OK I just had to take a couple of minutes to talk about the big smartphone battle of 2011 and how it's shaping up (if you ask me). Don't get me wrong. There is indeed a lot of hub bub about Verizon's new iPhone. However mark my words. The Verizon iPhone is too late to do any real damage to Android. The iPhone landing at Verizon is big news and it surely gives Android more competition than it has ever had. In Android's favor is about 2 years of development and enhancement of it's OS while Apple danced exclusively with ATT. Now that Verizon and Apple have finally got together, ATT has started it's own partnership with Android. Now both Verizon & ATT stores will be stocked to the ceilings with iPhones and Androids with smaller and smaller space dedicated to other smartphones.
Also never forget, for every Apple lover there is probably an Android dihard. I believe that most smartphone users who have been using Android phones are not about to jump ship for an inferior phone.
What is true in this smartphone war is that Blackberry (RIM) and the other shartphone developers are starting to eat dust. RIM is continuing to lose marketshare and with Android's additional deal with ATT it is going to worsen. The only wildcard at this point is Windows Phone 7. However even here there are problems as most users seem to have a real problem of moving their Windows experience to their mobile phone.
It appears that as Android and Apple continue to take pot shots at each other for marketshare their competitors will continue to struggle for the measly remains.
A special thankyou to Staci King for the fine edits to this entry. I think I am going to have to add her to the Tech Blog staff!
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