World's Smartphone market gew by 50% in Q2 - says IDC

Worldwide smartphone market grew 50 percent year over year in Q2, driven in large part by makers of smartphones powered by Google's Android OS, according to a study by IDC(International Data Corporation)'s  Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker

Top Five Smartphone Vendors, Shipments, and Market Share, Q2 2010 (Units in Millions)

Vendor	2Q10  Shipment Volumes	2Q10  Market Share	2Q09  Shipment Volumes	2Q09  Market Share	2Q10/2Q09 Change
1. Nokia	24.0	38.1%	16.9	40.3%	42.0%
2. Research In Motion	11.2	17.8%	8.0	19.1%	40.0%
3. Apple	8.4	13.3%	5.2	12.4%	61.5%
4. HTC	4.8	7.6%	2.1	5.0%	128.6%
5. Samsung	3.0	4.8%	1.1	2.6%	172.7%
Others	11.6	18.4%	8.6	20.5%	34.9%
Total	63.0	100.0%	41.9	100.0%	50.4%