crumas2 on 06 June 2008
| FishyJoe said: The smart phones prior to the iPhone were pretty terrible. The success of the iPhone is pretty much an indictment of how bad the competition was. Palm, MS, Nokia, etc have done a very bad job of making a user friendly phone that appeals to a broad audience. Much like the iPod, Apple took advantage of the competition's weakness with the iPhone. I'm not seeing that same weakness with the DS. The DS is very user friendly and appeals to a broad audience. |
I can't argue with you, FishyJoe. Apple has definitely exploited obvious weaknesses in the market (no one seemed to be able to get the major record labels to really loosen up, but Jobs made it happen). But remember, Nintendo isn't made of Teflon... the previous console generation demonstrated that. My guess is that Apple will bide its time, honing its ability to get applications on the iPod and iPhone, then if an opening presents itself in the next generation of handhelds, Apple might pounce.
"Might" pounce. Then again, they might not.
So, can Apple crush the DS? I don't see how. Can they win or become a strong competitor in the next generation of handhelds? I wouldn't rule them out.
Time will tell.
