You're right, according to Merriam-Webster using "majority" to mean "the most" is somehow obsolete.
You damn kids, with your changing meanings! Seriously though...how does the definition of majority get obsolete? It's not like it's a freakin' MiniDisk player...
My sentence was poorly written. You're right, instead of majority, I should have said "a lot".
Had you said a lot, I would have agreed:-)
So yes, you're correct, it is not a majority. But in this space...is there really a majority?
Yes. Looking strictly at smartphone sales, the majority is Nokia, with roughtly 44%. The closest to that would be RIM with their Blackberries, which holds 19.4%. After that is Apple, with 15.4. Here is the link again, if you want it.
Also, my question is...do the people who came up with these percentages consider the entire world to be the "global cell phone market"? Because I'd say that there is a huge chunk of this world where ANY cell phone is a pipe dream for the majority who live there.
They only count countries that actually have cell phone service, although I don't see how that is relevant...since these numbers are divided by company and not country, if a country didn't have any cell access, then by default it wouldn't be included in the numbers because their sales contribution would be zero anyway...
Last time I checked, Apple has both larger revenues and larger profits than any other manufacterer of consumer desktop and laptop computers on the market. I'd be happy to "lose" like that too.
Considering how small of a market share Apple has, if what you are saying is true...doesn't that just mean they are way overcharging for the hardware they are selling?
I'm not sure recognizing that you are being way overcharged and liking it is a good thing to do publicly...
I really don't understand the hate, the iPhone, FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO USE SMARTPHONES, is a great product.
There you go again, using that word "majority". Unfortunately, even looking at just smartphones, you are wrong. Scroll down near the bottom of the article. Worldwide smartphone sales have iPhone pegged at 15.4% market share for the first quarter of 2010.
So, again, we arrive at that little word "majority". See that name at the top of the list? Yeah, the one that says "Symbian" with 44.3%? THAT is the majority...because it's the highest number. It doesn't matter how much it dropped in the last year, it doesn't matter if you think it sucks, nor does it matter how much the iPhone increased. The fact is, as of right now, the iPhone is not the majority of cell phones being sold, whether it's feature phones or smartphones.
I know a citation is needed and a quick googling of apple mobile revenue percentage didn't provide what I was looking for, but, whilst only having a 3& global market share, apple makes something like 90% of the global.
um...90% of the global what? I think you left a word out at the end of that sentence:-)
Dude, that's of the ENTIRE cell phone market, globally. That's a shitload of phones.
You're right, it is.
Where's the Droid at on that list?
Irrelevant. Stop trying to change the subject; lets focus on what you originally said.
You claimed that the "majority" have chosen an iPhone. I gave you a link that shows Apple is sixth overall for worldwide cell-phone sales. Sixth place and 3% of total sales hardly constitutes a "majority".
Or are you going to convince me that 3% is a majority?
You know what the funniest part of your post is? Because I spoke poorly of Apple, you assumed that I'm using one of Google's phones (which I'm not). On top of that, we were discussing features, and you changed the subject to information, an entirely different topic.
What's the matter? Got nothing to say about the fact that, good or bad, Apple goes for the "walled garden" approach?
In my case, I will just Google "Streaming Capitals vs::insert team they are playing here::". Every now and then, you will find someone temporarily streaming a feed from CSN or ESPN (this is how I watched Game 7 of Caps vs Canadiens during the playoffs); I'd say just under half the games during the regular season can be found online, if you do a little digging.
Your other option is to pay the $120 or so dollars a year from the NHL's official site, and stream it from there. Typically, though, I'll just stream it over internet radio. The local sports station that Capitals games broadcast on is pretty weak in our chill room, so Internet Radio it is.
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I'm tired of hearing you people constantly talk about this steaming pile of ass. Lost is, quite possibly, the most overrated show that has ever been on television.
And yes, I've watched it...a friend of mine convinced me to watch the first two seasons, and even that was almost impossible. How people obsess over this show completely eludes me.
...and forgo TV alltogether. Hockey game on? I'll stream it online or listen on the radio. TV show that seems cool? Hulu or Netflix. Don't even try to convince me that channels like HBO are worth the premium...again, Netflix.
No, I wanted my own post modded down because I linked to my website to support my claims. Linking to your website is negatively viewed around here, so I was letting mods know that my post should be modded down accordingly. You accuse me of being an ass, when in fact I was being honest. Thanks, though!
They do their best to hide it, but there is generally a bit of bias towards Apple at that site. It isn't because of the frequency that they post about Apple so much as the way they write about Apple. The parent's reaction may have been flamebait, but it was still true.
WARNING: engadget is extreemly pro apple and is probably being paid by apple to calm the situation. durring the iPad launch there were tons of "fluff" ipad articles hyping the thing, at one point they even had to turn comments off because people were so angry about engadget's blatent pro apple bias
I completely agree, but there is no pro-Apple sentiment expressed in the article I linked whatsoever. It SLAMS Apple for continuing to use Foxconn's services.
Don't know if you all saw this or if it was on Slashdot at all, but Engadget has a full, human-done English translation of the article written by a reporter who went undercover at the factory.
Mods, please mod my post offtopic/troll due to website pumping.
Like I said in the post above yours, my primary problem is that they aren't including origin links. In the case of my own site, for example, I get most of my images from either Wikipedia, IMDB, or some other large website that uses industry-provided screenshots/pictures. If it comes from a gaming site that took the screenshot themselves, there is almost always a watermark on the image indicating where I got it from.
In the rare instance that I take a picture from an individual's site, I always link back to it. The most recent example was in my look back at Robot City. I not only provided a link to the original article/website I pulled the images from, but I even encouraged my readers to check out the website itself.
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You're right, according to Merriam-Webster using "majority" to mean "the most" is somehow obsolete.
You damn kids, with your changing meanings! Seriously though...how does the definition of majority get obsolete? It's not like it's a freakin' MiniDisk player...
Oh, I understand people are different from me...I just expect people to enjoy stuff that, you know, is actually good. :p
My sentence was poorly written. You're right, instead of majority, I should have said "a lot".
Had you said a lot, I would have agreed :-)
So yes, you're correct, it is not a majority. But in this space...is there really a majority?
Yes. Looking strictly at smartphone sales, the majority is Nokia, with roughtly 44%. The closest to that would be RIM with their Blackberries, which holds 19.4%. After that is Apple, with 15.4. Here is the link again, if you want it.
Also, my question is...do the people who came up with these percentages consider the entire world to be the "global cell phone market"? Because I'd say that there is a huge chunk of this world where ANY cell phone is a pipe dream for the majority who live there.
They only count countries that actually have cell phone service, although I don't see how that is relevant...since these numbers are divided by company and not country, if a country didn't have any cell access, then by default it wouldn't be included in the numbers because their sales contribution would be zero anyway...
So these guys are shipping more computers and making less money doing so, which makes Apple the loser? That's an interesting view on business.
Actually, if they are shipping more units and making less money, that means Apple is just ripping you off more than the other guys.
Have fun overpaying for your products! I'm glad you like getting reamed and boasting about it.
Last time I checked, Apple has both larger revenues and larger profits than any other manufacterer of consumer desktop and laptop computers on the market. I'd be happy to "lose" like that too.
Considering how small of a market share Apple has, if what you are saying is true...doesn't that just mean they are way overcharging for the hardware they are selling?
I'm not sure recognizing that you are being way overcharged and liking it is a good thing to do publicly...
I really don't understand the hate, the iPhone, FOR THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO USE SMARTPHONES, is a great product.
There you go again, using that word "majority". Unfortunately, even looking at just smartphones, you are wrong. Scroll down near the bottom of the article. Worldwide smartphone sales have iPhone pegged at 15.4% market share for the first quarter of 2010.
So, again, we arrive at that little word "majority". See that name at the top of the list? Yeah, the one that says "Symbian" with 44.3%? THAT is the majority...because it's the highest number. It doesn't matter how much it dropped in the last year, it doesn't matter if you think it sucks, nor does it matter how much the iPhone increased. The fact is, as of right now, the iPhone is not the majority of cell phones being sold, whether it's feature phones or smartphones.
I know a citation is needed and a quick googling of apple mobile revenue percentage didn't provide what I was looking for, but, whilst only having a 3& global market share, apple makes something like 90% of the global.
um...90% of the global what? I think you left a word out at the end of that sentence :-)
Dude, that's of the ENTIRE cell phone market, globally. That's a shitload of phones.
You're right, it is.
Where's the Droid at on that list?
Irrelevant. Stop trying to change the subject; lets focus on what you originally said.
You claimed that the "majority" have chosen an iPhone. I gave you a link that shows Apple is sixth overall for worldwide cell-phone sales. Sixth place and 3% of total sales hardly constitutes a "majority".
Or are you going to convince me that 3% is a majority?
You know what the funniest part of your post is? Because I spoke poorly of Apple, you assumed that I'm using one of Google's phones (which I'm not). On top of that, we were discussing features, and you changed the subject to information, an entirely different topic.
What's the matter? Got nothing to say about the fact that, good or bad, Apple goes for the "walled garden" approach?
For a large majority of people, that device is the iPhone.
A 3% global market share is your idea of a "large majority"?
Whatever you're smoking, it sounds like some powerful shit.
It's going to end up being a locked-down piece of proprietary shit anyway.
Yes, but it will be a shiny locked-down piece of proprietary shit, so people will still buy it :p
I knew it! The whole world's against me, man!
In my case, I will just Google "Streaming Capitals vs ::insert team they are playing here::". Every now and then, you will find someone temporarily streaming a feed from CSN or ESPN (this is how I watched Game 7 of Caps vs Canadiens during the playoffs); I'd say just under half the games during the regular season can be found online, if you do a little digging.
Your other option is to pay the $120 or so dollars a year from the NHL's official site, and stream it from there. Typically, though, I'll just stream it over internet radio. The local sports station that Capitals games broadcast on is pretty weak in our chill room, so Internet Radio it is.
I'm tired of hearing you people constantly talk about this steaming pile of ass. Lost is, quite possibly, the most overrated show that has ever been on television.
And yes, I've watched it...a friend of mine convinced me to watch the first two seasons, and even that was almost impossible. How people obsess over this show completely eludes me.
Unless it's about Facebook using Twitter, or Twitter using Facebook. That would just melt your face.
...and forgo TV alltogether. Hockey game on? I'll stream it online or listen on the radio. TV show that seems cool? Hulu or Netflix. Don't even try to convince me that channels like HBO are worth the premium...again, Netflix.
No, I wanted my own post modded down because I linked to my website to support my claims. Linking to your website is negatively viewed around here, so I was letting mods know that my post should be modded down accordingly. You accuse me of being an ass, when in fact I was being honest. Thanks, though!
They do their best to hide it, but there is generally a bit of bias towards Apple at that site. It isn't because of the frequency that they post about Apple so much as the way they write about Apple. The parent's reaction may have been flamebait, but it was still true.
While I admire your passion, I believe the poster meant "You" in the general sense, not "You, postbigbang."
WARNING: engadget is extreemly pro apple and is probably being paid by apple to calm the situation. durring the iPad launch there were tons of "fluff" ipad articles hyping the thing, at one point they even had to turn comments off because people were so angry about engadget's blatent pro apple bias
I completely agree, but there is no pro-Apple sentiment expressed in the article I linked whatsoever. It SLAMS Apple for continuing to use Foxconn's services.
Don't know if you all saw this or if it was on Slashdot at all, but Engadget has a full, human-done English translation of the article written by a reporter who went undercover at the factory.
How the fuck do you propose they do that? Should they write over the image with a white font, "THIS IMAGE CAME FROM JOEBLOW.COM"?
Google seems to manage with no trouble.
Was that really necessary? Honestly, there's no need for racism. ;p
Mods, please mod my post offtopic/troll due to website pumping.
Like I said in the post above yours, my primary problem is that they aren't including origin links. In the case of my own site, for example, I get most of my images from either Wikipedia, IMDB, or some other large website that uses industry-provided screenshots/pictures. If it comes from a gaming site that took the screenshot themselves, there is almost always a watermark on the image indicating where I got it from.
In the rare instance that I take a picture from an individual's site, I always link back to it. The most recent example was in my look back at Robot City. I not only provided a link to the original article/website I pulled the images from, but I even encouraged my readers to check out the website itself.
The problem isn't that they are hosting it, the problem is that they aren't providing origin links. That's where the primary issue is.