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Apple Sells 300,000 iPads on Day 1

J. Matthew Zoss — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:34:32 +0000

Did you buy your iPad yet? 300,000 of you did – at least, that’s how many units Apple reported as sold on day one. iPad purchasers also bought over 1 million apps from the App store on the first day and also downloaded 250,000 e-books.

Apple fans will call the number a triumph, while detractors will say selling “only” 300k makes it a bust. It is really hard to declare victory or defeat at this point, as many consumers may be waiting for the 3G version of the device later this month. Apple’s shares were down 17 cents to $235.80 in premarket trading and productivity is down across the nation as Apple fans play with their new toy.

Source: Associated Press

60,000 Android Handsets Shipped Daily

Asterios Kokkinos — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:00:04 +0000

Android invasion! In an announcement that serves to only further infuriate me, a man who cannot afford an android handset, Google’s just announced that 60,000 android enabled handsets are shipping daily. That’s 21.9 million handsets per year.

The idea of a standardized, universal operating system for phones has long been a dream of the mobile consumer. Google, answering our prayers, has filled in this gap with the introduction of the open source Android operating system. The advantages of a universal open source operating system are obvious: we can all use the same programs, and have those programs talk to each other.

For example, if this guy on a Nokia and this guy on an LG are both running Android, then they can both use gChat to talk to one another, or play the same games head to head, or transfer files between them without confusing operating system garbage.

As a point of reference, the iPhone moved 8.7 iPhones last quarter, so the yearly figure well dwarfs the android figure. Still, it’s pretty impressive for a system that’s only a little over two years old.

Source: MobileCrunch

Photo Source: Wikipedia

Nexus One Moves “Only” 80,000 Units

Asterios Kokkinos — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:21 +0000

The same Flurry mobile analytics team who estimated that the Nexus One sold 20,000 units in its first week has come back with first month numbers – 80,000 units sold.

At first glance, these numbers aren’t great. The iPhone sold around 600,000 units in their first month, and the Droid recently moved about 525,000. But this is a false comparison – both the iPhone and the Droid plastered the entire country in billboards, commercials and those Steve Jobs black-turtleneck/blue jeans presentations that reporters find irresistible.

Compare this to the Nexus One, which had no marketing blitz, and is being sold directly to consumers through the Google website. Those are two things smartphone buyers have no experience with, so it’s no surprise the handsets aren’t flying off the shelves.

And sure, there’s been a rash of news stories about poor Nexus One customer service, or no AT&T 3G coverage, but you need to factor that against Google’s sterling reputation. We’re all on Gmail, a lot of us use Google Maps, and we do all our Googling with…Google.

My guess is that once people start to buy these phones and show them off to all their friends, more people will want them. It’ll be a slow burn, but it’s always a good idea to bet on Team Google.

Source: Mashable

Photo Source: ShowBizGalore

Apple Schadenfreude: Nexus One Moves “Only” 20,000 Units

Asterios Kokkinos — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:18:30 +0000

Apparently, the iPhone sold 80 times more units in its launch week than the Nexus One did. In fact, a lot of Android phones out there did better their first week than the Nexus One – just look at that sweet chart from Flurry.com.

For me, the surprise is how other people are surprised – the Nexus One costs $180, and we’re in a recession. Additionally, this is Google’s first physical product, so I can understand consumer skepticism – there’s no real brand loyalty to take advantage of here because everyone’s an early adopter.

To me, this is an example of reporters looking for stage two of their media narrative – the built up the Nexus One through exclusive after exclusive, preview after preview – now it’s time to tear the thing down. It’s hard to write story after story where the headline is “Everything’s Fine: Thing Is Doing As Expected.”

Source: Fast Company

Photo Sourse: Flurry