12-08-2012, 06:11 AM | #361 |
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Not at all. With the hundreds of android phones on tHe market it would be a miracle it it didn't have 68% (or more) of the market. Apple has one phone model in a few configurations. Android is on multiple phones in multiple configurations from multiple companies. Anyone who says different is blind. It doesn't mean it's somehow better. It's just more accessible. And cheaper.
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12-08-2012, 05:20 PM | #362 |
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The truly annoying idea is that one corporation is eating another's lunch when the people who actually own buying decisions regarding said lunch are the consumers.
The mere fact that companies and even journalists now think in these terms makes me think we're all captive buyers in their eyes -- they view capitalism as a de facto monopoly in which we're forced to give predetermined recipients money. How about a headline like this?: "Consumers Choose Android over iOS Increasingly: Apple Humbled, Google CEOs Weep with Gratitude." |
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12-08-2012, 05:43 PM | #363 |
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Nah, not a slam-dunk.
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12-08-2012, 05:45 PM | #364 | |
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Linux is always going to be behind the 8ball because it isnt licenced, so its not marketed to any particular group. Watch things change if one or more of the large companies (eg Dell, HP) start actively marketing Linux as a viable alternative to Windows. In any case, comparing the desktop market to the smartphone market is just a furphy, and distracting from the original argument which is that android is eating apple's lunch. And I am saying that is not a bit surprising, considering the sheer numbers of phones out there with android on them. Drawing comparisons with desktop market is just fluff and froth. no substance. |
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And on the Patent front the Apple multi-touch patent may be rejected:
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Speaking of patents, I am surprised that Apple didn't get one particular patent and that is the one covering where the phone sits on the table right next to a person's right hand or at least on the right side (for right handed people of course) until the time comes to pick it up and finger it a bit.
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Death by apple....an old testament tradition.
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12-10-2012, 08:46 AM | #375 |
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Meanwhile in China Nokia and Windows eat everyone's lunch. The largest carrier in China has decided to go with the new Nokia instead of the iPhone or an Android device.
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