>Bare [sic] in mind that although Android outsells iPhone's, >Apple still has 40% of the profit of the entire >smartphone industry. Bear in mind that

>Bare [sic] in mind that although Android outsells iPhone's, >Apple still has 40% of the profit of the entire >smartphone industry. Bear in mind that RIM probably has more profits in mobile than Google. Would you argue that profits as a metric is still useful in this case? Usually, unless there are serious switching costs (see Microsoft-of-the-90s), production learning curves (see Exxon), etc, excess profits invite high levels of competition and the mobile market seems pretty crazily competitive and innovative right now. (HTC 3D?! Gimmicky? Sure. Super cool? Totally!)