iPhone could overtake Blackberry in market share next year

New data from Trefis (http://www.trefis.com), a new financial platform that allows you to see how a company’s products impact its stock, says the iPhone could overtake the Blackberry in market share in 2011.

As reported by “Forbes” (http://blogs.forbes.com/greatspeculations/2010/03/05/iphone-could-overtake-blackberry-market-share-in-2011/), Trefis says RIM’s market share lead over Apple has been shrinking and Apple will be able to overtake RIM market share by early 2011. Trefis believes sales of the iPhone will eventually outpace BlackBerry sales for the following reasons:

° Apple’s ecosystem of consumer products (Macs, iPad, Apple TV) and services (iTunes, iPhone apps) make the iPhone a more attractive phone for many consumers compared to the BlackBerry.

° The end of AT&T exclusivity will give Apple’s iPhone wider distribution in the US (comparable to BlackBerry distribution).

° The iPhone is making inroads with business customers that have traditionally preferred the BlackBerry.