Archive for June, 2008
Samsung Instinct, the iPhone Killer?
The mobile world is abuzz with the Samsung Instinct:
.The Instinct is basically Samsung’s reinvention of the iPhone idea: a slick-looking, touch-driven, multimedia handheld that brings a lot of non-phone features to the front, without being a full-fledged smartphone.
* Service Provider: Sprint PCS
* Screen Size: 3.1 inches
* Screen Details: 3.1″, 240×432, 262k-color TFT LCD touch screen
* Camera: Yes
* Megapixels: 2 MP
* Bluetooth: Yes
* Web Browser: Yes
* Network: CDMA
* Bands: 850, 1900
* High-Speed Data: 1xRTT, EVDO
The instinct is said to be flying of the shelves.
“…the carrier has announced that the Samsung device has become its best-selling EV-DO device ever in the first week of availability.”
Not available in Manila yet. Wish it were so we could compare. 
iPhone 3G Coming to Globe Philippines
They have the web page to prove it. See?
They even have the globe logo on Apple’s landing page!
What a win for Globe. I’m a SMART user who might just switch to Globe because of the iPhone 3G. Guess what, it’s going to be available PREPAID! There goes everyone’s Christmas bonuses.
The recently launched iPhone 3G will be available to Globe’s postpaid and prepaid subscribers in the Philippines later this year, according to a Globe announcement.
IPhone Eating Into Nokia’s Smartphone Share
Looks like the iPhone has been eating away Nokia’s share. Not surprising as Apple is really marketing their Iphones as the ultimate mobile device.
Nokia’s first-quarter global market share of so-called smartphones fell to 45.2 percent from 46.7 percent a year earlier, Gartner said today in an e-mailed statement. Research In Motion increased its share to 13.4 percent from 8.3 percent. Apple grabbed 5.3 percent of the market with its iPhone music player and handset, which wasn’t available a year ago.
This seems a bit contradictory to what Abe just posted on on how the blackberry is still beating the iphone:
According to a recent IDC report, RIM’s Blackberry beat out the Apple iPhone 2-to-1 in the first quarter of 2008. Despite Apple’s bulling marketing and hype, it looks like the Blackberry is still king of the smartphones. Can’t believe it either.
Sales versus market share and IDC versus Gartner. Which to believe eh?
