Re: [CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:51 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote: Here is why... Amazon.com: Motorola DROID A855 Android Phone (Verizon Wireless) http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-A855-Android-Verizon-Wireless/dp/B002UUTCKC/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8s=wirelessqid=1273519124sr=8-4 $19.99 I am no phone phreak at all, but I'd have to ask what is wrong about $19.99? At 1/10th of the cost of an iPhone, it would be a pretty good value even if an iPhone is ten times better. Looks to me as though Apple may need to begin reducing their prices if they want to keep sales up. Steve * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share
Heaven forbid they compete on even ground... Beware what you wish for, they _aren't_ competing on even ground. These sales figures are US only, Apple is still well ahead worldwide, and their sales grew in a quarter where they usually stay flat. Also, those figures include all Android OS phones and only about 1/3 of those have the current Android 2.x OS, the large majority are divided among the older Android versions. Without a common hardware and software platform to work on, Android app developers must be pulling their hair out. This is surely a big reason that Google is making a big push for Flash on Android, to get flash web apps on the platform so that native app development won't be as essential as it is right now. By the way, with all the fuss over Flash and Apple, the big fact that is overlooked is that Android does not yet have Flash either. In fact, no mobile smart phone has Flash. At best some smart phones may have the execrable Flash Lite, but true Flash is yet to come to mobile. Going back to those sales figures, there really should be some discussion as to what the appropriate basis for comparison is. For some purposes, you could argue that instead of looking at just iPhones vs. all versions of Android phones, you should be looking at iPhones vs. Android OS 2.x touchscreen phones, or all iPhone OS devices (iPhone + iPod Touch + iPad) vs. Android, so that you are comparing one platform with a common OS, interface and app base with another. On May 11, 2010, at 12:00 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system wrote: From:mike xha...@gmail.com Subject: NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share NPD reported Android hit 28% over Apple's 21% share for smartphone. Could this be why Apple is screwing with their developers? Heaven forbid they compete on even ground... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share
On May 11, 2010, at 1:29 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote: I am no phone phreak at all, but I'd have to ask what is wrong about $19.99? At 1/10th of the cost of an iPhone, it would be a pretty good value even if an iPhone is ten times better. Precisely. They have to hit up ATT for a much bigger subsidy. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
[CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share
NPD reported Android hit 28% over Apple's 21% share for smartphone. Could this be why Apple is screwing with their developers? Heaven forbid they compete on even ground... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share
Does not surprise me. They seem to have many models and many modes of entry into the market. I think Verizon has at least 4 different Android models right now. And that is just Verizon. I think every Cell carrier has at least one Android model at present. Stewart At 04:06 PM 5/10/2010, you wrote: NPD reported Android hit 28% over Apple's 21% share for smartphone. Could this be why Apple is screwing with their developers? Heaven forbid they compete on even ground... * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share
On May 10, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: They seem to have many models and many modes of entry into the market. And a buy one get one free deal. That would double their numbers pretty quickly. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
Re: [CGUYS] NPD reports Android ahead of iPhone in share
My Son and his companion did just that this week and they both are running Droids. My youngest is waiting till the end of the month to do so. But he is also getting the droid. Stewart At 04:29 PM 5/10/2010, you wrote: On May 10, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: They seem to have many models and many modes of entry into the market. And a buy one get one free deal. That would double their numbers pretty quickly. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** * * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *
