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Originally Posted by Barty
Apple is doing something right with their stores.
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A shop where the employees either have good product knowledge or can point you to someone who does (Genius Bar) seems to be unfortunately novel compared to the other places computers/consumer electronics are often sold these days.
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Originally Posted by Barty
shipped != sold. But android is definitely taking a good chunk out of apple.
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I think you might be mistaken. I don't believe from all that I've seen that Android is touching iOS market share in smartphones (RIM/Symbian etc. seemed to be the loosers), and in the Consumer Tablet market it’s so fledgling that the pie has barely been created yet.
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Originally Posted by Barty
A couple of thoughts about tech pundits. 1) When the first iPad came out, a lot of them advised people not to buy the first generation (when they weren't dismissing it as a giant ipod). Now they're mystified that people aren't buying the first gen android tablets in droves. 2) they're way overexcitable, first, drooling over every newly announced tablet as the iPad killer, and then declaring it a disappointment or failure.
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The level of discourse in tech journalism (or what passes for it) could be a lot higher. I was listening the ThisIsMyNext podcast just the other day (all the ex-Engadget guy’s & girls), and around the 30min mark Paul Miller in reference to Apple is commenting on them entering/creating new markets. In counterpoint he says IBM found a market they could be really great in, and have been really great in it for 50 years, they are not changing themself, reinventing themselves or creating new markets all the time
That tabulating equipment market is just dandy whilst Nokia is enjoying the wood pulp market. Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel didn't say didly squat about this. I've cringed at Josh's technical shortfalls in the past too. These are some of the guy's setting the tone around this stuff. Really is mediocre at times.