Windows Phone moves ahead of BlackBerry in overall shipments for Q1

James Dohnert
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IDC report shows that Windows Phone may be gaining steam in the smartphone market

Windows Phone leaped over BlackBerry to become the second most popular mobile OS for Q1 2013, according to a study by IDC. Microsoft powered smartphones took about three percent of the smartphon...

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