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Apple and Blackberry fight for smartphone pie
Tim Green Jan 5 2009, 11:56am
Apple is closing the gap on RIM in the battle to dominate the US smartphone market.
A survey by ChangeWave shows RIM in the lead with a 41 per cent share. But it's down one per cent since September. Meanwhile Apple is up six per cent to 23 per cent. Its overall market share has more than doubled in the past six months due to the 3G iPhone.
However, the study does conclude that the Blackberry Storm is being rapturously received by users and that there will be a 'full-scale battle with Apple for market supremacy in 2009.'
Taken together, Apple and RIM control two-thirds of the market, with Nokia, Palm, Samsung, HTC and Motorola sharing the rest.
