SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - May 26, 2011) - SocialNuggets today announced that its April 2011 Top20 U.S. Smartphone Index , derived from analyzing over one million social media conversations, named T-Mobile's G2X phone as the highest ranking smartphone followed by Apple iPhone 4 and HTC Thunderbolt. This is a surprising leap for T-Mobile's G2X, which was not even ranked in the Top 20 last month. SocialNuggets analytics attribute the phone's success to the fact that it was already released in Europe as LG Optimus 2X, gaining momentum as the first dual core handset before it entered the U.S.

SocialNuggets actively mines social media data and uses its technology of focused harvesting, text analytics, natural language processing and sentiment analysis to provide the missing piece in the market research area -- real-time market intelligence. Its Smartphone Index combines the Net Perception Score (positive vs. negative sentiments) and the Share of Voice (most talked about) for smartphones in one comprehensive index, providing a better way to compare different smartphones than traditional social media analytics. Below are key findings from April's Net Perception and Share of Voice charts .

Source: Marketwire (press release)