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BlackBerry Sinks as OS Loses Share (BBRY) (AAPL) (MSFT) (GOOG)

August 7, 2013 10:17 AM EDT
Shares of BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) declined early on Wednesday. According to IDC, BlackBerry's OS lost share in the global market place, dropping to 2.9% vs 4.9% last year.

Apple OS (Nasdaq: AAPL) also lost share, declining to 13.2% vs 16.6%.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows share was 3.7% vs 3.1% last year.

Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) Android was the top operating system with 79.3% of the global market, up from 69.1%.

Smartphone makers shipped a total of 236.4 million smarthphones in Q2, up 51.3% year-over-year and 9.3% quarter-over-quarter, said IDC.


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