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zumnupy10 on 29 January 2013
Most impressive. I guess the decline will start this year when WP takes off, right guyz?

I know someone would agree with you.



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justinian on 30 January 2013
superchunk said:
justinian said:
If only they could turn Android into a decent desktop OS and market it well.

Over time ChromeOS will merge with Android and be just that. Its not there yet... but its getting there.

Just saw this ( apologises if mentioned before ).

http://www.zdnet.com/chrome-os-gains-on-windows-8s-pains-7000010439/

MAYBE a change is coming.



michael_stutzer on 30 January 2013
justinian said:
superchunk said:
justinian said:
If only they could turn Android into a decent desktop OS and market it well.

Over time ChromeOS will merge with Android and be just that. Its not there yet... but its getting there.

Just saw this ( apologises if mentioned before ).

http://www.zdnet.com/chrome-os-gains-on-windows-8s-pains-7000010439/

MAYBE a change is coming.

Chrome OS is really gaining popularity. OF COURSE, at the moment it is nothing compared to Windows but you need to remember that Chrome OS products are manufactured by only a few companies and they are only available in a few countries without any advertising. It has the potential to grow.

It is funny that people who dismiss Chrome OS because of marketshare are also some of the biggest supporters of Windows Phone.



Asriel on 30 January 2013

Android is growing, sure, but Apple aren't being hit massively by this. Other smartphone manufacturers and operating systems have been the clear losers against Android.



torok on 30 January 2013
BuckStud said:

I guess those crappy Android Tabelts for $79 at Goodwill must be helping......

Actually, the driving force of Android tablets is Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD and Samsung devices. And N7 is a superb (I mean really really awesome) device.

 

pezus said:
Most impressive. I guess the decline will start this year when WP takes off, right guyz?

One day people will see that it was dead on arrival. WP is here for more than 2 years and didn't made nothing. The time they needed to make WP8 happen is the time that Google needed to improve Android massively with 4.0 and 4.1. They are just playing catch with Google.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.

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disolitude on 30 January 2013
michael_stutzer said:
justinian said:
superchunk said:
justinian said:
If only they could turn Android into a decent desktop OS and market it well.

Over time ChromeOS will merge with Android and be just that. Its not there yet... but its getting there.

Just saw this ( apologises if mentioned before ).

http://www.zdnet.com/chrome-os-gains-on-windows-8s-pains-7000010439/

MAYBE a change is coming.

Chrome OS is really gaining popularity. OF COURSE, at the moment it is nothing compared to Windows but you need to remember that Chrome OS products are manufactured by only a few companies and they are only available in a few countries without any advertising. It has the potential to grow.

It is funny that people who dismiss Chrome OS because of marketshare are also some of the biggest supporters of Windows Phone.


Who dismisses Chrome OS because of marketshare? I dismiss it because it's a flawed product... It may work for schools and internet cafes but until Wifi becomes widely available and free everywhere...



disolitude on 30 January 2013

Actually, the driving force of Android tablets is Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD and Samsung devices. And N7 is a superb (I mean really really awesome) device.

 

 

One day people will see that it was dead on arrival. WP is here for more than 2 years and didn't made nothing. The time they needed to make WP8 happen is the time that Google needed to improve Android massively with 4.0 and 4.1. They are just playing catch with Google.

 

This was just posted yesterday.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/kindle-fire-nabs-33-of-android-tablet-market-nexus-7-just-8/


 

This means that 43% of the tablet penetration in US doesn't have Google play store, uses Bing as default search engine and uses Nokia maps. This also means that N7 isn't driving much marketshare for Google...

So yeah Android has it's own problems on tablets. Only reason it's selling is because of price. If Microsoft and OEM partners or Apple start getting Windows based tablets to 199-299 level(which they will eventually), who in their right mind will buy an Android tablet?



Somini on 30 January 2013
pezus said:
Quiet, isn't it?


It sure is!!



sethnintendo on 30 January 2013

I want to know the others numbers in more detail.



mrstickball on 30 January 2013
disolitude said:
That's quite impressive. Shows that open platform is the way to go if you want to get market share.

If you want profits though...that's a different story. Talk to Google how much they have made on this huge Android success in terms of device sales revenue and store app sales.

Comparing the last financial reports:
Last quarter Apple made 30 billion revenue on iPhone alone (not counting ipad and mac revenue).
Google made "up to" 800 million revenue on Android. They don't give the exact number.

I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft made more money on Android than Google by licensing patents. I'm actually pretty sure they did.


Somehow, I doubt that's the whole picture.

Google is a search engine company turned into 1,000 other things. I doubt that they're including the revenues from Android-based searches on that figure (and what about their AdMob acquisition?).

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Apple makes more money than Google does on smartphones, but I think that Google is thinking longer term in all this as well as what value Android brings to their other services.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.