On Jun 24, 6:09 pm, justincas...@gmail.com (Justin) wrote:
> Rocky Mountain News
>
> Apple's iPhone top choice to buy, survey shows
> By Bloomberg News
> June 23, 2007
>
> Apple Inc.'s iPhone was a top choice in a survey of people who plan to buy
> an advanced mobile phone in the next three months, a sign the new device
> may take market share from rivals.
>

Lemme guess....the status seekers, right?

> The survey by ChangeWave Research found that 26 percent of likely buyers
> would choose the iPhone, a combination mobile phone and iPod that will go
> on sale Friday. It was tied for first place with Research In Motion Ltd.'s
> BlackBerry.
>
> Apple, based in Cupertino, Calif., is betting the iPhone's features, such
> as a touch screen, will lure customers away from the BlackBerry and Palm
> Inc.'s Treo.

Untill they find they can't run the kind of apps they want.
>
> The U.S. market for so- called smart phones, which offer e-mail functions,
> music players and cameras, may grow 43 percent this year to almost $6
> billion, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.
>

Cool. Let's just hope these are real smart phones that the user has
control over, and not the teenybopper
locked down crippled shit with cool names (like that "Upstage " phone
for example. To me, the name alone screams "LOOK! I am a Hollyweird/
DRM controlled peice of crap!!!!!11!!) that so many
companies are pushing on the (m)asses these days. Its ashame too,
because the hardware is great,
but the crapware on it only allows you to do what the companies want
you to do.


> "It appears that the Apple iPhone will have a huge impact on the smartphone
> market," ChangeWave said in the report. The device "poses an enormous
> challenge to the entire industry."

I really hope they wise up and release an SDK and not try to lock out
the indie or freeware developer
in anyway. The iPhone looks like a great peice of hardware, but if
it's another locked down, Hollywood
pop-culture deal, that would suck. The market is already flooded with
phones like that. :|

>
> ChangeWave said 7.8 percent planned to buy an advanced phone within the
> next 90 days