In the United States Blackberry Curve had a really successful quarter. Research firm NPD reports that  in the first quarter of 2009 RIM managed to sell more BlackBerry Curve phones, than Apple sold its famous iPhone.

BlackBerry’s are highly prevalent smartphone player in the North American market. Among the five best-selling smartphones are three BlackBerry models. Curve is in number one position, followed by Storm on third and Pearl on fourth!

The Curve's reason for the winning campaign is attributed to selling by big operators like Verizon Wireless (owned by Verizon Communications) and by Vodafone Group. With this, the BlackBerry Curve is available at the subsidized price by four large U.S. operators, while Apple's iPhone is only sold by AT & T.

Blackberry market share thus increased by 15 per cent, while share of iPhone has fallen by 10 percent.  The war in the market of smart phones is far from resolved. Apple is rumored to be preparing a new generation of iPhone, due to release in the coming months. But so is RIM with its new Blackberry smartphone Storm 2…