http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/ Engadget Comments for NPD finds featurephones account for 72% of new handset sales in the US http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/
i just came from a friends house cuz they called me over to get rid of a virus. thing was nasty. blocked me from opening anything... internet explorer was dead as a rock.... couldnt even get into safe mode. but my touch pro 2 saved my life. pulled up a few sites... got some registry info so i knew what i needed to delete... downloaded some good malware removal software... transferred it through usb... and pretty much kicked the virus in the nuts. computers good as new. if it wasnt for my smartphone idve had to go through much more annoying measures. thats just one rare instance though... alot of people dont need to do things like that cuz for one they dont really know how and pay geek squad (god knows why) or call up their computer buds if they're lucky enough to have 'em.]]>Aug 19th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/
Stop being a pedantic dick]]>Aug 19th 2009 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/
My new featurephone has a larger screen, better graphics, a better camera and for daily Internet usage, that larger screen is going to be more useful than the smartphone's screen. All the AT&T rep could tell me is smartphones download more data than featurephones. There are a few things I miss about my BlackJack II but performance certainly is not one of them. ]]>Aug 19th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/
I'm waiting for something else to come out other than a rehash of the same phones by LG.]]>Aug 19th 2009 11:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 19th 2009 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=310]]>Aug 20th 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/
Looks to me that they're SO wishy-washy that the distinction is rapidly disappearing. Can some manufacturers survive if their product becomes a giveaway with a magazine subscription?
]]>Aug 20th 2009 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/etc but I will never go back to feature phone!]]>Aug 20th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/
Do these numbers account for phones that are given away for "Free" when you sign up for a contract. Most family folk do this. Especially on family plan accounts and phones for "the kids".

I know plenty of people with feature phones, but trust me, those aren't the phone's they really want. ]]>Aug 20th 2009 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/What do you think a feature phone is? "Feature phone" is the "official" way of saying "not a smartphone" or "crappy flip phone".]]>Aug 20th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/
BUt... I'm happy with my $42/month w/ unlimited text from Verizon and this POS enV2. Whenever the next big phone comes out, whether it's an iPhone, Palm Pre, BB Tour, or one of the HTC sex-o-phones, I heavily consider switching providers, plans, and phones... but I end up coming back to the fact that in almost every circumstance, I'd have to pay double per month, drop almost $200 out of pocket, and it'd end up just tethering me more to my work desk.]]>Aug 20th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/19/npd-finds-featurephones-account-for-72-of-new-handset-sales-in/Aug 20th 2009 12:08PM