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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Not that I understand why you're bringing up android phones in a Mac desktop application thread, but here's the latest numbers:
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Because the way Apple runs its business, like the exclusiveness here, does affect their future. Working in the Valley, and that I know a lot of entrepreneurs and I'm on the mailing list for recruiting/funding for startups, I get to see a trend a lot of people don't. As I said, 3 out of 4 startups are Android Apps, probably a large part due to the exclusiveness to design iPhone apps.
Mac Apps for iPhone/iPad are leading right now, but there are certain factors other than the colour of iPhones or other fad things like that. Working in semiconductors (both my projects, and ones for companies like Broadcom, Maxim, Analog Devices, TI, National, Fairchild, et al) we work on a lot of projects that encompass pretty much all of the smart phones and tablet computers... and I know what the customer is looking for in the next generation or 2 generations ahead, because of the time it takes to go through chip level design, then board level, then packaging etc.
Be it Android vs iPhone, or HTML5 or whatever... smart phones are replacing laptops as the go-to, and it shows in the projects being bid... Over 50% of each semiconductors company is technical marketing. Don't think for a second that technical marketing doesn't look at the number of startups for Android Apps (which is dominating over all other possible startups - WiFi, WiMax, electric cars, all the websites like Groupon and so on)... to figure out what sales and each guy's cut is going to be in 2 generations ahead.