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	<title>Comments on: iSuppli: Smartphone sales could grow 11% in 2009</title>
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		<title>By: Brian, Raleigh, NC</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20407</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian, Raleigh, NC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The iPhone is better as long as you don&#039;t need to actually use it for business. I&#039;ve had Palm/Treo, iPhone, and Blackberry and for sending/receiving e-mail, text messages, documents, etc. Blackberry is by far the most efficient.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The iPhone is better as long as you don&#039;t need to actually use it for business. I&#039;ve had Palm/Treo, iPhone, and Blackberry and for sending/receiving e-mail, text messages, documents, etc. Blackberry is by far the most efficient.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian, Raleigh, NC</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20416</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian, Raleigh, NC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The iPhone is better as long as you don&#039;t need to actually use it for business. I&#039;ve had Palm/Treo, iPhone, and Blackberry and for sending/receiving e-mail, text messages, documents, etc. Blackberry is by far the most efficient.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The iPhone is better as long as you don&#039;t need to actually use it for business. I&#039;ve had Palm/Treo, iPhone, and Blackberry and for sending/receiving e-mail, text messages, documents, etc. Blackberry is by far the most efficient.</p>
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		<title>By: Iphone Mom, New York, NY</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20406</link>
		<dc:creator>Iphone Mom, New York, NY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had a blackberry for 4 years and just bought an iphone. It&#039;s way better!!!

Yesterday I downloaded my first game, JigSee, which lets you take a picture from the iphone camera and then turns it into a jig saw puzzle, and the kids love it!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had a blackberry for 4 years and just bought an iphone. It&#039;s way better!!!</p>
<p>Yesterday I downloaded my first game, JigSee, which lets you take a picture from the iphone camera and then turns it into a jig saw puzzle, and the kids love it!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Iphone Mom, New York, NY</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20412</link>
		<dc:creator>Iphone Mom, New York, NY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had a blackberry for 4 years and just bought an iphone. It&#039;s way better!!!

Yesterday I downloaded my first game, JigSee, which lets you take a picture from the iphone camera and then turns it into a jig saw puzzle, and the kids love it!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had a blackberry for 4 years and just bought an iphone. It&#039;s way better!!!</p>
<p>Yesterday I downloaded my first game, JigSee, which lets you take a picture from the iphone camera and then turns it into a jig saw puzzle, and the kids love it!!!</p>
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		<title>By: HereAndNow, Santa Clara, CA</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20405</link>
		<dc:creator>HereAndNow, Santa Clara, CA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The mobile operators really need to come up with an entry level data plan, so that smartphones become the standard phone for everyone.



I&#039;ve heard limited data plans discussed, but perhaps they could come up with a tiered pricing scheme based on the data rate (like dialup vs ADSL data connections).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mobile operators really need to come up with an entry level data plan, so that smartphones become the standard phone for everyone.</p>
<p>I&#039;ve heard limited data plans discussed, but perhaps they could come up with a tiered pricing scheme based on the data rate (like dialup vs ADSL data connections).</p>
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		<title>By: HereAndNow, Santa Clara, CA</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20410</link>
		<dc:creator>HereAndNow, Santa Clara, CA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The mobile operators really need to come up with an entry level data plan, so that smartphones become the standard phone for everyone.



I&#039;ve heard limited data plans discussed, but perhaps they could come up with a tiered pricing scheme based on the data rate (like dialup vs ADSL data connections).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The mobile operators really need to come up with an entry level data plan, so that smartphones become the standard phone for everyone.</p>
<p>I&#039;ve heard limited data plans discussed, but perhaps they could come up with a tiered pricing scheme based on the data rate (like dialup vs ADSL data connections).</p>
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		<title>By: KenC, Gardiner, Maine</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20404</link>
		<dc:creator>KenC, Gardiner, Maine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, so the Curve is selling well. So was the Centro. Alot of new smartphone users will be attracted to price, as they can&#039;t differentiate what features are truly useful, being new, after all.



It&#039;s when these buyers look at their next smartphone, we&#039;ll see these users looking past price and to ACTUAL functionality. They&#039;ll realize that the phone is the smallest piece of the price puzzle. It&#039;s the subscription that is the most costly. They&#039;ll have learned what smartphone features they want, and don&#039;t want.



