Over on my ZDNet IP Telephony/Convergence/Broadband (and occasionally license to write "big think") blog, I have been running a poll asking voters:

If you could win a free BlackBerry Pearl or iPhone, which would you want?

Obviously poll is not scientific but the readers really prefer the iPhone.

I mean REALLY prefer the iPhone.

Take a look by how much at the time of this post.

Disagree?

Shameless Self-Promotion here, but you can weigh in if you want.

After it seemed a given that Cisco was going to let Apple-maybe even transfer to Apple- rights to use the Cisco-trademarked iPhone for the new device Apple CEO Steve Jobs debuted yesterday...

Cisco Systems Inc. now says it is suing Apple in federal court over Apple's use of Cisco's registered iPhone trademark.

Cisco has owned the trademark on the name "iPhone" since 2000, when it acquired InfoGear Technology Corp., which originally registered the name.

Cisco's Linksys division put the trademark to use all of three weeks releasing an Internet-enabled phone called "iPhone" for VoIP calls.

I think the fact that Apple released the iPhone just three weeks later is probably contributing to the animus here.

"Cisco entered into negotiations with Apple in good faith after Apple repeatedly asked permission to use Cisco's iPhone name," said Mark Chandler, Cisco senior vice president and general counsel, in a statement. "There is no doubt that Apple's new phone is very exciting, but they should not be using our trademark without our permission."

Cisco is seeking injunctive relief to prevent Apple from copying Cisco's iPhone trademark.

"Today's iPhone is not tomorrow's iPhone. The potential for convergence of the home phone, cell phone, work phone and PC is limitless, which is why it is so important for us to protect our brand," Chandler added in his statement.

BlackBerry Cool has just posted an interview wit Boy Genius.

BG says that he thinks iPhone has set RIM back three years.

I have a link to the post below, but as of the time I am making this post BBCool seems to be down.

Update: up now.BBCool: I guess time will tell...Do you see the iPhone "killing" the BlackBerry?

It depends how that question is asked, "do you see the iPhone killing the BlackBerry in the consumer area, or in business or both". Look on your site under the iPhone article, i think 11 out of 12 people said they are jumping ship from a 'Berry to the iPhone. Those are real users, real people. And I couldn't agree more. RIM just lost 3 years. You hear that Mike (Laziridis, RIM co-CEO)??
You just lost 3 years. You hear that Jim (Balsillie, the other CEO)??

Well, no one every accused BG of being closed-mouthed.

From Steve's morning Macworld keynote in SF- where he introduced the iPhone (link to our sister site Engadget's superb coverage below this post)

Looks like he's sayin' poor ol' BlackBerry's "buttons and controls can't change."

And you still wanna synch with this guy's Mac OS X?

Here. See what I mean?

I know you are excited about the changed buttons and controls on your iPhone Steve- but some would say that sticking to a buttons and controls interface that users have grown comfortable with isn't a bad thing.

Readers, what do you think?

Bermuda-based Digicel, the largest GSM operator in the Caribbean, has just introduced introduced BlackBerry Connect for the Sony Ericsson P990.

Yes, the handset you are looking at over there on the right.

Nine of the carrier's 22 markets are involved in this rollout. We're talking Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, as well as Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Turks & Caicos; with plans to expand the offering across all of Digicel's 22 markets.

But in keeping with the song I may have planted in your head with this Post's title, no Kokomo.

Unless you are talking about Indiana, I guess.

TWENTYSOMETHING Inc. (I don't like those all-caps brand names because you think I am shouting but I am not) released their "Holiday Wish List" survey for "young adults 15-31."

The #1 classification on the survey was Fashion/Accessories, like Seven, Diesel, and Victoria's Secret (which I guess is a secret no more).

Moving all the way down to #8, we see Cellphones, such as the BlackBerry, Sidekick and models from Sony Ericcson.

That's between #70 Health Abd Beauty Aids (MAC, Dior), and another type of "Mac" that holds down Computers/Peripherals #9 spot.

That'd be MacBook and VAIO.

But I do have to question Video Games' ranking at number 10. Play Station 3 is listed as part of this 10th-ranked category.

Well, to be fair the survey was taken before this manic PSP release weekend.

In a note to investors this morning, ThinkEquity analyst Jonathan Hoopes quite literally jumped through the hoop.

He's saying Motorola's purchase of BlackBerry email rival Good Technology- announced last Friday to some momentary consternation on the part of RIM investors- increases the chances that Palm will eventually be acquired.

Acquired, that is, by the BlackBerry-maker itself.

"In our opinion, Motorola's decision to buy Good Technologies further increases the probability that a vendor of mobility solutions will make a bid for Palm as participants in the quickly evolving communications space seek to build their asset portfolios in an effort to establish defensible positions," Hoopes wrote.

RIM investors seem to like this type of speculation.

At 2:10 p.m. ET this afternoon the stock was trading at $127.27 a share. If RIM closes the day at that point, it would be another all-time high.

Motorola announced today that it is acquriing Good Technology.

Good is one of BlackBerry's main competitors in the push email space. As a matter of fact, that's GoodLink's UI up there on the right.

Analyst Jack Gold tells CNET the move is a "questionable" one for Motorola.

"The greatest effect will be on Palm, though not immediate. This weakens them overall in the market and pushes them closer to Microsoft," Gold told CNET's Erica Ogg v ia email.

Oh, and RIM, Jack?

"RIM gains another competitor with much deeper pockets than Good had to promote their products," Gold added to Ogg.