Android to overtake iPhone in 2012

[theogt]

Giving their software to anyone in the search for market share has never been Apple's way of doing things. They prefer limited outlets they can have leverage over and control rather than just trying to sell it to anyone that will buy it.

Right. I dislike using most Apple products other than the iPhone, but they're about PROFITS not market share. Larger market share does not necessarily equal more profits.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Right. I dislike using most Apple products other than the iPhone, but they're about PROFITS not market share. Larger market share does not necessarily equal more profits.

Stiffer competition does. Apple produced the iPhone which was ground breaking. With Android and the new OS that will be running on the Nokia N900 (Linux based) the iPhone won't be in a class by itself anymore. That talks to Apple's bottom line.

 

[theogt]

Stiffer competition does. Apple produced the iPhone which was ground breaking. With Android and the new OS that will be running on the Nokia N900 (Linux based) the iPhone won't be in a class by itself anymore. That talks to Apple's bottom line.

Perhaps not. Or perhaps it will be. I'll have to see and use the technology before agreeing to such a claim.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Perhaps not. Or perhaps it will be. I'll have to see and use the technology before agreeing to such a claim.

I agree, but at some point the competition will catch up. For the longest time Palm, Blackberry, and WindowsCE were the standard. If you look back today, they mostly didn't innovate to much after they set the standard and then had the doors blown off by Apple. Since the release of the first iPhone, Apple hasn't exactly changed much either.

That is why I think Apple is about to get a rude awakening. Android's first phone wasn't all that impressive, but I'm willing to bet Google will change that. This new Linux based OS that is coming out looks like it can compete with anything. The fact that it has an actually keyboard along with the touch screen alone makes it a better option for me.

I had a PocketPC about 5-6 years ago and it didn't have a *real* keyboard. That was a mistake I haven't made since.

I hate typing on my wife's iTouch. I have to fill in her network information for our Wifi sometimes and it's a pain in the ***!