• Digital Daily, Friday, December 10, 2010 2:27 PM

In December of 2008, Research in Motion touted the BlackBerry as Verizon's best-selling device. Fast forward two years, and 80% of smartphone sales at Verizon are Android devices, according to ITG Investment Research analyst Matthew Goodman. Calling the shift "astonishing," Digital Daily writes of RIM: "In two years, it's gone from a flagship to a johnboat."

Making Android's rise all the more remarkable, Digital Daily notes, "That's a huge percentage for a relatively new mobile OS in a very competitive market." For RIM, Digital Daily calls the trend "not yet dire," but indeed worrisome -- not to mention "ugly and humiliating." Long term, "With Android continuing to lead smartphone sales growth at Verizon, it seems increasingly unlikely that the BlackBerry will ever reclaim its lost title." Indeed, BlackBerry sales at Verizon dropped 45% year-over-year in the third quarter, and Goodman sees them trending down 49% year-over-year in the fourth.

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