RIM, Palm make gains...
June 1st 2008
Quoting IDC data, WCF Courier reports that the iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the US smartphone market in the first quarter of 2008.
That means Apple's handset is down somewhat from Q4 (26.7%), but competitors are still reeling and attempting to make up lost ground from where they were in the first quarter last year, before the iPhone launched.
• RIM 44.5% (48.7)
• Palm 13.4% (23)
• Samsung 8.6% v 5.1 in Q4
• Motorola 2.6% v 7.5 in Q4
Whereas RIM and Palm are struggling to make up lost ground, Samsung is steadily gaining share. Motorola is, as one would expect, rapidly fading from the scene.
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