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LG Usurps No. 3 Spot From Motorola

 
With the full-year sales figures from the major handset vendors trickling in, there's been another shift in the landscape. Nokia remains the number one handset maker by a wide margin, but LG leapfrogged both Motorola and Sony Ericsson to take spot number three. (link)

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