People will dump their Crackberry for an iPhone

Four out of 10 Blackberry users are tempted to switch to an iPhone while iPhone users are fanatically loyal to the Apple device.

That's according to a survey by Crowd Science. The CEO of the outfit, John Martin, claimed that the results "reflect the great challenges Blackberry faces in stemming the iPhone stampede."

The survey shows that only 14 percent of non-Blackberry smartphone users will buy another Blackberry. And 82 percent of iPhone users are loyal followers of the Apple fashion.

The survey also shows that people using iPhones use a wide range of the functions available on the phone, including email, GPS, wi-fi and Internet access.

And iPhone users appear to be far happier with their machines than Blackberry users are, according to the survey. They like the screen size, the way you can navigate on the iPhone, the large number of add-ons and video playback.

Rather than being restricted to a bunch of fanboys, 71 percent of owners of smartphones use them for business and pleasure.

Courtesy: http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42958/145/

iPhone 3.0 - Here it comes

Apple senior vice president of iPhone software Scott Forstall used Monday's WWDC keynote to deliver the news that iPhone users have waited months to hear: The new iPhone 3.0 OS will be released on June 17, 2009.

iPhone 3.0 will be a free release for all iPhone customers -- both original iPhone users and iPhone 3G users will be able to download it at no charge once it's released. iPod touch customers can download the new release for $10, and it will work on first- and second-generation iPod touch models.

Many of the new features in iPhone 3.0 have been talked about before: Cut, Copy, and Paste, for example; landscape mode in all key applications, including Mail, Notes and Messages; spotlight support across the entire device; and ubiquitous searching. Peer-to-peer Bluetooth-based multiplayer gaming, push notification, in-app store support and other capabilities factored into demonstrations showing off iPhone 3.0's new features, as well. The complete list of features are listed in Apple's website.

Courtesy: PCWorld

http://www.pcworld.com/article/166311/iphone_os_30_coming_on_june_17.html