Apple more valuable than Microsoft

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    don't forget, all these companies that are being mentioned are partered in one way or another. the core business of each of these giants is largely different. yes, they all compete for market share in their partners' core business, but that's just how companies stay relevant. they try their hand at a market that's foreign to their core business and see what happens. sometimes they fail (ms's attempt at photoshop), sometimes meh (ms's attempt at an mp3 player), sometimes they do quite well (ms's attempt at the console gaming market - round 2). apple is doing it right now with iAd and thier acquisition of Quattro (i think) - something totally new to them. all this to say, i don't see any of these guys knocking one another out of the ring. one may be more relevant in their respective market, but beyond that, they're all happy to do business with one another when it's lucrative for them.

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    • What I find interesting in mobile is that Android is a method of effectively preventing a monopoly for hardware.
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    • hardware. Apple smartphones mean you have to buy Apple. Android is becoming a dominant but open platform so it keeps the handset market open.
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    • it keeps the handset market open.
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    • Apple keep their cake small and to themselves. Google just have a slice of everyones pie.
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    • orrin, that's pretty far from reality. Apple never had more than a 20-30% share of the market even just for smartphones.ukit
    • smartphones. If anything, it's Google who will have the monopolyukit
    • I said handsets, and I was referring to smartphones only. Before Android there was a point when iPhone had something in the region of 35% marketshare, but with a very sharp rise over time.
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    • something in the region of 35% marketshare, but with a very sharp rise over time.
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    • Android throttles the growth and potential domination of Apple in the casual user smartphone market.
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    • If Android weren't around, business Smartphone would be BB dominated (as currently) and Apple would have a monopoly on the casual user.
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    • monopoly on the casual user.
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