fyi
besides they are fantastic devices
I don’t like iOS because I want direct access to my own OS. I don’t like Android because I don’t trust anything produced by Google. I would like to see a touchscreen smartphone OS based on Google, QNX or even BeOS. I tried to grab one of those HP tablets when they were liquidated, no luck.
Once again it just goes to show that if you offer consumers a wide range of products built around a core OS you will succeed. It is just like MS and Windows.
Speaking of MS what the heck are they doing with Nokia and Windows Phone OS? They looked at first to beginning to slice out a comfortable chunk, not dominating, but enough to start making mobile profitable but it seems like it just imploded all of a sudden.
Since the growth is all in the sub-$200 market, I’d like to see Apple versus all Android-dom in the raw dollars category. Given that Apple is ONE company, and Android is on more than a dozen platforms and perhaps hundreds of models, with Microsoft taking a piece of the action, I betcha Apple’s bottom line is looking much better.
Makes me want to make a sword.
I’ve tried Apple, Windows and Android, and I think Android is the weakest. I like Windows the best, for the combination of usability and price. It’s a great value. It’s not for app-o-philes, though. I hope it doesn’t go away.
84% market share is a dominant position. That’s approaching Windows’ numbers of 91% market share.
If this is true, why when I go into any Electronic store for a darn case for my Google Android phone, all I find are shelves and shelves of Iphone 5 cases of all sorts, and but a few HTC and Samgsun Galaxy cases.