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What’s Behind Apple’s Patent Suit?

Declining market share, that’s what! Take a look at these numbers, courtesy of the Web analytics company Quantcast.

For the month of February 2010, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone controlled 63.7 percent of the mobile Web consumption market. Android phones accounted for 15.2 percent, and the BlackBerry had a 9.2 percent share. Obviously, Apple’s still the big dog in the yard. But when you look at it over time, it becomes a tad more troubling for the iPhone. Ever since the Android phone debuted in September 2008, the iPhone’s market share has steadily dropped from the low 70s to where it is today. The BlackBerry has more or less stayed flat at 10 percent. But after plateauing for a short spell, the Android operating system began a steady rise starting last fall, as more and more phones came onto the market. The trend seems pretty clear: The more companies offer to sell Android phones, the more people will buy them.

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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]

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