Apple Inc. is claiming 1 million 3G iPhones sold... Not surprising since unlike it's predecessor this one was released to more than 1 country [about 70 countries world wide]. I am still curious why Globe Telecom the company who won the exclusive to disribute the iPhone isn't using it to increase it's subscriber base. Where are the data plans and what not for the iPhone? When will they start selling it here? If they don't hurry and make it competitive. Jailbreak would come and they'd loose their advantage with exclusivity.
So which is it? Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) announced a partnership today. Both lumbering companies have been in some trouble with their smartphone divisions. Both have been loosing market share to Apple, Android and Blackberry in recent years. WindowsMobile (previously PocketPC and currently WindowsPhone) once the dominant mobile OS, yes folks before the iPhone came into power Microsoft slowly but surely killed of it’s main competitor palm OS, which was acquired by hp last year and is now barely a sliver of a shadow of it’s former former former self. Just this week hp/palm unveiled 2 new smartphones the palm Pre 3 and Veer, as well as their entry into the tablet space with the TouchPad. hp being one of the top computer manufacturers at the moment has the resources to use and spread webOS like a creamy peanut butter across all markets they are in. By being one of MSFT’s biggest customers now suddenly not using Windows7 (still MSFT’s tablet OS of choice) and churning out comp...
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