In article <1188923591.837895.170600@57g2000hsv.googlegroups. com>,
Edwin <thorne25@juno.com> wrote:

> On Sep 4, 11:25 am, Alan Baker <alangba...@telus.net> wrote:
> > In article <1188922899.836476.91...@r29g2000hsg.googlegroups. com>,
> >
> >
> >
> > Edwin <thorn...@juno.com> wrote:
> > > On Sep 4, 10:10 am, Oxford <colalovesm...@mac.com> wrote:
> > > > apple stock up 4.5 points on the news...
> >
> > > > -
> >
> > > > (Reuters) - Apple Inc's iPhone outsold all smartphones in the United
> > > > States in July, its first full month on sale, accounting for 1.8
> > > > percent
> > > > of all U.S. mobile handset sales, research group iSuppli said on
> > > > Tuesday.
> >
> > > [snip]
> >
> > > "The market researchers used a survey of 2 million people which
> > > estimated that about 1.8 percent of all cellphones sold in the US
> > > during July were iPhones, regardless of class."
> >
> > >http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/09/...sells.in.july/
> >
> > Yes, Edwin. 1.8% of *all* cell phones sold in the U.S. in July were
> > iPhones. So?
>
> No, it's an estimate based on a survey says that 1.8% of all cell
> phone sales were iPhones, not actual sales figures.
>
> > Pardon me: So what relevance do you think that fact has?
>
> It did a good job of getting you to make yourself look stupid... AGAIN!


Do you even know how survey's are done and evaluated?

--
Jim