Nielsen "Most Desired" Mobile Platform Survey Results Make No Sense: Dead Platforms Palm OS & Windows Mobile in the Race? I Think Not

Nielsenwire’s “most desired” smartphone survey of U.S. consumers results puzzles me a lot.

U.S. Smartphone Battle Heats Up: Which is the “Most Desired” Operating System?

Apple’s iPhone number 1 position (27.9%) makes sense as well as the bottom positions filled out by Palm OS (no longer sold), Linux (amazed anyone know which phones run a Linux which is not Android), and Symbian (Nokia). It is the mobile platforms in positions 2, 3, and 4 and the order taken that puzzles me:

#2 RIM BlackBerry OS – 27.4%

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