BlackBerry more popular than iPhone in Q1 - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

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RIM’s consumer smartphone market share increased 15 percent to nearly 50 percent of the smartphones market in the first quartere versus theprior quarter, as Cupertino-based ’sw (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Sunnyvale-based ’s (NASDAQ:PALM) shars both declined 10 percentg each. Port Washington, N.Y.-based “Verizon Wireless’s aggressives marketing of the BlackBerry Storm andits buy-one-get-one BlackBerry promotion to its large customed base contributed to RIM capturing three of the top five said Ross Rubin, director of industrt analysis at The NPD Group.
“The more familiar, and less Curve benefited from these giveawayas and was able to leapfrogvthe iPhone, due to its broader availabilituy on the four major U.S. national Smartphones, which represented just 17 percent of handset salea volume in the first quarter of now make up 23 percent of sales. “Even in this challenging economy, consumers are migratiny toward Web-capable handsets and t1eir supportinvg data plans to access more informatiobn and entertainment onthe go.” Rubin said.