In the U.S. alone, in six months, Apple Inc. sold more than 1.4 million iPhones, which rapidly gained the number four position among best-selling handsets in the U.S., according to Strategy Analytics. Overseas launches in the United Kingdom, Germany and France have reportedly found traction.
"Outsiders don’t really know how deeply Jobs is involved in the technology at Apple, but we’re pretty clear that he knows what people want and how to cut a deal -- thus our choice," says RCR Wireless News. "While the jury is out on Apple’s ultimate impact on the wireless industry, the deliberations went on all year long and show little sign of abating. Apple has elected to exploit the top-end, margin-rich handset tier, performed exceedingly well on its stated goals and positioned itself with follow-through, iPhone-platform products. Ultimately, this is a profitover-market-share play, a smart choice for a PC maker morphing in search of new markets.
The publication says the award is recognition for Jobs’ role "as a disruptive force in the blood sport that is mobile technology. Six months after its U.S. launch, iPhone sales seem to have justified all the chatter, RCR Wireless News adds.
