You mean I can pick up an attractive, powerful BlackBerry with multimedia options, video/camera and more for a reasonable price and enjoy all the RIM features? That’s a no-brainer. I own a Curve.

It’s called sarcasm. Follow the bouncing ball…

as for desperate posts based on some twisted idea of “competition” meet the original poster (child)

“bluehorseshoe 02.24.09 at 10:18 pm
@ the Rock

OMG, the old Curve beat the iPhone alone. What’s this world coming to?”

AGAIN It’s sad to see how communication devices and their current rankings (both proven and subjective) drives a individual to make poor, off topic, personal ego posts, all to try to gain attention for himself and WE all “know what” WE mean.

Shameful.

I’m not sure why you (Rock/hellno) make this phone thing a competition (and what you gain from it?), but I sure do love disputing your posts. It’s a friggin’ phone! Give it a rest…

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/02/24/iphone_2nd_in_us_retail_china_iphone_deal_already_struck.html

iPhone 2nd in US retail

By Aidan Malley
Published: 09:40 PM EST
Apple is just short of the top spot for US phone sales in stores. Also, China Unicom may be close to a long-awaited deal for the iPhone in its country, the Boston area is slated for another Apple store, and iFixit has broken with tradition to tear down an Amazon Kindle 2.

Apple second in US retail phone sales

Apple was just slightly edged out in retail phones by its arch-rival Research in Motion during December, a study of US carrier retail stores by AvianResearch shows.

The iPhone 3G managed to claim second place for a second consecutive month but was once again outperformed in a canvassing of store results by the BlackBerry Curve. Other BlackBerries also held on to their positions with the touchscreen Storm clinging on to third and the Bold dipping slightly to sixth place.

Touchscreen devices notably dominate the list in a way they haven’t before. The LG Voyager and Dare take fourth and fith place, while Samsung’s Behold (for T-Mobile) and Instinct (for Sprint) occupy eighth and ninth place. Just two phones — the seventh-place Samsung Rant and tenth-place LG enV2 — are neither smartphones nor touchscreen devices.

RIM’s continued reign isn’t explained in the charts, though various flavors of the Curve are available at all four major American providers while the iPhone is limited to AT&T.

The rankings aren’t necessarily representative of the entire US market and leave particular flexibility for both Apple and RIM to gain the upper hand. Retail frequently doesn’t include business sales, which more heavily favor BlackBerries; the limitation only to carrier stores also excludes official Apple stores, Best Buy and Walmart, all three of which are significant outlets for iPhone sales.

Apple fanboys hate it. But it’s going to happen. Design alone does not drive sales. There are so many other factors. Apple will be apple and fall into their niche market trap.

Not everyone wants a gimmick phone. They want a phone that get’s the job done. Apple has a long way to go before that happens.

Get the business, then go after the consumer market. This is a winning combo. It happened with M$ and it will happen with RIM… Eventually Apple will be a bottom feeder.

It’s all about business first, then consumer second. Especially during a recession!