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• "The result will be a bunch of quiet cross-licensing that no one hears about, and business will carry on as usual."
  
  For once, Random, I agree with you. In reply to: "Nokia hits Apple with latest patent complaint"

  December 29, 2009

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• "You neglected to mention that Nokia is losing smartphone marketshare by a very steep margin over the past few years - mostly to the iPhone".
  
  That's because it actually isn't. Nokia's main competitors are Samsung and LG in the featurephone market and RIM and Apple in the smartphone market. Nokia do not have a significant presence in the US smartphone market which has mushroomed in the last two years and in which half of all iPhone sales are made. In EMEA and APAC Nokia still dominate and have increased smartphone sales volume.
  
  To put it in perspective, Nokia's increase in smartphone sales in Q2 2009 was about 3.1 million. This is about the same or greater than all ex-US iPhone sales.
  
  Nokia do need to address the US market - the most logical way to do this is to agree carrier deals or buy Palm and use their brand - but don't make the mistake a lot of tech bloggers make by confusing a growing market with losing share in the markets they compete in.
  
  Anyway, this will be settled eventually and a compromise reached. In reply to: "Nokia hits Apple with latest patent complaint"

  December 29, 2009

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• @CDubber
  
  Yeah, I'm the same Mark Anderson who owns a Macbook and laughs at people who have an irrational attachment to companies that don't care about them. Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, doesn't matter really although Apple fanboys are more fun because you guys take it all so seriously.
  
  Now read my post again: there was already a market for portable music players. There was already a market for mobile phones. There isn't one for tablets despite them being available for years. Why would this be any different (and no, "because it's made by Apple" isn't good enough because they've made their fair share of clunkers too)?
  
  As for the iPhone being a flop, nope. It's a good device and it's done pretty well. In reply to: "Analyst: Apps the secret to Apple's tablet success"

  December 29, 2009

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• Is that why they outsell them everywhere except the US then?
  
  Try thinking before typing, kid. In reply to: "Nokia hits Apple with latest patent complaint"

  December 29, 2009

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• Is anybody outside the gadget fanatic and the hardcore Macolyte going to buy this?
  
  I mean, seriously, the iPod Tuch and iPhone 3GS are great devices but they're succseful because they're portable. This thing is going to need a bad and if you're carrying a bag you'd be better off with a Macbook Pro 13", an Air or a netbook.
  
  All the press seem to be hyping this up but it smacks of the Emperor's new clothes to me because, unlike portable music players and mobile phones, there isn't actually a market for this thing. In reply to: "Analyst: Apps the secret to Apple's tablet success"

  December 29, 2009

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• Or indeed the facts.
  
  Two sources - IDC and Gartner giving the real figures. At least Lance got it right this time.
  
  http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10392252-94.html?tag=mncol;title#comments In reply to: "Apple, RIM grab market share from Nokia"

  November 8, 2009

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• Rubbish. Lance has just picked the report he wanted to show to push his own point of view. This report is utterly meaningless.
  
  As for N Series sales, since the N70 is discontinued it isn't actually in the numbers which, since we're counting, don't actually add up to what we know about Nokia's Q2 samrtphone sales anyway. In reply to: "Apple, RIM grab market share from Nokia"

  November 4, 2009

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• Err...no?
  
  http://www.canalys.com/pr/2009/r2009112.htm
  
  You might want to look at smartphone sales as a whole rather than the "WiFi market" as smartphones largely focus on 3G/3.5G connectivity. That's kind of the point. In reply to: "Apple, RIM grab market share from Nokia"

  November 4, 2009

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• "I don't remember hearing so much talk over a product that nobody has even seen"
  
  That's because you and the other tech journalists wont shut the hell up about it.
  
  Slow day, huh? In reply to: "More evidence of Apple's nonexistent tablet surfaces"

  October 27, 2009

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• "Do the math."
  
  I did. Macs sold 3.05 million units last quarter, all computer shipments were about 75 million. That means Mac were chosen by less than 4% of purchasers.
  
  Linux figures weren't available because no-one cares enough to record them.
  
  Most people want Windows. OS X and Linux is small potatoes. In reply to: "Apple spits at Windows 7: You can't trust Microsoft"

  October 23, 2009

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