April 9th, 2008Blackberry slow and steady, iPhone like a coked-out EKG
Take it for what it’s worth (and remember that RIM products go by more names than Apple’s iPhone) but it’s interesting to look at google trends in general as prediction markets of public interest.
Note too, the cultural and language differences. An established market, querty keyboards, and enterprise-friendly features make “blackberry” very much a North American and english-language darling.
But, for style or status concious euro-cats and developing world googlers, it’s iPhone mania all the way. According to one survey, awareness of the iPhone is as high as 68% in China.
It’s amazing to see the power of iPhone fever. And it’s a version 1.0 product. In order to protect the innocent it’s probably best I didn’t plot “windows mobile” on this chart. You could always try that for yourself.
