Q4 IDC Results Are In: BlackBerry Curve Yet Again Tops List of Best-Selling Smartphones in the USA

February 8th, 2010 admin

There’s now the original BlackBerry Curve 83xx series, the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and the more newly-released BlackBerry Curve 8520/30 on the market… that’s a lot of Curves available for purchase on a lot of carriers in the USA. And according to the IDC Mobile Devices and Technology Trends division that tracks these things the BlackBerry Curve was yet again the best-selling smartphone in the USA for the calendar Q4 part of 2009. The top 10 smartphones sold in America were as follows: 1. RIM – BlackBerry Curve 2. Apple – iPhone 3G S 3. Motorola – DROID 4. Apple – iPhone 3G 5. RIM – BlackBerry Pearl 6. RIM – BlackBerry Bold 7. RIM – BlackBerry Storm 8. Palm – Pre 9. RIM – BlackBerry Tour 10. T-Mobile – myTouch 3G  Pretty solid …


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