iPhone market share at 19 percent in 1Q, IDC says
The Washington Post is reporting:
Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for "smart" phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC's vendor survey.
That was down from 26.7 percent of smart phones sold in the fourth quarter of last year, which included the holiday shopping season, IDC found.
Much of the slack was picked up by Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry, which took 35.1 percent of the market in the fourth quarter and then 44.5 percent in the first.
IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said the BlackBerry is now strong in the "prosumer" segment, as RIM has successfully widened the appeal of the device beyond the professionals who have been its core customer group.
Palm picked up 13%, Samsung picked up 9%. Moto picked up 3%.