- May 10th, 2010, 1:07 pm
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As long as corporations lean on their experience and continue to buy BlackBerry products in bulk, RIM ill maintain a strong position. But Android is even beginning to much it into their numbers.
DailyTech wrote:Android-based Smartphones Outpaced Apple's iPhone in Q1 2010Click Here for Full Story
Apple has a wakeup call as Android-based smartphones grab market share in Q1
Brandon Hill (Blog) - May 10, 2010 9:56 AM
DailyTech has been reporting on Google's meteoric rise in smartphone market share for quite some time now, but we didn't expect to hear the numbers that are coming from the NPD Group today with regards to Android's place in the hot sector. NPD says that unit sales for Android-based devices bolted past Apple iPhone devices for the first quarter in the U.S.
According to NPD, Android-based devices accounted for 28 percent of the smartphone market while smartphones running Apple'siPhone OS garnered just 21 percent of the market. Both, however, were well behind RIM which still commands 36 percent of the market.
As long as corporations lean on their experience and continue to buy BlackBerry products in bulk, RIM ill maintain a strong position. But Android is even beginning to much it into their numbers.
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