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The iPhone, a product of Apple Inc. beats its rival Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry in the latest quarter, according to a technology analysis firm, lending weight to a recent boast by Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs, Apple chief executive took a shot at Waterloo, Ont.- based RIM during a conference call announcing his company’s fiscal fourth-quarter results on 21st of the October. “ I world like to point out a remarkable milestone resulting from iPhone’s outstanding performance last quarter. Apple beat RIM,“ he stressed.

Canalys based in UK confirmed Jobs’ claims on Thursday in a report on the global smartphone market. Apple Inc. shipped over 6.8 million iPhones during the third quarter of 2008 to give it a market share of 17.3%. RIM shipped just over six million BlackBerrry phones in the quarter for a 15.2% share of a market that saw more than 39 million phones shipped overall.

Apple takes the number two spot, both leapfrogged RIM and Motorola during the previous year, just behind the Nokia Corp. More than 15.4 million smartphones were shipped by the Nokia Corp.for a market share of 38.9% but saw its leadership position take a big dip from 51.4% a year ago.

Apple’s growth over the past year has been staggering. The company shipped only 1.1 million iPhones during the 3rd quarter of 2007 it gives a growth rate of more than 50% this year.

Touch screens is the most popular which iPhones have known for. It proved to be the most popular design feature among users considering their future mobile usage of applications such as playing music, maps and web browsing. Nokia has lost some of its market due to the fact that it has been slow in integrating touch screens to its product line.

About 46.6% of smartphones shipped during the quarter ran Nokia’s Symbian, second to the list is the Apple’s own operating system at 17.3% while RIM came in third with 15.2%, followed by Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Mobile at 13.6% and Linux open-source software at 5.1%