Business & Technology | Apple on quest to carve slice from BlackBerry's corporate pie | Seattle Times Newspaper

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In September, after only three years on the market, the iPhone for the first time surpassed the BlackBerry in total quarterly sales with 14.1 million devices sold, compared with 12.1 million for Research In Motion, or RIM, as it is commonly known.

In its quest to become the de facto smartphone maker for business users — the company has already won about 23 percent of that market, comScore said — Apple has hired a number of former RIM salespeople to help it sell its phones to corporate America.

Business & Technology | Apple on quest to carve slice from BlackBerry's corporate pie | Seattle Times Newspaper