"John A. Weeks III" <john@johnweeks.com> wrote in message
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> In article <alpine.OSX.0.9999.0709090938030.2342@pangtzu.pand a.com>,
> Mark Crispin <mrc@CAC.Washington.EDU> wrote:
>
>> To see the future of the iPhone, we only have to look at what became of
>> the Edsel. It was manufacturered for only two years before it was taken
>> out of its misery; and it now sells for premium prices on the collector's
>> market.
>
> Are you talking about the Apple iPhone? If so, you must be from
> a different planet or living in a cave. The iPhone has been a
> massive success. They had a million units sold in the first month.
> That is amazing numbers for a first of a kind product from a company
> that never sold a single cell phone before the iPhone.

They produced four million ,with the expectation they would be sold out
immediatly. They are still holding more than three million.