“Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve overtook Apple’s iPhone to become the top-selling consumer smartphone in the United States during the first quarter of 2009 … NPD attributed the recent BlackBerry sales surge to an aggressive “buy one, get one free” promotion for the phone by carrier Verizon Wireless.”
BlackBerry Curve outsells the iPhone 3G | Wireless - CNET News
In other words, by giving away 50% of their stock for free, they were able to shift more units than those companies that require an actual, you know, purchase. Well, duh.
In other news, Morfunk is now giving every purchaser 147 copies of Outpost, so WE R TOP OF TEH CHARTS NOW KTHXBYE
