> The iPhone has always been strong on good hardware and software working together. Yes, but they also have taken advantage of third party developers doing mar

> The iPhone has always been strong on good hardware and software working together. Yes, but they also have taken advantage of third party developers doing market research for them, just as Microsoft did with Windows in the 1990s. I wouldn't be surprised if that was actually a key reason why the App Store was included in the first place.