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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by tsetse-fly on Friday December 19, 2008 @12:15AM (#403052)
iPhone is 1 device on 1 network, Windows Mobile is hundreds of devices across all networks.

"Gartner Q3 2008 data shows iPhone passes Windows Mobile": http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=354

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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by mattmaroon on Friday December 19, 2008 @12:50AM (#403080)
So is Blackberry.
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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by josefresco on Friday December 19, 2008 @07:55AM (#403290)
That's current sales, not factoring in the devices that already exist which would give a large edge to WinMO.
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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by mattmaroon on Saturday December 20, 2008 @03:13PM (#404776)
Actually even there, Microsoft's claims for Win Mo devices shipped this year is >14 million. If that's true it's nudging out iPhone or at least real damn close.
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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by pistoriusp on Friday December 19, 2008 @03:31AM (#403158)
1 network? It's incredibly easy to buy an unlocked iPhone in certain countries, and I mean... Unlocked by Apple, not cracked.

Whilst I understand that you're referring to North America you should consider that the iPhone is sold in a lot of other countries.

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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by tsetse-fly on Friday December 19, 2008 @11:28AM (#403481)
The iPhone is also locked to one carrier in the following countries: UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Japan, Venezuela and many more. Unlocked iPhones are offered in relatively few countries.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937

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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by mattmaroon on Friday December 19, 2008 @01:31PM (#403642)
Which, by total GDP, is like 90% of its market.
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Re:IPhone Dev Spends $500k on Development, Still Not Approve... by ruslan on Friday December 19, 2008 @10:07PM (#404210)
Officially unlocked iPhone is so much over-priced ($1000) that nobody bothers to buy it. At least here in Russia.
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