and iPhone...android has the momentum. however, i dont think that myxer is the place people with iPhones go to get content. I am suprised iPhone and android users are still using myxer. arent there apps out their to make your own ringtones?

13. clevername posted on 27 Feb 2010, 10:06

I don't doubt mixers results but I wanna know how they get their data. Since iPhone users have to use iTunes, they can't use mixer, therefore mixer shouldn't have any user data on them. So their method is actually the key to credibility here. Also as even the article pointed out, some of those states don't have broad 3G coverage by AT&T so of course it'll be beat. Funny thing is some of those states the iPhone is winning don't have 3G coverage, according to verizon anyway.

17. idiotwind13 posted on 27 Feb 2010, 12:10

According to Verizon huh? The map they show on the commercials is AT&T's 3g coverage map, the one you can find on their website. People are still using the iPhone over EDGE with WiFi to make up for it.

14. corporateJP posted on 27 Feb 2010, 11:04

Fear the power of the Android OS.

15. TBONEJF posted on 27 Feb 2010, 11:08

Don't worry. ANDROID will soon take over the iPhone. I'm just glad I didn't get the iPhone cause I knew it would be all crap. I just can't wait to get my hands on a ANDOID PHONE. It will be much better than the iPhone. Hoping I can get the HTC Desire in May 15th that's my upgrade date.

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