Elmer Fudd has better grammar... but I suspect that English is not the native language of the author, so I'll give him a pass on the errors.
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Posted on 07/10/2009 12:53:32 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Xbit, being a hardware site, only views the industry through the prism of hardware. Their loss.
Elmer Fudd has better grammar... but I suspect that English is not the native language of the author, so I'll give him a pass on the errors.
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Reading this article shows what a distorted prism it is, too. Did you catch the claim that Linux cell phones were 8.1% of the market? Did Android suddenly gain more phones?
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‘Therefore, Apple supplied no more than 3.33% of personal computers last year, definitely not a significant number. “
hmmmm
When the article states that 1 BILLION cell phones were bought last year, I had to wonder how many people must be replacing cheaply made cell phones EVERY year.
Do you has a grammar editor?
People all over the world use cellphones. From the perspective of global population, even in just First World nations, nothing extraordinary about that number. But, I believe (in the USA at least) many service vendors offer strategically priced upgrades to encourage people to get a newer model phone each year. Plus, there is replacement due to loss, breakage or failure.
I don’t know about his numbers, and some of his analysis is suspect, but he is right about one thing, and that is the perception of superiority and/or the “coolness” factor. In the movies, the laptops are always Macs. In the real world, they’re usually not.
I believe Apple’s biggest barrier to broader sales is their price point.
That headline has teh stoopid.
Apple does not compete in the “global cellphone market”. they compete in the “smartphone” market. HUGE difference which makes the comparison meaningless.
A lot of the more recent Motorola phones (last 2 years), such as the RAZR2, are Linux based.
I’m aware. I don’t see any RAZR 2s in use locally. Original RAZRs, yes. RAZR 2s, no.
I’m posting this from an iPhone. I’ve had it about a week now and am loving it. My first Mac.
I got the 32gb unit and transfered over 2000 songs to it. It’s an iPod and now that it supports stero Bluetooth, I can use my Motorola S9 headset while working in the yard. Internet in my pocket; AOL radio and I can stream in Rush, when he isn’t on a golf holiday. I can FReep while waiting at the DMV, or the neighborhood watering hole that has free WiFi.
It’s a cool device, the Google Earth app coupled with the GPS is a trip.
Oh yea, it makes and receives phones calls.
Apple is doooooooooooomed! ;’)
But to keep it honest, Apple might not have a large share of the market, but it has a HUGE part of the "mindshare", and the fact is, even if you have never considered buying an Apple product, the truth is, when you buy a competitors product, it is simply a fact that Apple had a large influece on the design.
I know, Xerox and Palo Alto "invented" windows, but the modern implementation of the desktop interface was largely developed by Apple. Modern touch screen smartphones? Mostly Apple. MP3/media players? Apple.
I hate the Apple fanbois, but I give credit where credit is due.
Obscure author looking to increase traffic to obscure website. Nothing to see here. Next article? “Mean Apple Cultists Wrote Mean Things To Me.”
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