Technology is almost the same as gadget. When we say gadget, we would have the idea of the new technology that is offered in the market. And for most of us, we always go for mobile phones. This is the kind of technology we always make ourselves updated. We want to have the latest. We want to show it to our friends and to our co-workers.
When Apple was out in the market, a lot of us wanted to avail of it. We saved some money to spend for the latest mobile phone. But in the recent study, the iPhone 3G fell to second-place behind the BlackBerry Curve. The RIM, which is the maker of BlackBerry was responsible for three of the top five consumer smartphones in the list. The BlackBerry Storm was third and the Pearl fell on the fourth.
Yes, I know, Apple’s iPhone 3g has been the top-selling consumer smartphone in the Us for the both the third and fourth quarters of 2008 and before, the Curve had been second and Palm’s Centro third. But news have been spreading that BlackBerry Curve, now, outsells it.
Then, NPD credited a “buy-one-get-one” promotion by Verizon Wireless for helping to push the Curve past the iPhone. The Curve benefited from these giveaways and was able to outsell the iPhone. Why? Because of its broader availability on the four major US national carriers.
That’s right, what is number one selling now, may be second in rank tomorrow. Technology, after all, is always changing.
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