Will the iPhone Save eBay?

November 24th, 2009 admin

eBay is doing good business by getting back to its core of helping people find more efficient ways to buy and sell things. And the company has seen better-than-expected success on the iPhone , with 5 million downloads and $500 million in mobile sales (including sales from mobile browsers too) expected by the end of the year. Today eBay is…


Originally posted on Biz-News

 
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