As for Frank&#039;s comment about TMo offering a $20 data plan, well, the original iPhone had a $20 data plan. I&#039;m on it, and I&#039;m using 3G! I got grandfathered under the old price, because my location didn&#039;t have 3G within 100 miles. Of course, now 3G is here, but I still pay just $20 for my data plan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, so the Curve is selling well. So was the Centro. Alot of new smartphone users will be attracted to price, as they can&#039;t differentiate what features are truly useful, being new, after all.</p>
<p>It&#039;s when these buyers look at their next smartphone, we&#039;ll see these users looking past price and to ACTUAL functionality. They&#039;ll realize that the phone is the smallest piece of the price puzzle. It&#039;s the subscription that is the most costly. They&#039;ll have learned what smartphone features they want, and don&#039;t want.</p>
<p>As for Frank&#039;s comment about TMo offering a $20 data plan, well, the original iPhone had a $20 data plan. I&#039;m on it, and I&#039;m using 3G! I got grandfathered under the old price, because my location didn&#039;t have 3G within 100 miles. Of course, now 3G is here, but I still pay just $20 for my data plan.</p>
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		<title>By: KenC, Gardiner, Maine</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20409</link>
		<dc:creator>KenC, Gardiner, Maine</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, so the Curve is selling well. So was the Centro. Alot of new smartphone users will be attracted to price, as they can&#039;t differentiate what features are truly useful, being new, after all.



It&#039;s when these buyers look at their next smartphone, we&#039;ll see these users looking past price and to ACTUAL functionality. They&#039;ll realize that the phone is the smallest piece of the price puzzle. It&#039;s the subscription that is the most costly. They&#039;ll have learned what smartphone features they want, and don&#039;t want.



As for Frank&#039;s comment about TMo offering a $20 data plan, well, the original iPhone had a $20 data plan. I&#039;m on it, and I&#039;m using 3G! I got grandfathered under the old price, because my location didn&#039;t have 3G within 100 miles. Of course, now 3G is here, but I still pay just $20 for my data plan.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, so the Curve is selling well. So was the Centro. Alot of new smartphone users will be attracted to price, as they can&#039;t differentiate what features are truly useful, being new, after all.</p>
<p>It&#039;s when these buyers look at their next smartphone, we&#039;ll see these users looking past price and to ACTUAL functionality. They&#039;ll realize that the phone is the smallest piece of the price puzzle. It&#039;s the subscription that is the most costly. They&#039;ll have learned what smartphone features they want, and don&#039;t want.</p>
<p>As for Frank&#039;s comment about TMo offering a $20 data plan, well, the original iPhone had a $20 data plan. I&#039;m on it, and I&#039;m using 3G! I got grandfathered under the old price, because my location didn&#039;t have 3G within 100 miles. Of course, now 3G is here, but I still pay just $20 for my data plan.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Castle, NY NY</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20403</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Castle, NY NY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And the Blackberry Curve has been the best selling smartphone for the past 3-4 months - why?



It&#039;s cheap! above all - users are fickle and whomever provides the best functionality and low price will win in the current financial climate.  Expect Blackberry to sell more and more low end devices.  They also benefit from being on every carrier and having a range of plan costs.  I believe t-mo offers a data plan for $20 now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the Blackberry Curve has been the best selling smartphone for the past 3-4 months &#8211; why?</p>
<p>It&#039;s cheap! above all &#8211; users are fickle and whomever provides the best functionality and low price will win in the current financial climate.  Expect Blackberry to sell more and more low end devices.  They also benefit from being on every carrier and having a range of plan costs.  I believe t-mo offers a data plan for $20 now.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank Castle, NY NY</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/04/isuppli-smartphone-sales-could-grow-11-in-2009/#comment-20408</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank Castle, NY NY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And the Blackberry Curve has been the best selling smartphone for the past 3-4 months - why?



It&#039;s cheap! above all - users are fickle and whomever provides the best functionality and low price will win in the current financial climate.  Expect Blackberry to sell more and more low end devices.  They also benefit from being on every carrier and having a range of plan costs.  I believe t-mo offers a data plan for $20 now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the Blackberry Curve has been the best selling smartphone for the past 3-4 months &#8211; why?</p>
<p>It&#039;s cheap! above all &#8211; users are fickle and whomever provides the best functionality and low price will win in the current financial climate.  Expect Blackberry to sell more and more low end devices.  They also benefit from being on every carrier and having a range of plan costs.  I believe t-mo offers a data plan for $20 now.</p>
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