Initial iPhone Sales Solid, Fall Short of Expectations

AT&T reported today that they activated 146,000 new iPhones in the first 48 hours of its release, CNET News Blog is reporting.

Blogger Marguerite Reardon notes that while that number falls a bit short of what some analysts were predicting – we’ve heard projections as high as 500,000 to 750,000 in the first days alone – it’s a long slog, not a quick skirmish. Besides, the iPhone comes the closest to making the mobile Web experience similar to the desktop experience.

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