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Originally Posted by Brave Ulysses
Sounds like the same overconfidence that Apple had 2 years ago with the iPhone.
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Was it overconfidence, really?
Since then, two years ago Apple's
profit position has been growing.
HP webOS, to my dismay, doesn't appear to be taking off (version 2 seemed to be in the news for less than a day), Nokia is still screwed, and RIM is in the middle of a transition to a new, QNX-based OS (i.e., it is at least trying to do what Nokia is failing at), but has little to offer in between.
Windows Phone 7? Disappointing launch both in terms of sales as well as in fit and finish of the otherwise interesting, unique approach at an OS. The first feature update can't come soon enough.
That leaves us with Android, right? Android, though, still lacks an iPod touch contender, and has series fragmentation issues, with each carrier and manufacturer making up their own rules, several making their own stores, and Google's own store being an untidy mess. Google simply isn't financially interested in a clean, homogenous experience; they get their ad impressions either way.