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5Words for May 19th, 2009
Technologizer — ... Busy day for phone news… Best Buy’s instant Pre rebate. Unsubsidized, the Pre is $549. Various small Google Reader tweaks. iPhone sales double over 2008. BlackBerries are selling well, too. Acer to make Android phone. Virgin America offers Wi-Fi everywhere. Dell shows an Android netbook. Hulu preps for UK launch. Will Google partner with Twitter? Pandora’s paid app is cool. Do you drive while ...

5Words for May 20th, 2009
Technologizer — ... Busy day for phone news… Best Buy’s instant Pre rebate. Unsubsidized, the Pre is $549. Various small Google Reader tweaks. iPhone sales double over 2008. BlackBerries are selling well, too. Acer to make Android phone. Virgin America offers Wi-Fi everywhere. Dell shows an Android netbook. Hulu preps for UK launch. Will Google partner with Twitter? Pandora’s paid app is cool. Do you drive while ...

Apple doubles iPhone market share
iPhone Buzz — ... up Nokia (despite the Finnish phone maker's market share drops almost 4 percent, from 45.1 percent to 41.2 percent, but Nokia remains the world's No. 1 smartphone maker) and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (rises from 13.3 percent to 19.9 percent). Global mobile phone sales totaled 269.1 million units in 1Q of 2009, a 9.4 percent decrease; while smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 percent increase from the same period last year. [via CNET]

Apple Doubles its iPhone Market Share
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Apple doubles iPhone market share
Top iPhone News — ... (despite the Finnish phone maker’s market share drops almost 4 percent, from 45.1 percent to 41.2 percent, but Nokia remains the world’s No. 1 smartphone maker) and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (rises from 13.3 percent to 19.9 percent). Global mobile phone sales totaled 269.1 million units in 1Q of 2009, a 9.4 percent decrease; while smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 percent increase from the same period last year. [via CNET]

Even a Lackluster Upgrade Won’t Hurt the iPhone
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... Also, research company Gartner recently released global smartphone numbers indicating Apple’s iPhone doubled its worldwide marketshare. Apple’s share of worldwide smartphone sales increased from 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008 to 10.8 percent in the first quarter of 2009, according to Gartner. And in terms of iPhones sold, Apple grew from 1.7 million units in the first quarter of 2008 to 3.9 million units during the same period in 2009. ...

In Principle, It’s Game Over for iPhone’s Competitors
MacBytes.com — ... according to Net Applications. Apple has 11 percent of the smartphone market share, and it's growing fast. BlackBerry is okay for now, but Nokia's is dropping. 40,000+ apps in the app store ... and you get a freight train that's just about unstoppable. I also believe there's a synergistic effect. Customers who buy iPhones say to themselves: "If the experience is this good on an iPhone, it must be equally terrific on the Mac." My perception right now is that PC apologists, Windows Mobile apologists and Apple competitors are doing everything they can to make it appear as if ...

Apple set to release third quarter 2009 earnings report on Tuesday
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Apple appears to have weathered the Palm Pre assault with considerable fortitude, and the iPhone in all its iterations now commands more than 10% of the smartphone market. ...