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Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Google Inc.'s Android phones still sit atop the smartphone market, according to a new report.

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3U.S. boosts high-tech weapons developmentApple, RIM trade ruling hits Eastman Kodak investors Follow this company 's iPhone sales growth is outpacing that of its chief rival, Google Inc. Google Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3U.S. boosts high-tech weapons developmentApple, RIM trade ruling hits Eastman Kodak investors Follow this company 's Android mobile phones.

However, the new numbers from Neilsen show that Google's Android operating system is still No. 1 among U.S. smartphone activations. Apple's iPhone has won the title of the fastest growing in market share.

About 27 percent of the smartphones sold in the country from March to May used the Android system developed by Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). That number has remained flat this year.

Those buying iPhones, though, rose to 17 percent in the May quarter compared to 10 percent in the previous quarter.

Android is the most used among all smartphone owners in the U.S., as well, with 38 percent of the market vs. 27 percent for Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) device.

Dallas-based AT&T AT&T Latest from The Business Journals Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3Convergys closes 0M sale of wireless operations to AT&TApple's iPhone drives U.S. smartphone growth, Android stalls Follow this company offers both Android-powered phones and iPhones. AT&T has more than 1,000 employees in Dayton.

AT&T had been the exclusive provider of the iPhone, but Verizon Wireless, part of Verizon Communications Inc. Verizon Communications Inc. Latest from The Business Journals Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3Sedgwick purchase spells 200 jobs for Hilliard, revived office buildingFedEx adding all-electric vehicles to Memphis fleet Follow this company , was granted permission in January to start selling its version of the popular smartphone. Verizon began selling the phone in March and it can be bought at local Best Buy Co. Best Buy Co. Latest from The Business Journals Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3HP blitzes Best Buy for TouchPad debutHewlett-Packard finally jumps into iPad battle Follow this company stores as well as through Verizon’s retail outlets.

While iPhone and Android dominate the smartphone market, Research in Motion Ltd. Research in Motion Ltd. Latest from The Business Journals Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3Apple, RIM trade ruling hits Eastman Kodak investorsStarbucks launches new mobile app Follow this company 's Blackberry and phones by Nokia Corp. Nokia Corp. Latest from The Business Journals 5 great cellphones that are doomedApple seen with 2 new iPhones in SeptemberApple seen with 2 new iPhones in September Follow this company are struggling, as well as those on other operating systems such as Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Corp. Latest from The Business Journals Report: Apple set to launch iPhone 5, iPad 3Google, Yahoo, Microsoft seen as Hulu suitorsNortel patents sold at auction for .5B Follow this company

Written by Cromwell Schubarth of Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, a sister publication.

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