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With all the talk and attention focused on Google's Android platform and Apple's still trendy iPhone (even as AT&T's service wigs out), it seems easy to forget about RIM and the BlackBerry - just ask Wall Street.
RIM on Thursday reported a 59 percent increase in third-quarter income, made possible by a flurry of new subscribers and record sales of the company's BlackBerry. And all but 20 percent of those new subscribers were non-corporate customers, which would indicate that BlackBerrys are holding their own in the popularity contest alongside the iPhone, Palm Pre, Droid, and other hot smartphones.
"The consumer side is growing real fast," co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie said on a conference call with analysts. "It's not like this isn't a competitive space with big companies trying to do well and yet we're No. 1."
RIM managed to sell 10 million BlackBerry phones during the third-quarter alone, beating its previous record of 8.3 million set in the second-quarter. To put it into perspective, Apple sold 7.4 million iPhones in the most recent quarter.
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