Comments on: The Decline of Apple and Microsoft in Phones http://techrights.org/2012/04/28/duopoly-descent/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: NotZed http://techrights.org/2012/04/28/duopoly-descent/comment-page-1/#comment-132940 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:24:42 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=60107#comment-132940 What do you want a tablet for, and 10″ or 7″?

10″ is a bit unwieldy, and yet still not big enough to view most web pages/pdfs’ without juggling zoom/pan (and search is a pain). Media playing is so so. And the ‘app store’ is full of rubbish – most of it is 90′s pc shareware type crap at best.

I just got one to develop a client application: for a turn-key application platform they’re quite cute, but as a general purpose computing device – or even information/entertainment platform – they leave a bit to be desired.

]]> By: Michael http://techrights.org/2012/04/28/duopoly-descent/comment-page-1/#comment-132938 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:08:02 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=60107#comment-132938 Apple? Declining? They *grew* 94% last year, largely based on the growth of their phones!

http://goo.gl/oglA9

Apple profits surge 94% on sales of 35.1M iPhones, 11.8M iPads

The Company sold 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 88 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads during the quarter, a 151 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.

And this is what you call a *decline*. An 88% unit growth from last year!

LOL! Really… that is just insane. For you up is down and black is white. The idea that Apple’s phone business is declining is just loony. It is growing amazingly fast… as has been for years.

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