Android leads Linux mobile sales higher

Mar 12, 2009, 16:01 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Alastair Otter)

"Comparing 2008 with 2007, however, the picture is not as rosy. Linux-based smartphone sales in 2008 were down 4.2 percent over 2007 sales. Sales of Apple's iPhone in 2008 were a massive 245.7 percent higher than in 2007 and Research in Motion's Blackberry devices increased sales by 96.7 percent."

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