Fortune Tech?s Apple 2.0 blog reports today that a new survey from RBC Capital, which took place a week after Apple CEO Steve Jobs? speeches at the WWDC, Apple?s iCloud forthcoming service could launch as 150 million subscribers, that would put Apple up there next to these heavy weights such as Yahoo and Google/Gmail, with 300 million and 200 million subscribers respectively. iCloud would still have a way to go to Facebook, with 700 million subscribers, however. The projection is based on the manner in which 1,500 respondents answered questions about iCloud, with 76% saying that they were likely to register to Apple?s free service when it arrives in the fall and 73% saying that they were likely to use iMessage, Apple?s version of BlackBerry Messenger. However, the response to Match Apple?s iTunes service was not quite so enthusiastic, with only 30% saying that they were likely to sign up for it, probably because it has a subscription of $24.99 per year.
Source: Survey: iCloud likely launch with 150 million subscribers - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
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