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Originally Posted by mores
Doubt it. Or how many fanboys actually have an Apple TV at home? Or a wireless router from apple that costs twice as much and does less than any other wifi router?
Also, what you seem to overlook is that the devices that are currently being hyped (iPhone, iPod) are very often being used not by fanboys but by regular users. Windows Users are the reason iPods do not come with firewire anymore. Also, how many iPhone users sync with iTunes for PC ... I'd say there are more PC users using an iPhone than true Mac users, or as you like to call them, "fanboys".
So something does not add up in your theory.
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You are right, the iphone, though somewhat lacking in advanced functionality, made easy of use a priority. Thus capturing the hearts of those millions that never had a smart phone or never enjoyed tweaking their old smart phones so that they could take full advantage of their functionality. Apart from Steve's marketing genius I mostly credit the other smart phone makers for neglecting user interfaces in what actually were great phones starting from as early as 2002. They concentrated too much on the "techno-geek" and business users and neglected the simplicity that the average Joe demands ("I just want to use it"). The others have now caught up in usability, now other user interfaces are in no way inferior to the iphone's -- speed or ease of use. In the US you cannot beat the iphone at the marketing game, but worldwide it is a whole different story.