Based on the trends regarding the current working relationship between AT & T and Apple, the iPhone may yet find itself under a new distributor by 2011. This was the prediction shared by Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray regarding the exclusivity of distribution by AT & T for now. Much of this is attributed to the shortcomings shown by AT & T, particularly the current status of video availability on the iTunes store.

And the apparent successor for AT & T points towards the direction of Verizon. Verizon seems to be the logical choice considering other companies like Sprint and T-Mobile have the Palm and the Android to address at the moment respectively. Will Verizon be the next exclusive distributor of Apple’s iPhone? We have 4 months to find out.

(Source) Crunchgear

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This is quite a blow for RIM folks! It looks like 12% of those iPhone 3GS buyers have decided to replace their old BlackBerry handset with the new Apple phone.

Compared to last year more BlackBerry owners have switched their Berry with an iPhone. The studied has been conducted by Piper Jaffray on 256 early iPhone 3GS buyers in New York and Minnesota stores. Apple is slowly getting more market share and RIM should definitely be worried. After Nokia who is leading the smartphone market with an impressive 41.2% share comes RIM with 19.9% and Apple with 10.8%.

Other interesting facts the survey revealed:

• 28% of early iPhone 3GS buyers are new AT&T customers (compared to 38% last year)
• 54% of early iPhone 3GS buyers will still buy an iPod
• 56% of early iPhone 3GS adopters have upgraded from a previous version

What about you? Have you purchased your iPhone 3GS yet? What phone have you been using before the 3GS?

via AppleInsider

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