Exactly. Just because people aren't using it day-to-day doesn't mean that it's disappeared from their computer.
A new version will release, folks will upgrade, percentages will spike again, and so on until a release really takes hold. And/. will release each spike as a 'news story' on the front page.
'Google's Chrome Still Declining In Popularity'
'Google's Chrome Mysteriously Declines In Popularity Again, Weird'
And so on, ad infinitum! Or until Google releases a non-beta Chrome... so, yeah, ad infinitum.
The ipod will be obsoleted by the humble cell phone.
You're absolutely right. If somebody manages to figure out how to take the functionality of an iPod and add a phone to it, they'd really have something there, wouldn't they.
Maybe one day...
This is just the first step in Apple's fade into niche irrelevance in the cellphone market.
Actually, isn't this move arguably their step back away from that edge? The developer backlash from the App-denial situation (and the NDA situation) was threatening to put them in a bad spot, and this is a decision in the developers' favor.
Look for future attempts to fend off Android
I think Android is going to have to grab a bit larger of a foothold before we can feasibly credit a move like this as being defensive. There's plenty of room in the market for some competition as both platforms take bites out of Windows-based smartphones.
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I've been waiting to upgrade my current Microsoft Surface Table for forever - can't wait to pick this one up!
Exactly. Just because people aren't using it day-to-day doesn't mean that it's disappeared from their computer.
A new version will release, folks will upgrade, percentages will spike again, and so on until a release really takes hold. And /. will release each spike as a 'news story' on the front page.
'Google's Chrome Still Declining In Popularity'
'Google's Chrome Mysteriously Declines In Popularity Again, Weird'
And so on, ad infinitum! Or until Google releases a non-beta Chrome ... so, yeah, ad infinitum.
You're absolutely right. If somebody manages to figure out how to take the functionality of an iPod and add a phone to it, they'd really have something there, wouldn't they. Maybe one day ...
Actually, isn't this move arguably their step back away from that edge? The developer backlash from the App-denial situation (and the NDA situation) was threatening to put them in a bad spot, and this is a decision in the developers' favor.
I think Android is going to have to grab a bit larger of a foothold before we can feasibly credit a move like this as being defensive. There's plenty of room in the market for some competition as both platforms take bites out of Windows-based smartphones.
Griffin Technology makes an iPhone 3G case called the Clarifi with a built-in mini-macro lens. Perfect for this sort of thing.