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Looks Like We're Still a BlackBerry Nation

Joel,
Amen!
I was about to post the same -- but scrolling down I ended up seconding you.

Revisiting the iPhone’s Browsing Market Share (Part II)

good information is value, dusty catch-phrases of the "hate-mail" and "iPhone-junky" sort will stop me on my tracks to read on.
This is no way to say I am sorry for the slant.
Good-bye self-explainer!

Nokia Is the Smart(phone) Bet - Barron's

oops! that pesky marketshare bit won't go away -- now that phones are getting smarter the niche-players with OS building savvy will own the future. MIcrosoft sort of knew this and Symbian was an attempt of honorable mention but I am betting on OS X running on the iPhone. A second Black Swan for Apple (the first was the iPod) and the third may be just the Mac.
PS you do have an optimistic smile!
(wasted on NOK...)

Channel Checks Show Blackberry Sales Not Pressured by iPhone

there were no iPhones to compete with -- they were sold out since late May. I, too, would plan propagandistic research, sweating bullets in dread of what is coming. Denial works for a bit, then comes anger, and later, perhaps, negotiation and resolution/acceptance....
Cheers!

The iPhone-BlackBerry Showdown Continues

Peter Misek (Canaccord Adams) - an unbiased Canadian analyst - opines of the thundering success of RIM and warns of the _security hole_ of pinging on the iPhone. RIM will surely triple its sales in 2009, while APPL may double... an unbiased Canadian analyst.
poor AAPL

What's Better: BlackBerry or iPhone?

There is no war between RIM and Apple, just bickering among opinionated bozos. Marketshare is a non-issue, neither is Chicklet keyboards vs. first-generation touch-screen debates. Follow your own dreams!