The T-Mobile G1 (Google/Android) Phone.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

Touching on the Corporate IT point - it scares me how many people can barely operate a PC. One thing goes wrong and they freak out. Having to access something a slightly different way caused mass confusion and near meltdowns.

I could not see Macs in the every day business world simply because there isn't enough people who are know how to use them or would be comfortable learning the OS.

I cannot argue with any of this - I wholeheartedly agree (unfortunately).

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I'll make you the same offer I did ISM. I think the iPhone is a popular product and it's not going away any time soon but like the Mac vs the PC, the iPhone will be a small percentage of the overall market vs Android. In fact I think Apple wants it that way. It helps preserve the elitist image.

I disagree with this assessment. I don't think that Apple has an interest in an elitist position. I DO believe that they want to continue their history of putting out a consistently quality product that works.

I do not know if the Android will surpass the iPhone in market share: it may, it may not. I doubt the iPhone will ever have a large share of the mobile phone market and I doubt the Android will either.

But my personal history overall is that GENERALLY speaking, Apple products work and do so consistently. I have not had this same experience with comparable non-Apple products.


(And BTW: that ad is considered one of the top ten stupid moves on the part of Apple in their history.)