Any chance for iPhone in your incentive stocking this year?

In no less than 74 days, Apple Inc. claims to have sold 1 million of its new touch-screen mobile phones. This according to a Reuters news report from yesterday.

This latest display of consumer love for wireless phone gadgets greatly adds to the mounting pressure on the incentive industry to find a way to get past the red tape of service providers and carriers, and open the floodgates to what is sure to be one of the biggest categories in incentives since the flat-screen TV.

Just the other day, a reader contacted this publication in search of a supplier for Blackberry or PDAs for a promotional giveaway. Sadly, I had to tell him there is none. Doing so reminded me of when a childhood friend tried to convince me that you can't ask Santa Claus for a stereo because Santa's Workshop only made wooden toys. I immediately explained that that wasn't true, that Santa Claus sent his helpers to stores for any products the elves couldn't make.

So having just told this reader that the great big toy workshop known as the incentive industry doesn't distribute smart phones, made me wonder if his next move would be to buy direct from a wireless store. If he was looking to buy in bulk for a giveaway, probably not. But as an incentive reward, maybe he will, because afterall, when there's one special toy that everybody wants, anything else seems like a lump of coal.

   

Comments

[JJ Music]

I think ipod is the best gift for your someone if you can afford it. They will sure thank you for that and stays motivated for a long time.

[iamgotzaa]

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