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12/20/2007, 6:50pm, EST
Thursday, December 20th1.6 million BlackBerry subs added in Q3
Research in Motion reported third quarter results for the three months ended December 1, 2007. Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 was $1.67 billion, up 22% from $1.37 billion in the previous quarter and up 100% from $835.1 million in the same quarter of last year. Approximately 1.65 million BlackBerry subscriber accounts were added in the quarter and over 3.9 million devices were shipped. The total BlackBerry subscriber account base at the end of the third quarter was approximately 12 million. The company expects to add 1.82 million accounts in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, the iPhone has managed to outperform long-term competitors in the smartphone market, says a new study in the January 2008 issue of Consumer Reports.
The magazine gives the Apple device an overall score of 64 versus 61 for RIM's BlackBerry Curve, pointing primarily to Apple's longer 8.25 hours of call time in testing versus the Curve's 6.25 hours and its improvements in ease of use and synchronization with computers. The BlackBerry's common advantage of its real-time "push" e-mail is beaten by Apple's inclusion of a stronger e-mail client, the publication claims.
The iPhone shipped 1.119 million units in Apple's fourth quarter, compared with 270,000 in the previous quarter when only two days worth of post-launch sales data were tracked.
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Lots of people agree:
http://comparati.com/31-BlackBerry-Curve-vs-iPhone
Having set up Blackberries and iPhones I can also say the iPhone is the simplest device to work with for it's range of featues I have every used, where Blackberries can be confusing and their web interface is buggy.
Sure, I wish the iPhone has some additional features - but the lauded Push email is not a killer-must-have-or-our-whole-infrastructure-falls-apart feature that RIMM pundits make it out to be.
As for the blackberry, besides being available on ALL networks, you can get it with various plans (including a data-only plan, if you desire) and, more importantly, can be used with your company's business accounts. No need to have separate bills and separate contracts for each and every phone.