Comments on: iPhone Increases Marketshare Again

By: tim

tim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:05:20 +0000

The color of a case may not be a big deal for some, but for others, it is. If Windows on a Dell PC had a right-click with the mouse and if an HP PC did not, and if I did not like right-click with the mouse then I’d get that HP PC. If I like to use a stylus on a tablet PC, then I go with that. If I want a 9 inch netbook or a tricked-out gaming monster, there’s a Windows machine for that. User experience is different for different people, and for 90% out there, the user experience is Windows.
Diverse, highly-fragmented user experience is a good; it encourages more people to get on an Android. If the Droid’s doesn’t have built-in support for Android 2.0′s multitouch APIs, and a user doesn’t want to use the Picsay Pro app to enable it, then, who knows, maybe multitouch isn’t a big deal for that user. Or just wait for the many, many Android handsets coming to see which ones you like- perfect for when those Razrs owners are ready to make the smartphone jump.

By: Josh Pigford

Josh Pigford — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:30:09 +0000

ArrowSmith, this is your one and only warning. Commenting THREE times on a single article with troll-worthy comments isn’t acceptable. Back down.

By: Charles Jade

Charles Jade — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:47:27 +0000

Surely you misunderstand the concept of the user experience to suggest the color of a case is part of it. How would it be if Windows on Dell PCs had a right-click with the mouse and HP PCs didn’t? It’s the same on every PC. With Android, phone makers are already customizing themselves into a highly-fragmented user experience, and Android 2 phones are just getting out there. Droid and its lack of multi-touch is a perfect example.

By: Gartner: Apple detiene il 17% del mercato mondiale smartphone - TheAppleLounge

Gartner: Apple detiene il 17% del mercato mondiale smartphone - TheAppleLounge — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:01:23 +0000

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By: tim

tim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:35:09 +0000

“..diversity of the user experience has certainly worked wonders for Linux on the Desktop..” It sure worked wonders for the 90% of machines out there that run Windows, and not just for Desktops- hmmm, choices: HP, Dell, Sony, Lenovo, Acer; black, white, red case; cases with trim, blinking light, or without; netbook, notebook, tablet, umpc, Mac; low, mid, high priced; etc, etc. So, for the majority of cellphone users out there still on to their Razr’s, when it’ll come time to make the smartphone jump, the choices: physical keyboard, flash, capacitive, resistive, removable battery, sources to download apps, etc, etc or not, there’s an Android for that.

By: Charles Jade

Charles Jade — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:04:23 +0000

Talk to Gartner. They are the ones asserting the decline of Windows Mobile 6.

By: Charles Jade

Charles Jade — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:02:08 +0000

Well, diversity of the user experience has certainly worked wonders for Linux on the Desktop, so why not on the mobile phone?

By: tim

tim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:44:46 +0000

lack of consistency for the users of different Android phones? that’s what having a choice means, and obviously choice is what iPhone fan boys don’t know anything about, oh yeah, you have a choice of 99,999 iFart apps. you gotten sense the desperation of iPhone fanboys as once again Apple gets relegated to some tiny niche. iPhone China?=Fail

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:28:45 +0000

No doubt that the iphone growth over the last two years has been impressive, however it is unfair to compare that growth to the other cellphone companies considering that they have been established for some time while Apple is comparatively new to the game.