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iPhone 3G now 17% of US smartphone market
electronista.com - 10/6/2008
iPhone 3G now 17% of US smartphone market
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The iPhone 3G's launch propelled Apple to the top of the US smartphone market in the summer and near the peak of the smartphone ranks in the US, according to NPD Group data. The phone outsold the BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and Palm Centro in...

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MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News:  iPhone 3G Snags 17% US Smartphone Market, Apple Already Sold 10M iPhones

SuperSite Blog:  iPhone 3G does not capture 17 percent of the US market for cell phones

iSmashPhone:  iPhone makes up 17 percent of the US Smartphone market

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iPhone 3G Snags 17% US Smartphone Market, Apple Already Sold 10M iPhones
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... rivaling AT&T. Roughly 30% of all iPhone owners during this last summer switched from another major US carrier. Nearly 47% of this group switched from Verizon (who denied Apple and the iPhone due to interfering levels of control), 24% switched from T-Mobile and 19% switched from Sprint. The NPD report goes onto explain that these specific figures are targeted at typical sales, as apposed to corporate sales which usually favor BlackBerries and Windows Mobile devices in the US (via Macnn). ...

iPhone 3G does not capture 17 percent of the US market for cell phones
SuperSite Blog — ... And it’s happening with the iPhone now as well. Today, for example, we learn that the iPhone 3G is 17% of US smart phone market. That’s one in six out of every smart phone sold in the US, people. One in six! ...

iPhone makes up 17 percent of the US Smartphone market
iSmashPhone — ... Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl, and Palm Centro all have in common?  Each of them was outsold by the iPhone from June through August of this year. Data from the NPD Group reveals that the launch of the iPhone 3G this summer boosted the phone's popularity among Smartphone users in the United States. However, it is important to note that this data only applies to typical sales.  Figures pertaining to corporate sales may tell a different tale. ...

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