The Best-Selling Smartphone in the U.S. in Q1

BlackBerry Curve move past Apple's iPhone to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. in Q1 of 2009, according to a market research report Monday.

RIM's consumer smartphone market share increased 15 percent to nearly 50 percent of the smartphone market in the first quarter versus the prior quarter, as Apple's and Palm's share both declined 10 percent each.

Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD Group Inc. said that the top five best-selling smartphones in the quarter were:

1) BlackBerry Curve

2) Apple's iPhone 3G (all models)

3) BlackBerry Storm

4) BlackBerry Pearl (all models except flip)

5) T-Mobile G1