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The question, then, is how many mobile Operating Systems the market will support. Apple aren't going anywhere, but they seem likely to maintain the same niche
by AndrewDucker 16y ago
The question, then, is how many mobile Operating Systems the market will support.
Apple aren't going anywhere, but they seem likely to maintain the same niche they have on the desktop - premium phones.
Android will be in the Windows slot - mass market.
Blackberry are unlikely to go anywhere soon, but once businesses make their email available on Android or iPhone, then I'm not sure if there's a unique selling point for them.
And Windows Mobile? I'm not sure that there's a space for them at all. Certainly, if MS weren't pushing it I don't think it would have survived even this long.
- jsz0 16y agoI don't think the difference will be quite as dramatic though. Apple has been outgrowing PC sales with their premium products for many quarters now I believe. They even managed this during a deep recession in most of the world. That suggests to me there's a pretty big market for premium devices. Bigger than the current 90/10 Windows/Mac market share would suggest on the surface. Historically Apple did as much, if not more, damage to themselves than Microsoft did to get themselves into a marketshare hole. With a fresh start in SmartPhones I would expect to see them maintain a much larger niche this time around.