Apple, RIM win smartphone market share from Nokia "HELSINKI (Reuters) - Surging demand for the latest iPhone and Blackberry models helped Apple Inc and Research In Motion to win larger shares of the smartphone market in the third quarter at the expense of top vendor Nokia, market research firm Canalys said on Thursday.

Nokia's share of the market for smartphones -- handsets with computer-like features like e-mail -- fell to 38.9 percent in the quarter from 51.4 percent a year before, Canalys said.

However, Apple's market share jumped to 17.3 percent and RIM's to 15.2 percent in the quarter.

"The introduction of the iPhone 3G in July and Apple's expansion into many more countries helped propel the vendor to second place globally," Canalys said in a statement."

Labels: iphone, iphone 3G

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 11/07/2008 03:12:00 AM