Jeff Campbell
03-16-2009, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/12/iphone-sales-grew-245-in-2008-gartner/' target='_blank'>http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.co...n-2008-gartner/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple's (AAPL) iPhone was the fastest-growing smartphone of 2008, despite end-of-year sales that failed to maintain the blistering pace set in July with the launch of the iPhone 3G, Gartner researchers reported Wednesday."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1237166053.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>I don't think anyone is really surprised about this after all the news about various sales figures and market share earlier in the year. <a href="http://www.nokia.com" target="_blank">Nokia</a> still has the market share lead with 44%, down approximately 6% from 2007, and while their sales were a positive number, it was only .8% above what they sold in 2007. Pretty paltry when compared to the 245% that Apple achieved. The <a href="http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=910112" target="_blank">article</a> goes on with various comparisons in many categories, interesting reading if you are into the facts and figures. </p>