Nokia, Symbian Dominate SmartPhone Market

April 26, 2005 By Ian Bell

EETimes is reporting that Nokia and Symbian dominate the Worldwide SmartPhone market although Palm is doing well in the U.S..

“Nokia and Symbian now dominate the worldwide smartphone market although palmOne is holding its own in the U.S., according to a worldwide market study released Tuesday by U.K. research firm Canalys.

Overall, sales of smartphones and PDA/phone hybrids nearly doubled in the last year, the study found. In the first quarter of 2005, Nokia shipped 50 percent of all smartphones worldwide and Symbian was at the core of 61.4 percent of all smartphones. That’s not surprising since Nokia uses the Symbian platform for its smartphones. “

PalmOne market share has decreased to 9.4 percent, down from 16.8 according to the article. I don’t think I know anyone that has a Symbian based SmartPhone here in the U.S..

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Jennifer at 12:20pm 2nd May 2005 For Nokia- off the top of my head- 6600, 6620, 7610, 3660, N-Gage QD. Soon to come for Nokia 6682, N90, N91, and N70. And I am sure a lot more. An easy was to see is if the screen is big like the ones listed above it is a pretty good bet that they will be symbian.
James at 9:56am 26th April 2005 Which phones that are available in the U.S. use the Symbian OS?