Verizon iPhone Attracts BlackBerry Users

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	Many Smartphone Customers Are Still Up for Grabs New York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - 2 Jul, 2011 Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News The smartphone market is growing at a pace quicker than analysts and companies expected. About 10 years ago I met an advertising executive in New York who explained the difficulty of advertising a new brand ...
	Ask Maggie: Can I really live without unlimited data? CNET (blog) - Marguerite Reardon - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎ Starting July 7, new Verizon Wireless customers can kiss unlimited data plans good-bye. But what do the pricing plan changes mean for existing customers? Can people really live without unlimited data? ...
	Smart phone sales now outpace feature phones', thanks to Android, iPhone Christian Science Monitor - Jeff Ward-Bailey - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎ For the first time, smart phone sales have pulled ahead of feature phone sales. Android's still on top of the heap, but Apple's iPhone is going strong. Android share of recent acquirers flattened in 2011, according to Neilsen. ...
Playing the smartphone market CBC.ca - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎ Blink and you might find the smartphone market just changed in an instant. With the number of smartphones shipped worldwide expected to hit one billion by mid-decade as more and more people swap out their old feature phones for more advanced devices, ...
The iPhone is too expensive National Post (registration) - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎ Apple chief executive Steve Jobs may decide to go for market share instead of profit. Farhad Manjoo, Slate.com · Jun. 29, 2011 \| Last Updated: Jul. 1, 2011 9:01 AM ET The iPhone is at a crossroads. It's been four years since Apple first released its ...
	Review: iPhone 4 NDTV.com - Sahil Mohan Gupta - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎ The iPhone 4 is, quite simply, the most sought after smartphone in the market even though it's a year old. It will be interesting to see how the iPhone 4 performs considering the iPhone 5 will not be out before September and the market is being flooded ...
Boot up: why spam's falling, Android v Apple in the US, RIM's peanut butter ... The Guardian (blog) - ‎Jul 1, 2011‎ A Spam outside catering van. This has nothing to do with the word we use for unsolicited commercial email. But it's visual. Exactly the same experience. Except it's Facebook lists. If you missed out on a Google+ invite so far, this will give you the ...
	Smartphones now top sellers in US Telegraph.co.uk - Emma Barnett - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ Smarthphones account for the majority of all new mobile phone purchases in the US, according to new data. By Emma Barnett, Digital Media Editor Thirty-eight per cent of all US mobile phone owners now have a smartphone, with Apple's iPhone having shown ...
Smartphones Now Outsell Traditional Phones: Nielsen Huffington Post - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ According to a recent Nielsen survey, smartphones now constitute the lion's share of new phone purchases. 55 percent of those who purchased a new handset in the past three months reported buying a smartphone instead of a feature phone, ...
Smartphones: A Majority of the Phones Sold in the United States PCWorld - Ed Oswald - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ If you're ready to buy a cell phone, chances are its going to be a "smart" one, according to Nielsen. According to its latest study of recent cell phone purchases, 55 percent of those sold in the three months ...
Remembering my first iPhone CNET (blog) - Scott Stein - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ Four years ago, the iPhone debuted. It seems like longer. My first HDTV, my Wii, and my PlayStation 3 all existed before the first iPhone. Yet, in 2007, BlackBerrys were all the rage. The Motorola Q was an eye-catching phone. ...
Smartphones Outsell Feature Phones For First Time InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ From March to May, 55% of people who purchased new mobile phones in the US bought a smartphone, according to Nielsen. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Android and iOS have helped propel smartphones from the corner office to the four corners of the Earth ...
Verizon iPhone Attracts BlackBerry Users infoSync World - Sindre Lia - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ New market research by Nielsen indicates that the new Verizon iPhone is rapidly turning BlackBerry users into iOS users. The world's most hyped phone, the Verizon iPhone, has now been in stores for approximately ...
US Consumers Snapping Up (Android) Smartphones PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ More and more Americans are ditching feature phones for smartphones, with 38 percent of wireless subscribers now using the more advanced devices, according to Thursday data from Nielsen. Among people who purchased a new handset in ...
Apple iOS Share Growth Accelerated In May, Says Nielsen Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ Nielsen this morning reports that among people in the US who bought cellular phones in the three months through May, 55% bought a smartphone, up from 34% a year earlier. The data come from a survey of about 25000 mobile consumers, ...
	Survey: Smartphone purchases on the rise USA Today - Brett Molina - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ From March through May of this year, 55% of consumers who participated in the survey say they bought a smartphone. That's up from 34% in 2010. Android remains the dominant operating system, finds Nielsen, with a 38% share. ...
Will Apple Drop iPhone 3GS Price to Zero? PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ The news cycle might slow a bit in the summer, but there are always iPhone rumors. An iPhone 5 in September? Well, actually, maybe that should be 2012. How about a baby iPhone? Aww. We'll likely just have to wait until Apple makes ...
Finally: Americans Now Buy More Smartphones than Feature Phones TIME - Graeme McMillan - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ It's been a surprisingly long time coming, but the majority of cellphone purchases in the US are smartphone purchases. A new Nielsen study shows that smartphones have finally overtaken feature phones for American ...
Smartphone sales continue to surpass those of feature phones, Nielsen says Los Angeles Times - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ From March to May, 55% of new cellphones purchased were smartphones, pushing about 38% of all US cellphone users to app-running, email-sending devices, Nielsen said in a blog post on the growing popularity of smartphones. Over the same three-month ...
Verizon Wireless May Report Drop-Off in Apple IPhone Sales, Goldman Says Bloomberg - Greg Bensinger - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ Verizon began sales of the smartphone Feb. 3, more than a month into the first quarter. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Getty Images Verizon Wireless, the largest US wireless provider, will probably say sales ...
Nielsen: Smartphones now tops among new buyers CNET (blog) - Lance Whitney - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ Smartphone demand continues to surge as more than half of all recent cell phone buyers opted for one, Nielsen said today. Specifically, 55 percent of consumers who bought a new mobile phone from March through May picked a smartphone ...
Android's growth curve levels off Fortune - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - ‎Jun 30, 2011‎ The effect of the long-awaited launch of an iPhone for Verizon, or a bump from the iPad 2? During the rapid ascent of Google (GOOG) Android phones in 2010 it was never clear how much their popularity was ...
Nielsen: iPhones Rising, BlackBerrys Falling, Android Plateaus International Business Times - James Lee Phillips - 2 Jul, 2011 The latest Nielsen smartphone data has revealed a few significant details -- among other things, that iPhones are coming up faster than Android phones, and that smartphones of any kind are now ...
Apple's iPhone sales surge as Android slows Albuquerque Express - 2 Jul, 2011 Follow this company 's Android mobile phones. However, the new numbers from Neilsen show that Google's Android operating system is still No. 1 among US smartphone activations. Apple's iPhone has won the title of the fastest growing in market share. ...
	Unavoidable Sprint iPhone 5: Slow death after Verizon test Product Reviews - Daniel Chubb - 2 Jul, 2011 Sprint had its dedicated Android phones a long time ago, but with Verizon getting the iPhone 4 and the increasing popularity of Apple's phone means the iPhone 5 is likely to be more in demand than any iPhone before it, this has put Sprint in a very ...
The Macalope Weekly: Funny again Macworld - 2 Jul, 2011 After complaining last week about things that weren't funny, this week brought a turnaround. RIM apparently decided it needed to get funny again or risk its status as the laughing stock of mobile technology. Meanwhile, the craziness that is Apple-rumor ...
Apple's iPhone sales surge as Android slows Bizjournals.com - Cromwell Schubarth - 2 Jul, 2011 Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Google Inc.'s Android phones still sit atop the smartphone market, according to a new report. Apple Inc. 's iPhone sales growth is outpacing that of its chief rival, Google Inc. 's Android mobile phones. However, the new numbers ...
	More than Half Of U.S. Phone Purchases in March to May Were Smartphones Social Barrel - Solon Harmony Dolor - 2 Jul, 2011 According to the latest study from Nielsen, 55 percent of new phone purchases in the US for the period of March-May this year were smartphones. The figure is a 34 percent increase when compared to figures for the same period a year ago, Nielsen says. ...
	T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide: An average smartphone with an exceptional camera ... International Business Times - 2 Jul, 2011 T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide has got an exceptional camera but does the HTC-made smartphone have enough firepower to challenge the hegemony of Apple iPhone? Let's take a quick tour of myTouch 4G Slide first. The smartphone boasts of pretty impressive ...
US Smartphone Sales Rising, Says Nielsen RedOrbit - 2 Jul, 2011 More than half of all mobile devices purchased over the past three months are smartphones, according to the results of a May Nielsen survey. According to a June 30 blog post by the research organization, 38-percent of all American mobile customers now ...