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December 22nd, 2009, 19:05
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_screencap_2009-12-22_at_1.15.03_pm_01.jpgI have to admit I was surprised at the iPhone and BlackBerry 8300 (http://gizmodo.com/tag/blackberry8300/) series did so well here—the two most popular handsets in the country, going into 2010, are full-fledged smartphones. Also surprising: people still buy Razrs. Razrs!
Motorola's fall from grace started when they couldn't come up with a serious successor to the megapopular original Razr, so it's kind of sad to see that right up until their Android renaissance—and maybe even through it—the Razr, now in version 3, is still a core part of their business. But there's a broader point here, about how people use their phones: there are still plenty of folks lingering in the dull, barely-connected land of the dumbphone, where LG appears to be King, but they're emigrating in droves, because they crave one thing: internet:
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/screencap_2009-12-22_at_1.38.32_pm.jpgSmart, dumb, whatever: today, phones are for going online. Which, if you believe Nielson's scores, means phones—especially smartphone—are pretty much for Google. Now, get your pencils out, and let's draw a straight line between Google's dominance on the mobile web and the mysterious but very real Nexus One (http://gizmodo.com/tag/nexus-one). Easy, wasn't it? [Nielson (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-mobile-phones-sites-and-brands-for-2009/)]
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Motorola's fall from grace started when they couldn't come up with a serious successor to the megapopular original Razr, so it's kind of sad to see that right up until their Android renaissance—and maybe even through it—the Razr, now in version 3, is still a core part of their business. But there's a broader point here, about how people use their phones: there are still plenty of folks lingering in the dull, barely-connected land of the dumbphone, where LG appears to be King, but they're emigrating in droves, because they crave one thing: internet:
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/screencap_2009-12-22_at_1.38.32_pm.jpgSmart, dumb, whatever: today, phones are for going online. Which, if you believe Nielson's scores, means phones—especially smartphone—are pretty much for Google. Now, get your pencils out, and let's draw a straight line between Google's dominance on the mobile web and the mysterious but very real Nexus One (http://gizmodo.com/tag/nexus-one). Easy, wasn't it? [Nielson (http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/top-mobile-phones-sites-and-brands-for-2009/)]
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