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"Apple&amp;#8217;s \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAAPL\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t share of the U.S. smartphone market nearly caught up to Google&amp;#8217;s \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGOOG\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Android in the first two months of the fourth quarter, according to a new report from the NPD Group.\nApple&amp;#8217;s market share jumped from 26% in Q3 to 43% in October and November while Android&amp;#8217;s fell from 60% to 47%.\nUnderscoring Apple&amp;#8217;s strength going into the holiday sales period, the company had the three best-selling smartphones &amp;#8212; the iPhone 4S, 4 and 3GS &amp;#8212; \u00A0in NPD&amp;#8217;s list top 10 models for October and November.\nVia TechCrunch."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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