New York - Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone accounted for 19.2% of U.S.
smartphone sales during the first quarter of 2008, down from 26.7% in the
fourth quarter of last year, while rival Research in Motion's (NASD: RIMM) BlackBerry saw
market share rise from 35.1% in the fourth quarter to 44.5% in the first, the
Associated Press reported, citing a vendor survey conducted by market research
firm IDC.
In third place was Palm, which took 13.4% of sales in the first
quarter -- up from 7.9% in the fourth quarter, while Samsung held fourth place,
with 8.6% of the first quarter smartphone market.
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