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The other problem will be the identity crisis. Tablets are used very differently than laptops or desktops, and if Microsoft intends Windows 8 to go on desktops, laptops, and tablets, how are they going to create a coherent experience? |
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But look at the sales of that one model. If you're selling 'em like hotcakes, you don't make changes very quickly, very much, or at all. Don't dilute the brand. Thats not a weakness, its a strength.
Compared to other hardware, it's probably the dominant model on the planet, certainly in the top three or five. |
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http://www.gaj-it.com/33944/samsung-...rtphone-in-uk/ Impressively, HTC has five handsets in the top 10. Graham |
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The best review of the Touchpad is on a Mac site. Imagine that...
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The problem for Apple is that Android competes well. Carriers aren't so desperate to get iPhones anymore, because they can carry two or three Android phones that, together, will give them as much business as the iPhone would. I think Apple's best move now would be to release several different versions of the next iPhone. Expand the hardware options, and you'll entice some of the people moving to Android because they want things like micro-SD card slots or hardware keyboards. |
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Remember, in battling 'Android' they are by themselves battling a conglomerate of hardware companies. Focus on those the hardware makers individually, and Apple is already one of the 800 pound gorillas in the room. Put another way --> monitarily, an Android quarterly 'win' is divided among many different companies. Look at it as it really is --> Apple vs. HTC, Apple vs. Samsung, etc. and they are already winning more of the money flowing into the market than most of the companies competing against them. Google brags, but it's partners pull their hair out. |
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From Engadget: Hilarious!
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But they're not fighting against those companies individually. They're fighting against Android. All of those manufacturers separately take a piece of Apple's phone market. And also, it makes a difference with developers. If I want to choose between developing for iOS and developing for Android, I'm going to look at my potential market. If iOS has a much smaller market share, I'm going to put my money towards Android, even if the iPhone is still the best selling single phone.
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That said when the Galaxy SII hits the states that will be a hot selling phone. Right now it is by far one of the best android phones on the market. But then again you do have LG Optimus 3D. |
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Well, Rockdaman, you can try to argue away everything. But so what? Marketshare wise Apple is on the way down, that is a fact.
It is a basic problem with Apple's business model, the closed system, the total control, no hardware options -- you can't dominate a market in the long run this way. And Apple made strategic mistakes, they should have moved to a 4" screen last year, they can't seem to move to 4G in time, they did not introduce more hard ware options. They already have lost the public perception of being a technology leader in the phone space (which they obviously never were, but Android took away their ability to easily spin it that way, because Android phones have offered real innovations and features that matter --- Apple has been relegated to playing catchup as OS5 shows). They may put their head in the sand and say "everything is running great, sales figures are going up" (I believe Steve Job's is not stupid, they see the freight train coming at them). But the Android Tsunami is pushing them back into their usual market share corner, and Nokia/Microsoft haven't even started. Nokia has the best connection to Telcos the world over. And as for tablets -- yes, Google is still struggling. But I predict, that in 2 years we will have the same situation in this market as with phones. Last edited by HansTWN; 06-30-2011 at 06:38 PM. |
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