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From: John Navas on 10 Feb 2010 14:12
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Apple and Google may be on a seeming collision course, but when it comes
to the mobile market they are the two big winners. The losers? Most
everyone else.

comScore found that over a three-month period from September to December
2009, those two gained market share while Research in Motion, Palm and
Microsoft all lost ground. Considering it was a short period, only one
quarter, and that mobile phone customers are locked into hardware for
two years, even the smallest of changes is a noteworthy shift.

Google's Android more than doubled its market share, from 2.5 percent of
the smartphone market in September to 5.2 percent by December. As a
growing participant such a ramp is not too surprising but it is still a
good showing for a new player in a market full of established veterans.

Apple was the only other gainer, rising to 25.3 percent from 24.1
percent three months earlier. It remains in second place behind RIM,
which is still a dominant 41.6 percent of the smartphone market. RIM was
down one percentage point from 42.6 percent in September.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) also dipped one percentage point, from 19
percent to 18 percent. The big loser is Palm, down from 8.3 percent to
6.1 percent in just three months, and that's with the highly-regarded
Pre and newer Pixi phones available
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