SchaeffersResearch.com Poll
Which phone do you own or plan on buying?
Shares of Apple
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are nearly 1% lower in afternoon trading, despite reports that the company's iPhone appears to be making inroads into the BlackBerry-dominated enterprise market. According to Silicon Alley Insider, a ChangeWave "survey of almost 2,000 people 'involved with I.T. spending in their organization' says that 17% of respondents plan to buy iPhones in the next quarter, up from 13% in May and 11% in February."
Despite reports of widespread problems with the devices' 3G service, it would seem that the iPhone 3G is growing in appeal with the business class. Apple is still far from the dominance generated by Research In Motion (RIMM). The survey reports that about 79% of respondents plan to buy BlackBerries in the next 3 months - a slight decline from May's reading of 82%.
On a completely unrelated note, the Bloomberg reports of Steve Jobs' death are greatly exaggerated. Nevertheless, the news agency's slip certainly made quite a few stockholders' hearts skip a beat this morning. Bloomberg quickly caught the error and issued the statement: "An incomplete story referencing Apple Inc. was inadvertently published by Bloomberg News at 4:27 p.m. New York time today. The item was never meant for publication and has been retracted."
Breath easy, Apple investors. Jobs is fine. In fact, he's quite happy and thinks he'll go for a walk.
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