iPad Demand Exceeds Pre-launch iPhone Demand

February 23, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

A new survey suggests pre-launch demand for the iPad is greater than that of the iPhone before it first launched.

AppleInsider reports on a RBC/ChangeWave survey which found that 13 percent of respondants are likely to buy Apple’s forthcoming iPad, a number greater than the 9 percent who planned to buy an iPhone before its launch.

RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky said the responses from 3,200 participants show strong pent-up consumer demand for the iPad.
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iPhone OS 3.1.3 Sees 14% Adoption In 6 Days

February 08, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Released last Tuesday, iPhone OS 3.1.3 was a minor update, bringing a battery reporting fix, fixing an issue where third-party applications would not launch, and patching a number of security holes. In its first six days of release, an estimated 14 percent of users opted to upgrade, mobile ad group Medialets reported Monday.

As of Feb. 6, most iPhone users — 72.3 percent — were still running iPhone OS 3.1.2, while 3.1.1 has 0.8 percent of users, and 3.1.0 has 4.6 percent. About 13 percent of total users are running a version prior to 3.1.2. Read more…

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ATT Dropping Fewer Calls

January 28, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

AT&T says its dropping fewer calls and is seeing an improvement in their network thanks to new carriers at existing cell sites, an ongoing backhaul renovation, and the recent roll-out of 7.2Mbps capability across most of its 3G footprint, reports Engadget.

AT&T claims that dropped calls network-wide has been reduced from 1.41 percent to 1.05 percent between December ‘08 and ‘09. Read more…

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Study: Apple’s iPhone exceeds Windows Mobile in US

December 17, 2009 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News

Though previous studies found the iPhone was outselling Windows Mobile devices and had a greater presence online, Apple’s handset finally unseated Microsoft devices in terms of overall use in October, a new study has found.

The latest survey of mobile operating system marketshare from research firm comScore found that the iPhone spiked to nearly 9 million U.S. users by the month of October, pushing it well past Microsoft’s total of just over 7 million users. In July, the two companies were about even in total mobile OS market share. The latest survey data was obtained by FierceWireless.
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