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From: John Navas on 11 May 2010 21:25 Whether you root for Google or Apple, it's a heck of a horse race as Android beat the iPhone in first quarter U.S. sales, according to the NPD Group. Android sales accounted for 28 percent of smartphone sales last quarter, NPD reports. That puts Android ahead of the iPhone's 21 percent, and within striking distance of Research in Motion's BlackBerry, which took 36 percent. It's worth noting that while Android had a great quarter, it still lags behind RIM, Apple and even Windows Mobile for total market share, according to recent statistics from ComScore. Google's operating system had 9 percent of the market as of February 2010, compared with the iPhone's 25.4 percent, so Android won't catch up for a while, if at all. Still, as my colleague JR Raphael noted when ComScore reported its numbers, Android's growth is striking. Not only did Android outsell the iPhone, but it's the only smartphone OS whose unit share grew since the previous quarter. The iPhone, meanwhile, is flat, while Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and WebOS quarterly sales share is in decline. If this trend continues, Android will catch up to its competitors for total market share in a hurry. MORE: <http://www.pcworld.com/article/195958/android_outsells_apple_iphone_at_last_says_npd.html>
From: miso on 12 May 2010 03:16 On May 11, 6:25 pm, John Navas <spamfilt...(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: > Whether you root for Google or Apple, it's a heck of a horse race as > Android beat the iPhone in first quarter U.S. sales, according to the > NPD Group. > > Android sales accounted for 28 percent of smartphone sales last quarter, > NPD reports. That puts Android ahead of the iPhone's 21 percent, and > within striking distance of Research in Motion's BlackBerry, which took > 36 percent. > > It's worth noting that while Android had a great quarter, it still lags > behind RIM, Apple and even Windows Mobile for total market share, > according to recent statistics from ComScore. Google's operating system > had 9 percent of the market as of February 2010, compared with the > iPhone's 25.4 percent, so Android won't catch up for a while, if at all. > > Still, as my colleague JR Raphael noted when ComScore reported its > numbers, Android's growth is striking. Not only did Android outsell the > iPhone, but it's the only smartphone OS whose unit share grew since the > previous quarter. The iPhone, meanwhile, is flat, while Windows Mobile, > BlackBerry and WebOS quarterly sales share is in decline. If this trend > continues, Android will catch up to its competitors for total market > share in a hurry. > > MORE: > <http://www.pcworld.com/article/195958/android_outsells_apple_iphone_a...> Google can code. There is no question about it. RIM had to buy a company to get (hopefully) a decent browser. Apple had to hack KDE to make Safari. Google can get a blank sheet and create very good first effort code. These guys (Google) are good. I'm a RIM user myself, but Google is the one to watch. Apple is strictly for the fanbois that will buy anything with fruit stamped on it. If google sets up a server network for their phones similar to RIM, it's all over for Apple. You've probably noticed Google has server code to make complicated web pages easier to read, much like RIM does with BIS. [Hey, why not copy a good idea!] Apple chooses to use that gesture gui to help the user read the complicated web page, but that is not efficient from a power standpoint. It is better to send carefully crafted data in the first place that is appropriate for the phone.
From: News on 12 May 2010 08:20 Father Guido Sarducci wrote: > In message news:0q0ku5h9cj83s2prrgq9ggmk9u9d0k65r3(a)navasgroup.com, John > Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> said: > > > NEWS: Lady Gaga outsells Mozart > > > Well that settles it - Lady Gaga's music is better than Mozart's. At the very least, she dresses better.
From: Richard B. Gilbert on 12 May 2010 08:48 Father Guido Sarducci wrote: > In message news:0q0ku5h9cj83s2prrgq9ggmk9u9d0k65r3(a)navasgroup.com, John > Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> said: > > > NEWS: Lady Gaga outsells Mozart > > > Well that settles it - Lady Gaga's music is better than Mozart's. Wolfgang Amodeus Mozart is an old, old friend! But who is "Lady Gaga"???? Never mind! I have this feeling that I do not wish to know her! (Relaxes to the strains of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.) --
From: Mike Easter on 12 May 2010 12:28
newsgroups trimmed Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Father Guido Sarducci wrote: >> NEWS: Lady Gaga outsells Mozart >> >> >> Well that settles it - Lady Gaga's music is better than Mozart's. > > Wolfgang Amodeus Mozart is an old, old friend! > > But who is "Lady Gaga"???? <donning pop culture hat> Just yesterday on her radio show, conservative (reactionary?) Dr. Laura was bad-mouthing Lady Gaga's appeal to today's youth. Re 'Amodeus' - the wikipedia article^1 has a lot of interesting info on the middle name Mozart adopted for himself - since he wasn't baptized with today's popularly used Amadeus nor did he use that name himself. He used Amadeo and Amdade. ^1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart%27s_name The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart went by many different names in his lifetime. This resulted partly from the church traditions of the day, and partly from the fact that Mozart was multilingual and freely adapted his name to other languages. -- Mike Easter |