Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NOK) & A Definite No. 3 Smartphone

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The other reasonable candidate for the No. 3 spot, Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) and its BlackBerry 10 operating system, that has apparently fallen flat. BlackBerry is the choice of only 0.7 percent of smartphone customers, a precipitous drop from 5.3 percent a year ago. BlackBerry is only barely ahead of a now-defunct OS – Symbian by Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK). And since Windows Phone is right now exclusive to Nokia, as Microsoft gains in the marketplace, Nokia gains as well.

The question now becomes for Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT): can the two companies leverage their dominant No. 3 position and start to stem the tide of Android and iOS and begin taking market share away from each or both of them in the coming quarters? What do you think about Windows Phone OS and Nokia handsets? Leave us your feedback in the comments section below.

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