Saturday, May 3, 2008

U.S. 4Q07 SMART Phone Marketshare

According to Reading, England-based researcher Canalys, U.S. 4Q07 EMAIL-capable Mobile phone Marketshare:

*Research In Motion's BlackBerry (RIMM) --> 41% share (accounted for 41% of U.S. shipments for email phones in 4Q07)

*Apple's iPHONE (AAPL) --> 28% share

*Palm's Treo (PALM)--> 9% share

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Related Stats:

*About 2/3 of RIMM's customers are Business/Enterprise consumers

*About 2/3 of RIMM's customers are in North America

*According to Canalys, Global shipments of phones with 'computer-like' functions (aka 'SMART PHONES') climbed 72% in 4Q07 to 35.5 million devices (including a TRIPLING in U.S. sales) vs. a much smaller 13% growth rate for handsets/mobile phones over all

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