Reston, Va. - Americans conducted nearly 7 million Internet searches for the Apple iPhone in April, according to new figures from Reston-based comScore. The influx came as the Silicon Valley company introduced its newest version of the popular device on June 9. "Search is frequently a harbinger of purchase intent," said Dan Lackner, a senior vice president at comScore. "The increase in volume of iPhone searches demonstrates just how heavy that interest has been for the next generation of Apple's (NASD: AAPL) popular phone -- even when its existence was still just a rumor." The most common search term, "iPhone," generated nearly 1.5 million searches, with "iPhone update" (151,000), "iPhone 2.0" (75,000) and "iPhone 3G" (60,000) also drawing large numbers.

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