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Top Mobile Phones for 2009

danny — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:05:43 +0000

According to Nielson, iPhone 3G takes number one spot with 4% of ‘embedded base of all subscribers’, with RIM chomping on its heals.

Top 10 Mobile Phones in Use (U.S.) – January -October 2009
RANK	Device	Embedded Base of All Subscribers
1	Apple 3G iPhone 4.0%	4.0%
2	RIM BlackBerry 8300 Series (Curve, 8310, 8320, 8330, 8350i)	3.7%
3	Motorola RAZR V3 series (V3, V3c, V3m, V3i, V3i DG, V3)	2.3%
4	LG VX9100 (enV2)	2.1%
5	LG Voyager	1.7%
6	Samsung SPH-M540 (Rant)	1.5%
7	RIM BlackBerry 9530 series (Storm)	1.4%
8	LG VX9700 (Dare)	1.3%
9	LG Vu series (CU915, CU920)	1.3%
10	RIM BlackBerry 8100 series (Pearl, 8110, 8120, 8129)	1.2%
Source: The Nielsen Company

What the Tech Media doesn't get: The iPhone is a Platform!

danny — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:21:37 +0000

PACMan3000 argues (on Flickr, strangely enough) that when you think about the iPhone, you also need to consider the other iPhone, the iPod Touch; a product that has and will continue to sell millions and millions of units to people who don’t want to sign up for an expensive cell phone+data plan.

To kill the iPhone, you must also kill the iPod Touch, iTunes, the App Store and any other product that Apple puts out with the same OS, like the 10 inch Tablet device that may or may not come out next year.

Big Cellphone Makers Shifting to Android System

danny — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:36:59 +0000

Saul Hansell reporting in the NYTimes:

More cellphone makers are turning to the free Android operating system made by Microsoft’s latest nemesis, Google.

This move by Google is straight out of the Microsoft playbook. If you can’t compete on price, give away your product for free. Exactly what Microsoft does in developing countries where their biggest competitor is piracy.