Gartner may have beaten Canalys to the Q2 smartphone sales figure stories, but there's still plenty of interest in Canalys' version of events. The headline numbers are similar to Gartner's, with Nokia in the lead with 44% of the market, RIM in second place with 21% and Apple in third with 14%. From a platform point of view, Symbian OS powers just over half of all smartphones sold across the world, though this market share was down 8% year on year. RIM and Apple's OS both gained share, with Windows Mobile being the big loser, with its market share almost halving year on year. 

Of special interest in the Canalys report is that it includes a breakdown on input mechanisms. Touchscreen usage has dramatically increased, year on year, keyboard use has increased significantly and the three main text/interface systems each have (roughly) about a third of the market:

Comments welcome, there's a lot of detail to be unpacked in Canalys region breakdown, for example.