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Best Smartphone for IT: Blackberry vs. iPhone vs. Android

“The year 2009 was a dismal one for carriers and handset vendors
alike. Sales were down, replacement cycles were way up and the
trend of voice services (be they fixed or mobile) becoming a
commodity continued unabated.

“Yet, in the worst economic climate since the Great Depression,
the mobile market had one piece of encouraging news: smartphone
adoption spiked.

“According to Gartner, smartphone sales were way up in 2009,
representing 14% of the overall mobile market, an increase of 24%
over 2008. Gartner believes that adoption will continue to trend
upwards, culminating in smartphone sales surpassing PC sales by
2013.

“While problems such as security and expensive data plans may
well bedevil the space, the fact remains that for IT the time to
start planning for smartphones is now. With that in mind, we
surveyed the smartphone landscape with one question in mind: which
smartphone is the best one for IT? Here’s what we found:”

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