> At the same time Apple is able to create these markets. I'd say most iPhone
> owners first smartphone was an iPhone and the tablet market was never able
> to take off. History has already shown us that being first to take off
> doesn't mean that in the end you'll have the majority of the market. I think
> increased exposure to new computing paradigms is a good thing. Average users
> don't care about approval processes, they do care when their mate has a
> killer app that they can't get due to the platform they are on.
Could be that the iPad will represent a completely new market segment,
kind of like the netbook did. But I suspect that it could eat up
a chunk of the netbook segment instead.
>> I wouldn't count on Android: it's open source and couldn't care less
>> about users's freedom (at least most/all Android phones seem to follow
>> similar locking ideas as the iPhone's, so in the end you end up just as
>> free as if it were an iPhone).
> I'm biased, but all the same no such locking exists. You can install
> an app from anywhere on the Android platform, even create your own
> market. If you see any locking it's at the carrier level.
Yes, Android is not quite identical to iPhone, but still: there are
DRM problems at many levels (the ability for Google to remove any App
at its convenience, for example, and the fact that most Android phones
have a "firmware" that's close to impossible to replace with a home-built
one).
That's what I meant by "similar locking ideas".
Stefan
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