Symbian Grabs Bigger Market Share

[Colin Dunstan]

According to latest research figures published in WSJ, Symbian (consortium backed by Nokia) has widened its lead against Microsoft in the race to dominate the global market for software used in high-end handsets:

"Software supplied by Symbian controlled 41% of the personal organizers and smart phones shipped world-wide in the second quarter, compared with 37% in the same quarter a year ago, according to research firm canalys.com Ltd., of Reading, England. A smart phone is a cellphone that can run computer-style programs, such as three-dimensional videogames or spreadsheets. The research figures show that Microsoft's share remained steady at 23%, while the share of PalmSource Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., fell to 23% from 31%."