Shopping for the Best Smartphones

Showing posts with label iphone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iphone. Show all posts

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Blackberry Curve Smartphone Outsells iPhone

According to market researchers, the Blackberry Curve outsold the Apple iPhone during the first quarter of 2009. While Apple claimed victory during parts of 2008, Blackberry has reclaimed its lead as the best selling smartphone.

It is estimated that RIM, which makes the Blackberry phones, holds 50% of the smart phone market share. As this site is called "best smartphones," it only makes sense that we would highlight the best-selling smartphones on the market. The RIM Blackberry continues to sell well and gain wider acceptance and market penetration.

Verizon Wireless offered a recent "buy one get one free" promotion for the Curve, and Blackberry is available through many major carriers. Apple only sells the iPhone through AT&T at this time. The Palm Treo is the 3rd most popular smartphone option.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Google Will Defeat the Apple iPhone with Android


Google has declared war on the iPhone and I have little doubt they will win the battle. Is there anything Google can't do? ( Ok, Ok).

People have been saying Google would become a major player with the gPhone. Now with the Android platform Google is confident it can do many things the iPhone can't.

There have always been a lot of holes in the iPhone business. Apple chose to go with Cingular ( AT&T) as the service provider and limit options for a lot of people. All the other major carriers have come out with their own smartphones. One guy even says his Verizon Voyager is better than the iPhone.

Google approach, on the other hand, depends on third party applications and an "open software" system. I still don't know a lot about Android, but I find the possibility of a Google wireless phone a lot more exciting than the Cingular iPhone. And for some reason I expect a smoother roll-out.