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iPhone 3G does not capture 17 percent of the US market for cell phones

It’s interesting to me how people contort Apple market share figures to make them look better than they really are. If Apple’s market share of, say, the PC industry isn’t high enough, we’ll just use the US figures without mentioning that’s what happening. Still not high enough? We’ll use a nebulous and...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 10-07-2008
The Cell Phone Wars

Slate has an interesting comparison of Apple’s very closed model with the iPhone and Google’s very open model with Android: In the two months since the App Store's launch, Apple has rejected several programs for seemingly arbitrary reasons that it won't disclose. Developers havegrumbled about...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 09-26-2008
Microsoft tries to throw some cold water on iPhone

Computerworld has some interesting information about Windows Mobile vs. Apple's iPhone: Companies -- lots of them -- are still buying Windows Mobile smart phones, and Microsoft doesn't want to let iPhone mania make them forget. During Microsoft's most recent fiscal year, 325 enterprises purchased...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-21-2008
Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes

Nice to see someone else going after the mainstream media for unfairly blaming Microsoft for something, in this case—get this—the iPhone 3G's poor battery life. Head's up, guys. Push kills battery life, no matter where the service comes from. Gary Krakow has gone insane . I was going to...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 07-15-2008

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iPhone 3G does not capture 17 percent of the US market for cell phones

The Cell Phone Wars

Microsoft tries to throw some cold water on iPhone

Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes