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____/ chrisv on Friday 08 Jul 2011 13:19 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>First Android/Linux Trampled the iPhone. Now ItÂs Overtaking the iPad
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>>| Android/Linux shipped on 1/3 as many tablets shipped as iPads in
>>| Q2 of 2011 but it is expected that Android/Linux will ship on 1/2
>>| as many devices as iPad in Q3. At this rate, the iPad will be overtaken
>>| in the Christmas rush or at the latest, in Q1 of 2012.
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>>http://mrpogson.com/2011/07/07/first-androidlinux-trampled-the-iphone-now-its-overtaking-the-ipad/
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>>Yes, this was predictable.
>
> I wonder if Apple will be pressured to offer more choice. With only
> one product, "the iPad", it's really got no chance against the
> avalanche of competition and choice that is coming.
>
> I expect that they will retain a healthy share of the market, however,
> and I will be surprised they are overtaken within the next 12 months.
Apple may have made a mistake by not licensing iOS to other parties, leaving them
with no choice but to use Linux on their very decent hardware.
Apple repeats the mistakes it made two decades ago.
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