According to new data from Charter Equity Research analyst Edward Snyder, sales of the Palm Pre are beating all expectations, with the number almost doubling all previous analyst estimates.
The highly anticipated smartphone was launched the first week of June and analysts conservatively estimated 150,000 units sold so far. Snyder says the number is set to break 300,000 soon.
Palm is producing 15,000 units every day, Snyder adds and expects one million sales in the device’s launch quarter.
Palm has had two straight years of quarterly losses but hype over the Palm has sent the company’s stock to a 52-week high at $16.50 USD.
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T-Mobile, the fourth largest mobile phone carrier in the U.S., has confirmed that the much anticipated G2 Android phone will be available starting “early summer.”
The company has sold over 1 million of the original G1 device, which is a re-branded HTC Dream. The phone was made available in the Q3 2008 and has been a great success for the carrier.
“T-Mobile is planning to offer the follow-on device to the T-Mobile G1 early this summer,” the company confirmed via email. Unfortunately there was no other details on the phone itself.
The move should coincide with Palm’s launch of the Pre smartphone as well as the expected launch of a new version of the popular Apple iPhone.
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The Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Curve has outsold the Apple iPhone in the Q1 2009, according to NPD figures.
NPD analyst Ross Rubin added that the Curve was helped by its widespread availability (its available through Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon) and Verizon’s recent BOGO on the phone.
Overall, the Curve came out on top, while the iPhone slipped to second and the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm took third.
NPD did not release any numbers with the ranking but analysts believe RIM took about 50 percent of the smartphone market in the Q1, up from 35 percent in the Q4 2008. Both Palm and Apple fell 10 percent each.
