the tablet war is heating up

[Fast Learner]

Android isn't a company, it's a platform. I suspect falcarrion is referring to this:

They're selling more smartphones than any of the companies that sell Android smartphones.

 

[catsclaw227]

Android isn't a company, it's a platform. I suspect falcarrion is referring to this:

They're selling more smartphones than any of the companies that sell Android smartphones.

Exactly. I was referring to the comparison between iOS with Android OS. Software, not hardware.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Here is a random find (Dated March 18, 2011):

This table is based on a sampling of all ad impressions from one advertising firm (from Feb 2011), so I warn you to take it with a grain of salt.

 

[John Crichton]

You're welcome to disagree with my opinions, of course, but "nothing could be further from the truth" -- aka I'm lying in the points I made -- is simply, factually wrong. You're welcome to counter with facts, but I'd appreciate you not implying that I'm being untruthful unless you would care to prove it.

All data is less than 60 days old:

Market Share:
Apple Still Trouncing Android shows 37.9 million on iOS vs 23.8 million on Android.

Operating System:
65.9% now running Android 2.2 , released in May 2010: that's up from the 50% in January that I recalled from memory (and is shown on Google's graph), plus 4% running 2.3.
On iPhones 90-95% now running iOS 4.0, released in June 2010, or later (info from several sources as Apple doesn't provide it).

Developers Making More Money from iOS:
Android Provides More Eyeballs to Advertisers, While iPhone Offers Most Revenue to App Creators, Study Finds
iPhone App User Worth More Than An Android App User

Profitability:
In its second quarter, Apple claimed a full half of the operating profits generated by the industry’s eight largest manufacturers.

Customer Satisfaction:
Smartphone Customer Satisfaction 2011

It's interesting that believe those sources make your point for you. The 2 OSs are much closer than your "catching up" rant indicates. Especially when considering that the new guy has closed the gap so quickly. I'd certainly expect the product that's had more time to get polished to get better results. However, those results aren't that stark.

Check your own links if you don't believe me.

 

[falcarrion]

You have to consider the software and the hardware togather. You don't sell an Android device without the software on it or a iOS device without the software. The iOS numbers is just one Company that is being compared to Andriod which is a total of muliple companies. If only one company was selling Android and you compared them against Apple. The difference would be even larger. As for these reports you need to take in account of when they where written and how old the data is. Some of these don't include the Xoom sales or the Ipad2 sales. And that will change the numbers more than you think.

 

[Fast Learner]

It's interesting that believe those sources make your point for you.

I certainly found it interesting, hence my posting them.

 

[Relique du Madde]

It looks like Samsung just dropped a major bomb on the tablet world.

Earlier this day they demoed an unidentified 10.1 inch SAMSUNG Tablet featuring a 2560x1600 300dpi screen.

 

[Fast Learner]

It looks like Samsung just dropped a major bomb on the tablet world.

Earlier this day they demoed an unidentified 10.1 inch SAMSUNG Tablet featuring a 2560x1600 300dpi screen.

They're just demoing a tablet-sized screen, no announcement of a tablet.

The screen, however, is very exciting; odds are Samsung will supply a screen of similar density for the iPad 3, and likely its own Galaxy tablets down the line. If you've experienced the similarly-dense "Retina Display" on the iPhone 4, you know what an amazing difference it can make.

 

[JoeGKushner]

They're just demoing a tablet-sized screen, no announcement of a tablet.

The screen, however, is very exciting; odds are Samsung will supply a screen of similar density for the iPad 3, and likely its own Galaxy tablets down the line. If you've experienced the similarly-dense "Retina Display" on the iPhone 4, you know what an amazing difference it can make.

The interesting thing here, is WILL Samsung be supplying that screen to Aplle, especially now that they're all in court?

I think that is the real area that Apple needs to tread with some care. Having the iPad does give them a lot of 'leg' on the competition, but their sources, like Best Buy and others, can push devices if Apple comes off against them.

In addition, with some of the supply side issues, Apple may be its own worst enemy in that manner as well.

 

[falcarrion]

The interesting thing here, is WILL Samsung be supplying that screen to Aplle, especially now that they're all in court?

I think that is the real area that Apple needs to tread with some care. Having the iPad does give them a lot of 'leg' on the competition, but their sources, like Best Buy and others, can push devices if Apple comes off against them.

In addition, with some of the supply side issues, Apple may be its own worst enemy in that manner as well.

Apple bought 5.7 billion worth of product from Samsung in 2010. I doubt that Samsung will stop selling to apple. It also depends on how long the contracts are for. Every time you turn around these companies sue each other.