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FLAME ON APPLE FANBOIS!]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
Flame off now?]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/

pay attention in math class next time! ]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
On the other hand, the iPhone 3G was in more markets, had 3G obviously and priced pretty low AND had the promise of the app store. In other words, nothing in this chart really surprises me.
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leaching:
To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.
n.

1. The act or process of leaching.
2. A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.
3. The substance through which a liquid is leached.
4. Also my name.

leeching:
v. to cling to and feed upon or drain, as a leech: His relatives leeched him until his entire fortune was exhausted.

Grammar is key, if it wasn't for the iPod, it would have taken over a year for the iPhone to hit 1 million because everyone besides the fanboys would still be under the impression that Apple is evil... or if it wasn't for the iPod, Apple would still be making computers inside of 'bubble'd' monitors....
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{cue folksy music and a soothing baritone male voice}

"Apple Hater Derangement Syndrome is a contagious disease that affects 20 million Windows users. Once you contract it, you have it for life. There is no cure, but there is Zunex."

{cue beautiful redhead in a park, seated on a bicycle}

"When I first found out I hated iPods, I thought my life was over, but then my doctor prescribed Zunex and since then, I see beauty in every Windows product I see, even when they blue screen! Thanks, Zunex. "

{redhead rides off into the sunset}

"Zunex is a once a day pill which works by helping you to rationalize your unbridled hate for everything Apple. Ask your doctor for it. Side effects include sweating, shouting, chair throwing, lost of voice and possible hallucinations and feelings of persecution from gadget sites. Call your doctor if these symptoms persist."


]]>Jan 29th 2009 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
You say grammar is key, but you fail by saying "if it wasn't.." when it should be "if it weren't...".

Hello pot, I'd like you to meet kettle.]]>Jan 29th 2009 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
Wow! The BlackBerry Storm beat the hell out of million unit sales over the original iPhone. However, all these companies have a wee bit of a way to go to beat the 3G iPhone. Of course, they never will because they don't really have any handsets that are equal to the iPhone. The Pre would have come close by using Apple's IP, but that's finished now.]]>Jan 29th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
but my opinion is if the G1 launched on a network like Verizon or had a real established smart phone customer base and a fully rolled out 3G network like AT&T, it easily would have hit 1 million in half that time, maybe even faster. But they got the deal with T-mobile, it is what it is, and nobody at HTC or T-mobile is complaining i'm sure.

The Storm numbers make sense to me because it is such a major change for Blackberry users who like Blackberry for the physical keyboard. But even then, this graph only shows US sales for the Storm so obviously it hit a million much quicker...

As far as the iPhone 3G goes... hey, good for Apple... an EXTREMELY well planned, and truly GLOBAL launch, mixed with incredible amounts of hype and marketing... this is why they are king right now. Don't hate the player, hate the game. lol (I say that even tho I don't like the player haha)

So yeah, like someone else said, nothing in this graph surprises me. Actually, one this does, i thought the original iPhone hitt a million faster... either way, thanks for the graph Noel, it was interesting.]]>Jan 29th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
Sold or shipped to shops?]]>Jan 29th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
The 3G version (and software fixes) fixed a lot of those problems and around that time it had become very fashionable to sport one.

The iPhone certainly wasn't the first to do what they did (though it is funny to watch people claim that they were,) but they did it in a very fashionable and trendy sorta way.]]>Jan 29th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
The only one where iPhone appears to lose at first glance :D]]>Jan 29th 2009 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
...duh]]>Jan 29th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
That's the more likely explanation for the numbers.]]>Jan 29th 2009 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
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Serious question here, folks...]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
So does the iPhone. In fact if you pop the hood, you will be able to access it by terminal and do a "top" command to see all running processes etc. Its based on Mac OS X which is based on BSD (Unix-like).
For a short while i even ran PHP/Apache/SQLite on mine. Ok, it was an iPod, but its the same OS and core.]]>Jan 29th 2009 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
E.g., it has no user accessible file system. You can't email attachments. You can email one photo at a time. In order to email more than one, you need to install a special, dumb application to attach more than one photo in an email. That's pretty dumb. Hence, the iPhone is a dumbphone. People like it because it's easy to use. That also makes it a dumbphone.

Don't get me wrong, I like my iPhone a lot. But you have to put up with some dumb stuff to use it.

Hence: dumbphone.]]>Jan 29th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
I think what Palm means is a "multiapp-view" where you can glance at several apps running at the same time and switch to whichever you like. This is unlike the iphone or the P1i where we have to switch to a home screen (iphone) or the task manager (P1i) to switch between applications. I am sure you have to do such a thing in Pre as well.]]>Jan 29th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Take Symbian s40. It was a proprietary operating system that could install third party programs IF approved by the vendor, and it could not multitask. Not a smartphone]]>Jan 29th 2009 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
WTF is an iTouch? You touch? They touch?

iPod Touch

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"US-Only, does not include global sales data."]]>Jan 29th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
Get a better statistic, boys.]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
Hence, hard to track. Overall, the N95 alone sold more than 20M times afaik, though...]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
iphone 3G: 21 countries
Nokia 5800: around 5
G1: 1
Storm: 10 (and thereafter very staggered)
iphone: 25 (inital wave)

enough said.
]]>Jan 29th 2009 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/Jan 29th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/29/days-to-1-million-the-smartphone-wars/
How about OS/X, Windows, Android?

How about hard-qwerty, soft-qwerty?

How about black, red, white?

Seems like a fine chart to this viewer...
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