Tickermine surveyed thirty AT&T stores across the country and determined that at nineteen stores (63%), Apple’s iPhone is the best selling phone model at this time. When asked what device is the best to receive email, seventeen stores (57%) rated iPhone the best. The Blackberry was considered the most popular at two stores (7%) but was rated the best device to receive email at eight stores (27%). Apple’s iPhone was also rated the best music device at twenty (66%) AT&T stores. Sony Ericsson’s W580i Walkman was considered the best music device at six (20%) stores. Nokia and Samsung devices were mentioned in all three categories by two (7%) stores.

In Previous Survey: iPod Remains Dominant MP3 Player, Music Phones Preferred by Majority over MP3 Players

In TickerMine's most recent survey on the MP3 player market, the Apple iPod continued to dominate as the "best" MP3 player according to employees of electronics retailers such as Best Buy, Circuit City, Radio Shack and Fry's. The iPod was seen as "best" by 75% of respondents, this was the same response rate as seen in our February survey. Apple's iPod was followed in our March survey by the Creative Micro Zen MP3 player which was "best" according to 6% of respondents. The Sandisk Sansa MP3 player line was seen as the cheapest in the most recent survey by 27% of respondents, up from 21% of respondents in our February survey. The Apple iPod line was seen as cheapest by 24% of respondents with the bulk of those (16%) citing the iPod Shuffle as the cheap model in Apple's line. The Coby MP3 player line was seen as cheapest by 21% of respondents. This is a brand that has not shown up in our surveys before and appears to be gaining some prominence among electronic retailers at the low end of the MP3 player market. The Best Buy brand Insignia was seen as cheapest by only 6% of respondents despite the fact that 55% of the respondents were Best Buy employees. This compares to our February survey where the Insignia brand was seen as cheapest by 27% of respondents. 59% of respondents stated that they though a cell phone with built in music capability was a better device to have than a stand alone MP3 player. The convenience of a single device that is always with its user was cited as the primary reason for preferring a music enabled cell phone over an MP3 player. The 41% of respondents preferring the stand alone MP3 player cited low storage and poor battery life as weaknesses of the cell phone and advantages to the MP3 player.

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