Google has way more leverage than Apple does, across many sectors, that it's difficult to tell where to begin. First-to-market doesn't always translate to last-left-standing. Microsoft is a good case in point: they weren't first to the browser market but now they dominate. Their dominance wasn't earned legally, but the point is one can still dominate even when late to the game. Once the iPhone becomes commoditized and simply becomes another phone, as will inevitably happen, what will Apple do? Once iTunes and Apple's appstore become commoditized... what next for Apple? They don't appear to have a large-scale strategy for anything, besides amazing hardware once every x-years. What happens when the emphasis on smartphones shifts from hardware to almost exclusively software, as happened in the PC sector? Keep in mind that before the iPod, Apple was just a niche player. Saidi On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
Apple is not toast and will never be until the google phone becomes the reference point. Right now, everyone tries to make their phone look like the iPhone (including google) and they will go at great lengths to show the similarities and differences. It means the iPhone is the standard setting phone and everyone is waiting what Apple will do next - that is the best position to be at.
./Ok3ch
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/11/google-phone-zomg/ And even better, it may be data-only VoIP : http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/18/the-google-phone-may-be-data-only-voip-... Apple is toast, just like my Sunday breakfast : http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/the-ugliest-fight-ever-apple-versu... Saidi _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet
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