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China Passes U.S. in Android, Apple Smart-Device Activations
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China, the most-populous country, passed the U.S. in February in new activations of Apple Inc. and Android smartphones and tablets, according to Flurry Inc., a maker of software for tracking use of mobile applications.
In the month, 23 percent of activations of mobile devices based on Apple’s iOS or Google Inc.’s Android software occurred in China, compared with 22 percent in the U.S., Flurry said today in a report. As recently as January 2011, China accounted for 8 percent of the world’s activations, while the U.S. led with 28 percent.