Smartphone shipments up 67.8%.
Data from IDC, reported in Computing, show that 2006Q1 smartphone shipments grew by 67.8%, to 18.9 million units.
- Nokia 43.2% (down from 48.4% last year)
- Panasonic 10%
- NEC 9.5%
- RIM 7.7% (highest growth rate at 85.7%)
- Sharp 5.7%
- Others 23.9%
The findings are summarized on the IDC website.
Meanwhile, "Symbian has dismissed fears that smartphones pose a security risk, claiming instead that they can be 'keystones of enterprise security'" (Computing).
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