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Originally Posted by afv011
Like antennas? Or batteries? Or voice assistants? Oh, no, you mean like maps, right?
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Let us not send for whom the bell tolls at least not yet.
Apple as done well. It moved the technology to the smartphone a step up from the pda (which I loved well.)
It broke open the tablet market which MS failed to do though they and maybe others blazed a path.
Steve Jobs was a marketing genius able to convince a well off group that this was the "next thing."
And finally Apple made money. Big money. Yes it was in good part bubble, but still it excited everyone.
But, the tragedy of Apple was that after running the table a few times, after seemingly owning the dice, they got cocky, and thought that they were were Gods of technology, but there are no true Gods of technology. Just a few prophets that pop up every so often and then pass on into the desert.
The new prophets have taken advantage of the niches that Apple left untended. The 7" market for tablets. The 4+ inch market in smartphones. They got a foothold, and are coming on fast. The momentum has changed. It is now up to Apple to keep up. Indeed maybe to catch up.