05-31-2008, 08:56 AM
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iPhone has 19.2 percent of smartphone market
Share down from 26.7 percent in last period, which included holiday season
Much of the slack was picked up by Research In Motion's BlackBerry, which took 35.1 percent of the market in the fourth quarter and then 44.5 percent in the first.
IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said the BlackBerry is now strong in the "prosumer" segment, as RIM has successfully widened the appeal of the device beyond the professionals who have been its core customer group.
It'll be interesting to see how this changes after 3G.
iPhone has 19.2 percent of smartphone market
Share down from 26.7 percent in last period, which included holiday season
Much of the slack was picked up by Research In Motion's BlackBerry, which took 35.1 percent of the market in the fourth quarter and then 44.5 percent in the first.
IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said the BlackBerry is now strong in the "prosumer" segment, as RIM has successfully widened the appeal of the device beyond the professionals who have been its core customer group.
It'll be interesting to see how this changes after 3G.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth