Comments on: The End Of The iPhone Era http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/ Business, the Google, Sailing, Ad(s). Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: paulnewser http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-404 paulnewser Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:59:16 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=369#comment-404 Tyler -- You're making a fanboy argument. I'm making a business argument. Yes, those with a strong Apple bias will continue to find Apple products faultless. They'll put a bumper on their iPhone 4s and ignore their yellow-tinted iMac screens. For many, spending more increases the perceived value of the purchase (and Apple is happy to exploit this). Windows, however, has captured over 90% of the market. It's difficult to call this a failure. Apple lost and their user experience didn't save them. The same situation is playing out as they recreate the battle with Google Android. Apple won't win this time either. Tyler — You're making a fanboy argument. I'm making a business argument. Yes, those with a strong Apple bias will continue to find Apple products faultless. They'll put a bumper on their iPhone 4s and ignore their yellow-tinted iMac screens. For many, spending more increases the perceived value of the purchase (and Apple is happy to exploit this). Windows, however, has captured over 90% of the market. It's difficult to call this a failure. Apple lost and their user experience didn't save them. The same situation is playing out as they recreate the battle with Google Android. Apple won't win this time either.

]]> By: Tyler http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Tyler Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:33:43 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=369#comment-399 So if you're suggesting this is the Windows battle all over again, then you're also suggesting that those of us that stick loyal to Apple for building quality, polished products we will ultimately be more satisfied than those that switched to Android, an OS that will fail in the same way that Windows has. Their device count will increase and their overall user experience will get worse because there will be too many devices for the company to make the experience seamless across them all. So if you're suggesting this is the Windows battle all over again, then you're also suggesting that those of us that stick loyal to Apple for building quality, polished products we will ultimately be more satisfied than those that switched to Android, an OS that will fail in the same way that Windows has. Their device count will increase and their overall user experience will get worse because there will be too many devices for the company to make the experience seamless across them all.

]]> By: The End Of The iPhone Era, Part 2 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-374 The End Of The iPhone Era, Part 2 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:03:26 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=369#comment-374 [...] little while ago, I wrote a few posts about Apple’s declining influence in the mobile market and how it will never win its battle against Google’s Android OS.  I compared it to the [...] [...] little while ago, I wrote a few posts about Apple’s declining influence in the mobile market and how it will never win its battle against Google’s Android OS.  I compared it to the [...]

]]> By: paulnewser http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-391 paulnewser Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:52:03 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=369#comment-391 App counts are a temporary hurdle. I bet there was more Apple II software at one point than Windows software too -- it even had Oregon Trail and it still lost the battle. <br><br>Agree on the marketing angle. A switch in strategy would be decisive: <br><a href="http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/google-needs-frank-gehry-to-topple-apple/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/google-...</a> App counts are a temporary hurdle. I bet there was more Apple II software at one point than Windows software too — it even had Oregon Trail and it still lost the battle.

Agree on the marketing angle. A switch in strategy would be decisive:
http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/google-…

]]> By: paulnewser http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-367 paulnewser Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:52:03 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=369#comment-367 App counts are a temporary hurdle. I bet there was more Apple II software at one point than Windows software too -- it even had Oregon Trail and it still lost the battle. <br><br>Agree on the marketing angle. A switch in strategy would be decisive: <br><a href="http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/google-needs-frank-gehry-to-topple-apple/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/google-...</a> App counts are a temporary hurdle. I bet there was more Apple II software at one point than Windows software too — it even had Oregon Trail and it still lost the battle.

Agree on the marketing angle. A switch in strategy would be decisive:
http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/google-…

]]> By: Guest http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Guest Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:02:09 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=369#comment-365 same person as above -- let me clarify that I do write apps for both platforms. I'm not just a random Anboy/Fanboy.<br><br>Android's cool, but marketed to a niche of reddit-type folks. Android's most successful phone - really their only truly successful phone - was the Droid (a fantastic device) and that's only because it had a very iPhone-like marketing campaign full of ambiguous hyperbole instead of the typically stat and "looks better on paper" oriented android device marketing campaigns.<br><br>Android's NDK may help alleviate this with facilitated porting of iPhone apps and running them in a much more efficient manner than Dalvik-interpreted slowness, but unless that catches on, Android's never going to breach the niche. Sorry! same person as above — let me clarify that I do write apps for both platforms. I'm not just a random Anboy/Fanboy.

Android's cool, but marketed to a niche of reddit-type folks. Android's most successful phone – really their only truly successful phone – was the Droid (a fantastic device) and that's only because it had a very iPhone-like marketing campaign full of ambiguous hyperbole instead of the typically stat and “looks better on paper” oriented android device marketing campaigns.

Android's NDK may help alleviate this with facilitated porting of iPhone apps and running them in a much more efficient manner than Dalvik-interpreted slowness, but unless that catches on, Android's never going to breach the niche. Sorry!

]]> By: Guest http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/2010/the-end-of-the-iphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Guest Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:58:57 +0000 http://www.pauldavidolson.com/blog/?p=369#comment-364 "Why buy the $200 iPhone with 2-year contract and $110/month plan when you can get an Android phone for a fraction of that price"<br><br>Really? Because you get a fraction of the apps and a fraction of the build quality. “Why buy the $200 iPhone with 2-year contract and $110/month plan when you can get an Android phone for a fraction of that price”

Really? Because you get a fraction of the apps and a fraction of the build quality.

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