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iPhone raising bar for smartphone sales
Macworld — ... for the latest Mac news from across the Atlantic. Apple’s iPhone has kick-started the niche smartphone market, expanding consumer expectations to include these devices. At least that’s what’s suggested by the latest Gartner figures released Monday. Gartner claims 32.2 million smartphones were sold in the second quarter this year, up 15.7 percent from the year ago quarter—though economic worries are impacting the market. “The current economic environment continues to negatively impact the market, limiting consumer spending and replacement purchases in general,” said Roberta ...

Smartphone market: RIM jumps past Windows Mobile in 2Q08
jkOnTheRun — ... . Based on that, I probably shouldn't be surprised at the latest smartphone market share numbers from Gartner. Nearly every platform sold more devices, but the big winner in my mind was RIM. The graph above shows the smartphone market share in the second quarter of 2008. Here's a quick rundown of the numbers this year and last, as well as my thoughts on what the 2009 will look like. ...

Analysts slash 2009 mobile phone market growth predictions
AppleInsider — ... in the first quarter. Smartphone sales aren't entirely safe however, as Gartner recently reported that growth in the second quarter had already slipped to 15.7% compared to the previous year. Gartner expected smartphone sales to improve in the third however, with analyst Roberta Cozza noting, "Wider availability of new touch smartphone models together with the global introduction of the iPhone 3G will help sales of smartphones return to stronger growth in the third quarter of 2008." Apple's sales in the second quarter had tapered off to less than a million units as ...

Giz Explains: Illustrated Guide to Smartphone OSes [Giz Explains]
Gizmodo — ... Why You'll Use It It has the best email experience around—in part thanks to their traditionally awesome keyboards, so the touchscreen Storm is something of a risk. The OS is really to easy use, with everything neatly presented up front using rows and rows of icons. There's a reason it has surpassed Windows Mobile in marketshare and is the corporate drone phone of choice. Also, RIM seems intent on juicing up its already solid dev community, so expect even more great apps in the future. (Catching a pattern with the importance of apps?) ...

Microsoft and RIM? I Don't Think So.
louisgray.com — ... In 2007, the mobile world was heavily Symbian dominated at 57.1% of the share. WinMo was 2nd, with 11.5%, followed by RIM at 8.9%. Currently, the leader board is Symbian = 57.1%, RIM = 17.4%, and WinMo = 12%. In just one year, RIM shot past Microsoft with a 126.4% growth rate. ...