Apple topped the sales charts in Q3 for its mobile device, the iPhone, with 6.9 Million units shipped.Apple reported that the third quarter sold more units than previous quarters combined. This news isn’t exactly shocking, after the release of the 3G iPhone, and the dramatic price drop by AT&T, where phones go as low as $200 with a two year contact.
With the launch of the iPhone just over a year ago, the iPhone finally gained a top spot in the U.S. Market, beating the Motorola Razr, ranked #1 for 12 straight quarters, with the BlackBerry Curve in third, LG Rumor in fourth, and LG enV2 in fifth.
Apple’s strong selling point this quarter was the help of AT&T’s price drop, and the use of the 3G network. 3G is the most recent change to the Apple iPhone, next to the upgraded 2.0 firmware. 3G is the latest in mobile phone standards and technology, with very few mobile devices supporting 3G networks in North America. The rate of which data can be transferred onto the device wirelessly without the support of WiFi, is 14.4Mbit/s down, and 5.8Mbit/s up.
This device also comes equipped with features using the 3G network, like GPS, a web browser, iPod, hundreds of applications via the AppStore, with a list of free and paid applications. The device also promises more features in its next upgrade with the 2.2 firmware including on the fly Podcast downloading and Google maps street view.
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It's all in the works. We've got another iPod phenomenon here, for better or for worse. Even if you hate everything about the iPhone, the way the App Store is integrated is really well done.
Some features are still missing, i.e., video, cut & paste (we're asking for this, believe me!
Google Maps street view is great, I'm sure, but we need to get some of the more fundamental missing features out of the way first.
This is an example of what it looks like
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Anyway copy-and-paste is essential for me when editing word documents (which it can't do as LTD described) and writing messages and talking on msn.
On my Windows Mobile phone, I have never had an application crash and I've used some pretty dodgy third-party applications!
On my Windows Mobile phone, I have never had an application crash and I've used some pretty dodgy third-party applications!
It seems to usually happen when I visit vbulletin-based forums, and it's pretty annoying. Some other apps crash too, but not as bad as mobile Safari. I don't if it's a JS issue, but Apple needs to work on improving Safari, before adding more features IMO. The only time I've had WinMob apps crash on my old Dell Axim X5 PDA, is when I was using something like an overclocking app.
Though there are many people who will gladly use a phone that has only a screen. There are obvious benefits like larger screen to watch movies on, or smaller device to fit in your pocket.
The iPhone has alot of small annoyances for me. That said the phone is still worthy for me to move from my long list of Nokia history.
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