Last updated: Wednesday, February 4, 2009
“The fourth quarter was the perfect storm of factors to produce this result,” Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst at IDC’s Mobile Devices Technology and Trends team, said in a statement. … segment will be a silver lining to an otherwise gloomy market,” Ryan Reith, senior research analyst with IDC’s Mobile Phone Tracker, said in a statement. Worldwide smartphone growth was fueled by traditional handset makers, such as Nokia, which still ranks as the No. …