Both IDC and comScore recently released reports on smartphone market share for the last quarter of 2009.
According to comScore Apple's share grew to 25.3% up from 24.1% in the previous quarter in the U.S. At the same time Research in Motions's share fell to 41.6% from 42.6%.
IDC also reported that in the worldwide market Apple gained significantly to reach a 16% share during 4Q09 with unit shipments of 8.7 million. IDC also offered market share information for the whole of 2009 showing Apple in a dominant third place behind Nokia and RIM. During 2009 Apple's market share almost doubled from 9.1% to 14.4%.
