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BlackBerry passes iPhone, again |
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Written by Hideo
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Saturday, 07 November 2009 |
 IDC published new figures about smartphone market, and appears that RIM BlackBerry has once again surpassed Apple for smartphone market share. Prior to that Apple with iPhone 3GS looked like a clear winner for the second place on the smartphone market, but with impressive 30 percent increase for the quarter and climbing to 19 percent, RIM is again above Apple's 17.1 percent.
The report cites the launch of the Tour and the Curve 8520 as key
factors in the giant leap. BlackBerry also has better distribution in
"key" countries, says IDC. Nokia remained the clear leader at 37.9
percent and HTC grew to 5.6 percent while Samsung lost share, falling
to 3.5 percent. HTC's growth was mainly attributed to the popularity of
the myTouch 3G (HTC Magic). On the whole, the smartphone market jumped
4.2 percent to 43.3 million units in last quarter.
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