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iPhone is top shipped smartphone in 2009

Apple shipped 24.89 million iPhone units in 2009, making it the top shipped smartphone for the year.

The numbers come from industry group Gartner, which showed off smartphone market share.

Phones with the Symbian OS remained on top with 80.88 million units shipped, with RIM second at 34.35 million smartphones shipped for the year. Finishing off the list are Windows Mobile, Linux, Android, and WebOS.

Percentage-wise, Symbian controlled 46.9 percent, RIM followed at 19.9 percent, Apple with 14.4 percent, WinMo at 8.7 percent, Linux at 4.7 percent, Android at 3.9 percent and WebOS at 0.7 percent.

Overall, 1.211 billion phones were shipped in 2009, down from 1.222 billion in 2008.

[Thanks: http://www.afterdawn.com]

Too Sexy for Your iPhone?

Five thousand iPhone apps are too sexy. At least that’s what Apple claims. The company has banned what it considers sexually offensive software from its online app store.

Five thousand iPhone apps are too sexy. At least that’s what Apple claims. The company has banned what it considers sexually offensive software from its online app store.

In the last few days Apple has removed the objectionable app content including 50 different products from a company called On the Go Girls. Among its offerings is the “Dirty Fingers Sexy Screen Wash.” If you haven’t seen it, the app features a partially clothed young woman named Amber acting as though she were cleaning your iPhone screen.

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