Q2 2008 US Smartphone Vendor Shipment Growth Q-Q Y-Y Apple -64.2% 125.6% RIM 8.1% 92.1% Sony Ericsson 9.4% 32.9% Samsung -1.1% 31.3% LG 10.5% 29.4% Motorola -28.6% -18.2% Nokia 43.6% -24.5% Source: Synergy Research Group"Despite the rock star status of the Apple iPhone, the Blackberry (RIM) dominates the US market with a market share of 46 percent (first half of 2008) versus Apple's 15 percent," says Aaron Vance, Senior Analyst, Synergy Research Group. "But with iPhone's continued strong success, which only took Apple a year to achieve a number 2 ranking, it may be sooner than later that Apple is challenging the Blackberry, a notion that would have seemed impossible to many a year or two ago." Synergy offers this timely quantitative research also in its new Web 2.0 research tool, Synergy Interactive Analysis (SIA)™, a patent-pending research tool that enables users to dynamically interact with and co-create quantitative market intelligence in a simple point and click Web based environment. To see Synergy's SIA™ Web Demo, please visit www.srgresearch.com About Synergy Research Group Synergy Research Group (www.srgresearch.com) is a market research leader providing quarterly market share, analysis, and forecasting services to the Telecom, Mobile and Networking Industries. For more information about Synergy's quarterly reports and research services, log on to www.srgresearch.com or contact Heather Gallo at hgallo@srgresearch.com or 775-852-3330.
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