The growing popularity of converged mobile devices, or smartphones, with consumers and businesspersons is evidenced by the appearance of a second smartphone-only vendor in the top 5 ranking.

ENGADGET: IDC: Apple passes RIM to become fourth largest mobile phone vendor globally as Nokia, LG, and Sony Ericsson struggle

"Nokia still leads all vendors by a significant margin for converged mobile devices and mobile phones as a whole, " said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Devices Technology and Trends team.

ENGADGET: IDC: Apple passes RIM to become fourth largest mobile phone vendor globally as Nokia, LG, and Sony Ericsson struggle