Blackberry has soared ahead of the iPhone in internet searches this week, according to Google Trends.
The program, which tracks the amount of time a term is entered into Google’s search engine, shows that while the 3G iPhone is garnering more consumer interest in recent days, the Blackberry is really on the up.
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This is likely to be down to the release of the new Blackberry Bold, which is tipped to be RIM’s answer to the iPhone, although it still holds the largest market share in the smartphone market, hinting the company doesn’t really need to compete as yet.
Understandably, Canada is the biggest region for Blackberry searches, though Vietnam comes in third, behind the US.
Should the trends continue, the news will come as a blow to Apple, which has been reaping the benefit of the plethora of rumours of the 3G release.
Or could it simply be a case of the public getting bored of the constant talk before the big day on Monday?
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nicolasmerritt
June 10th 2008
9. I am reluctant to take the story down as the story was evidenced, and written in good faith.
Rather than delete a story, which is the last resort, normally we would update it in line with the developing evidence but in this case, the comments have done a pretty good job of this already (thanks for this!).
Also, deleting it would mean some interesting points about Google Trends would also have to be removed.
I am happy to admit it when we are wrong, but it would be a shame to lose this discussion.
Nick
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blueg
June 9th 2008
8. I got the same results as the picture, but like I said, I did it not long after the article was published.
The argument it is in beta still IS valid, as the Google trends app was clearly throwing out misnomic answers.
Surely that's the point of having something in labs version? i.e. it doesn't work every time?
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itsme
June 6th 2008
7. so i ask
why is this incorrect, misleading article still up
I guess they want to show the world reality does not effect them...
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offgrid
June 6th 2008
6. http://www.google.com/trends?q=iphone%2C+blackberry
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offgrid
June 6th 2008
5. I just tried Google Trends - using iPhone and Blackberry and iPhone has WAY more traffic.
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itsme
June 6th 2008
4. http://www.google.com/trends?q=iphone%2C+blackberry&ctab=0&geo=all&date=mtd&sort=0
look for yourself
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