Iphone popularity greatly exaggerated
IF YOU READ a story about widespread IPhone adoption anywhere in the US... you should take it with a pinch of salt.
It seems that US hacks are getting so desperate to promote Apple's Jesus phone on behalf of the Cupertino company that they have started making up stories to cast the toy in a positive light.
Last week a rag called The Hill, penned a yarn saying that the Iphone was going to replace the Blackberry on Capital Hill. It said that the Jesus phone was being tested for use by US Congressmen who wanted to get their paws on it.
Other magazines and Web sites ran the story based on the yarn. These included Ars Technica which added the information that the handset may soon be a new option for congressional members by January 2009.
Wired.com's Gadget Lab claimed that the US House of Representatives were "demanding Iphones".
Gizmodo said that the Iphone coming to Congress would be "something of a symbolic blow to RIM".
ZDNet said that "Congress house members want Iphones!" and CNet wrote "Iphones Staged to Take Over US Congress"
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) wrote "Your congressman wants an Iphone".
However, none of this is true. Jeff Ventura, press secretary for the Chief Administrative Officer for the House of Representatives, said all of these publications, including Boing Boing Gadgets, PC Mag, the LA Times, Cult of Mac, and Ipod Observer got it completely wrong.
Sheesh... even I believed it and I don't believe anything the Apple press office tells me.
Ventura told The Standard that the author of the original article, Jordy Yager, had taken his quotes out of context in several places and, worse, had directly misquoted him in others.
It seems that the IT press in the US is so desperate to find positive Iphone stories they are just making them up and following each other. By the time such heavy weights as the LA Times has reported a story, it has become 'fact' and many of the tech blogs believe it.
This means that all the Apple marketing department needs to do is find one fanboy hack who will write them something good... and the others will follow like sheep.
In the meantime if you see a positive Iphone yarn in a US magazine it is safe to ignore it. You could read the INQ, of course. We are almost entirely Apple fanboy free. µ
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don't know how to spell Iphone - one year, three month after its official market launch. Did you take your morning methylphenidate? (can you learn to spell methylphenidate?)
He spells it wrong on purpose you idiot. Obviously.
Because Ars is slanted fan-boy publication.
/Sarcasm

How bored were you when you wrote this?
I'm not questioning your article saying that the iPhone isn't quite taking over the world, but iPhone sales are increasing at a decent rate throughout the world. If this were not true, then how would the amount of iPhones sold be as high as they are. Sure, the quantity doesn't compare to Samsung or Nokia, but iPhones sales are doing well considering it's only been on a market less than a couple of years.

As far as bloggers exaggerating numbers, I wouldn't doubt it, but other bloggers are probably exaggerating Vista sales or Android G1 sales, too. Still, it's really only going to matter in the quarterly earnings report whether these blogger articles are fact or fiction.
Well, well. How about this?

This just shows how much Iphone and Apple suck :)
The spelling is correct. If you had been paying attention over the past 1+ year you would know why the 'punctuation' is different.
The tech blogosphere is full of brainwashed Mactards, that's how the iPhone gets overhyped.
What is this IPHONE nonsense about spelling it correct?

IPhone = I Dont Care
Ahh... like Obama then. 

"It seems that the press in the US is so desperate to find positive Obama stories they are just making them up and following each other. By the time such heavy weights as the LA Times has reported a story, it has become 'fact' and many of the Leftist blogs believe it."
that Nick makes his living repeating any bad thing he can find about Apple posted on the web (I'd guess mostly without checking also). Does this make him in any way superior to reporters (and I use the term loosely here) who do the same with any positive spin?
So, one doofus blogger makes something up and it's all a conspiracy. Oh, yea, that was the other doofus blogger who reported Steve Jobs' death. Wrong conspiracy. 

Bloggers say dumb stuff all the time, and the "legit" media doesn't do their homework so what's newsworthy here?

However, Apple did sell more iPhones than RIM last quarter, no conspiracy needed and no bloggers needed. That is amazing given that Apple has only been in the market 18 months and RIM has been in the market 10 years. 

The app store downloaded 200 million apps in the first four months, twice as many downloads as the original iTunes store, which had many, many more potential customers. Apple has more cash in the bank than Microsoft now. (You can't make that stuff up!) The iPhone is adding 1 billion $$$ per quarter to Apple's bottom line. 

Whether you think the iPhone is the JesusPhone or just a piece of crap, it will be a major player for the next 10 years.
Proof and link to valid stats from independent party required, else you are nothing but another fanboy planting pro-Apple innuendo.

Personally, I'll admit I already suspect that. Everyone I know who wanted one of those bloody irreplaceable-battery-holders has either already got one or been put off enough to forget about it - so I don't see any increase of Apple gadgetry in my immediate vicinity.