Smartphone Sales Up 29%

There's an interesting press release at Gartner on Q1/08 global smartphone sales…

Of particular interest…

• Smartphone sales grew by 29% year on year
• Nokia lost market share to RIM and Apple
• Nokia still has over 45% of the global market

There's further commentary at Bloomberg.

It's also interesting what isn't mentioned in the press release: Windows Mobile. I think this is represented by Fujitsu and a large proportion of the 9.98 million 'Others'. If this is so, Windows Mobile actually has a significant market share even though you might not immediately notice this because the statistics are ranked by handset maker, not OS.