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MacDailyNews: ChangeWave: Apple iPhone’s ‘very satisfied’ rating more than double that of RIM’s BlackBerry Storm
News: ChangeWave: iPhone owns 23% of smartphone market
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
According to the results of the latest ChangeWave smartphone survey, the iPhone’s market share jumped 6 points between September and December to 23%. RIM’s Blackberry phones continue to lead the market, although their market share dropped one point to 41%. For the first time since January’s survey, a higher percentage of respondents planning to purchase a smartphone in the next 90 days said they would buy a Blackberry instead of an iPhone, with 39% stating they planned to buy a RIM device compared to 30% who plan to purchase Apple’s smartphone. Interestingly, the survey also ...
iPhone vs. Storm: The ball is back in BlackBerry’s court
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... The momentum has shifted in the battle for smartphone supremacy, according to the results of a ChangeWave survey of 3,803 cell phone owners released Monday. ...
ChangeWave: Apple iPhone’s ‘very satisfied’ rating more than double that of RIM’s BlackBerry Storm
MacDailyNews —
... here's how the BlackBerry Storm's favorability ratings stack up against those of the original iPhone (taken in a survey of new iPhone owners in July 2007, less than a month after its initial release)." [image] Carton reports, "As the chart shows, the original iPhone's Very Satisfied rating (77%) was more than double that of the new BlackBerry Storm (33%). Importantly, the Storm's Unsatisfied rating (14%) is three times higher than that of the original iPhone (5%)." Full article here . [UPDATE: 8:28pm ET: Modified headline from "ChangeWave: Apple iPhone’s customer ...
BlackBerry Storm battles Apple iPhone: Customer Satisfaction
Phones Review —
... due to the release of the 3G iPhone in late June has more than doubled its market share.
If we look at the overall customer satisfaction between the BlackBerry Storm and the Apple iPhone, the survey reveals that the overall new owner rating of the BlackBerry Storm was best described as Lukewarm and the Apple iPhone was put in the Very Satisfied overall rating.
Check out the graphs so you can see how the results were calculated.
Source: Changewave
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BlackBerry, iPhone Battle Rages On
The Channel Wire —
... in the first quarter of 2009." Apple's outlook isn't as rosy, with enthusiasm surrounding the 3G iPhone's launch waning, iPhone purchases will decrease, dropping Apple's market share four points to 30 percent of the next 90 days. "So approaching the first quarter, the ball has shifted back to BlackBerry's court in the form of a big uptick in consumer interest which they can potentially capitalize on," Paul Carlton, ChangeWave vice president of research, wrote on the company's HotWire Blog . "But is the new RIM lineup of consumer products strong enough to take full ...
BlackBerry, iPhone Battle Rages On
ChannelWeb Complete Feed —
... in the first quarter of 2009." Apple's outlook isn't as rosy, with enthusiasm surrounding the 3G iPhone's launch waning, iPhone purchases will decrease, dropping Apple's market share four points to 30 percent of the next 90 days. "So approaching the first quarter, the ball has shifted back to BlackBerry's court in the form of a big uptick in consumer interest which they can potentially capitalize on," Paul Carlton, ChangeWave vice president of research, wrote on the company's HotWire Blog . "But is the new RIM lineup of consumer products strong enough to take full ...
Changewave makes pretty tables saying iPhone catching up to Blackberry
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... Changewave continues the glut of iPhone data with this month's installment from their user surveys. Check the pretty tables below: ...
BlackBerry Storm and Stress
Digital Daily —
... Apple’s iPhone hasn’t supplanted Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry as the gold standard of mobile business tools, but give it another year or so and it just might. According to new research from ChangeWave, the iPhone has steadily increased its market share, growing from just 11 percent in June to 23 percent. Meanwhile, the BlackBerry lost a point of marketshare, falling to 41 percent in the same period. ...
Research Firm: Smart Phone Market Now Dominated by Apple & RIM
iPodObserver —
The smart phone market is now dominated by just two companies -- Apple and research In Motion -- according to a research firm Changewave Research . In a survey released by the company Tuesday, the firm said that RIM has some momentum due to a slew of new products, but found that RIM's market share was down 1% from its last survey, while Apple's had risen 6%. Changewave analyst Paul Carton wrote in a statement that RIM would be in a strong position to give Apple "a run for its money" in the early part of 2009 due to its new product line, but found that customer ...
Apple shrinks gap with RIM
D' Technology Weblog —
... Apple has closed the gap with RIM in the smartphone market and leads in initial consumer satisfaction, according to a recent ChangeWave survey. The iPhone has steadily increased its market share, growing from just 11 percent in June to 23 percent in the December survey. Momentum continued well after the 3G launch, with a gain of six points from September to December. BlackBerry devices have held a fairly level dominance, with a slight drop of one point to 41 percent in the same period. ...
Research In Motion (RIMM) & Apple (AAPL) still dominate Smartphone market
PR News: —
... result of the Apple iPhone 3G, and with rumors of a smaller version of the iPhone, which some are calling the iPhone Nano or iPod Shuffle. Hopefully we will know more at MacWorld 2009.
RIM sales have been a bit slow, but with the recent launch of two new handsets, the BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Storm, RIM have seen a last minute surge in this quarter. RIM sales have never been that great for the consumer market, but the Storm has changed all that now.
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iPhone vs. Storm: A la gente le gusta mucho más el iPhone
Gizmología —
... En una encuesta donde se cuestionó a usuarios de los móviles sobre la satisfacción que le brinda el iPhone mató a la Storm. Como pueden ver en el gráfico el 33% de la gente está “muy satisfecha” con el teléfono de RIM y el 77% con el de Apple. ...
Bookish iPhone takes a swing at Kindle
MacBytes.com —
... 8:40AM Monday December 29, 2008 It's been a good year for Apple, buoyed on the success of the iPhone and rising laptop sales. So that's all good for 2008, and soon we'll have a better idea of how 2009 looks for the Californian computer, device and digital lifestyle company. The iPhone's progress has been stellar. According to Changewave's figures, the smartphone market is now dominated by Apple and Research In Motion (RIM makes the Blackberry). While Nokia was shaping up to be a real contender a few months ago, the Finnish cellphone maker seems to have dissipated as a ...
Blackberry App Store Is Open For Applicants
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek —
... choose to accept the invitation. After all, despite a disappointing debut with the Storm, RIM has done a far better job than many expected at moving into the consumer market in the last few years. To get developers interested, RIM will keep just 20% of the revenues on the sale of apps through its store, compared to 30% for Apple. And it plans to develop a rating system that doesn’t favor free apps, a charge often levied at Apple by developers. “We’ll create a rating system based on value,” says RIM vice president of Global Alliance Jeff McDowell—for example, that factors in ...


