BlackBerry Pearl 3G
International Data Corporation (IDC) just released their Q1 Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker report and we learned here that BlackBerry/Research In Motion is now included in the top 5 mobile phone makers in the world, and it sits at the 4th rank along with other mobile phone brands and ranking is based on the shipment of units during the 1st year over year change. And wow! They already shipped 294.9 million units in the 1st quarter of 2010 compared to the 242.4 million units last year quarter of 2009.
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read all about it here at http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS22322210
Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q1 2010 (Units in Millions)
| Vendor | 1Q10 Unit Shipments | 1Q10 Market Share | 1Q09 Unit Shipments | 1Q09 Market Share | Year-over-year Change |
| 1. Nokia | 107.8 | 36.6% | 93.2 | 38.4% | 15.7% |
| 2. Samsung | 64.3 | 21.8% | 45.9 | 18.9% | 40.1% |
| 3. LG Electronics | 27.1 | 9.2% | 22.6 | 9.3% | 19.9% |
| 4. Research In Motion | 10.6 | 3.6% | 7.3 | 3.0% | 45.2% |
| 4. Sony Ericsson | 10.5 | 3.6% | 14.5 | 6.0% | -27.6% |
| Others | 74.6 | 25.3% | 58.9 | 24.3% | 26.7% |
| Total | 294.9 | 100.0% | 242.4 | 100.0% | 21.7% |
and then they have announced lots of highlights and update at WES 2010, a BlackBerry event for users and partners.
BlackBerry Pearl 3G
BlackBerry Bold 9650
RIM announced two new smartphones, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 (http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=3906) and the BlackBerry Pearl 3G (http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=3886)
RIM provided a sneak peek to BlackBerry 6, a new OS which will debut next quarter
RIM announced BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 with voice over Wi-Fi calling (http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=3907)
RIM provided an update on BlackBerry App World, explaining that over 20 million customers have already downloaded BlackBerry App World and nearly 1 million apps are being downloaded per day on average
Over 50,000 copies of BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express have been downloaded since its launch in March
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is growing strong with a 500% increase in usage last year and over 20 million users currently
Millward Brown published its annual brand study on Wednesday and BlackBerry was listed as the 14th most valuable brand in the world (and the 6th most valuable tech brand)
According to a recent GSM Exchange report (regarding mobile handset sales during the first half of April), the BlackBerry Bold 9700 was the #1 selling mobile handset in Europe and BlackBerry Curve 8520 was #2. According to the report, the #3 - #8 ranked phones were Nokia 5800, LG KP500, Samsung GT-S5230, Nokia 5230, Apple iPhone 3G 16GB and Nokia 6700 Classic respectively
Other BlackBerry facts:
* Over 90 million BlackBerry smartphones sold
* 10.5 million BlackBerry smartphones sold in the last quarter alone
* 11.2 – 11.8 million BlackBerry smartphones expected in the current quarter (as noted in RIM’s Capital Markets Day)
* Approx. 550 carriers and distribution partners in 170+ countries
* Over 250,000 registered app developers
* Over 250,000 BlackBerry Enterprise Servers
* Over 14,000 RIM employees focused on BlackBerry
* BlackBerry is #1 smartphone in USA
* BlackBerry is #2 smartphone worldwide
