Showing an interest isn't too bad, but it's not the same thing as a pre-order. Are the pre-orders only among previous T-Mobile subscribers? If so, then I don't believe in the 1.5 Mill figure.
- Juan T. On Oct 14, 4:24 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Juan, > > I think the 1.5 million figure is probably those who have registered > interest. In the UK, which is suppose to receive the G1 a month after > the US, you can still only register an interest > (http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/whats-hot/), so there's a > possibility someone somewhere may have been considering those as pre-orders. > > I think it depends on what you define a pre-order as, is it someone who > has ordered prior to release or is it someone who has shown an interest > buy has yet to order? > > Al. > > > > jtaylor wrote: > > Caution. This guy at Information Week says he's doesn't believe the > > numbers. That T-Mobile hasn't confirmed it as well. I think it might > > be true because I don't exactly see how that many people could be that > > interested in the "gphone", yet anyway. There's also competition from > > Blackberry that makes Android get lost in the crowd. If Android wins, > > it will win slowly. > > > "If you've been on any tech site today or this weekend, you've > > undoubtedly seen multiple reports that the first Android-powered phone > > from T-Mobile has sold 1.5 million preorder units. This sounds like an > > amazing feat and quite frankly, I'm not buying it." > > > Don't Buy The G1 Sales Figures > >http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/10/dont_buy_th... > > > - Juan T. > > > On Oct 13, 2:27 am, Al Sutton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> It looks like a lot of potential customers for app developers; > > >>http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/12/1-5-million-t-mobile-g1s-already-p... > > >> Al > >> --http://andappstore.com/ > > -- > Al Sutton > > W:www.alsutton.com > B: alsutton.wordpress.com > T: twitter.com/alsutton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
