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There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.

– Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, in April 2007.

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In its first full quarter on the market, Apple’s iPhone has become the second-best-selling smart-phone platform in North America, trailing only RIM’s BlackBerry, according to a new report.

The study by the research firm Canalys, which looked at third-quarter sales of smart phones, found that the iPhone has already outsold all of the Microsoft Windows Mobile, Symbian and Palm phones and now holds a 27 percent market share in North America. The technology blog Roughlydrafted.com reported the results of the study.