Just because Android crossed 20 % market share it’s not set in stone to become an OS monopoly, what with all the other competitors out there.

Remember, just 4 years ago, Windows Mobile held 30 % of the smartphone market, while Symbian held the other 70 %. Both were openly licenseable, both are under extreme pressure today. In the end their market shares didn’t amount to anything as better products entered the market.

For Android users, it is the more akin to the LInux model – are there even TWO Android phones that look or operate the same (OS and telco skin wise?) It’s a fragmented modelw ith 10 OS flavors, 15 telco and manufacture “skins,” and 20+ storefronts.

While the general press think market share is the only number when it’s really maningless. While Apple makes $20 billion a year from the iphone, Google makes practically nothing and until they make back the $750 million Apple tricked them in spending for AdMob + the billion? spent on a “free giveaway” OS, they have a lot of clicks to make up to get back to zero.

What the typical person doesn’t understand is Google is ONLY interested in making sure the search bar works in the mobile browser, the rest – me’h … that’s why 90%+ of the Android apps are pirated and NO developer has reported sales of more than 50k or the security issue – they’ll yank it later but you’re on your own.

Android is a fine symbian replacement, it’s free and DIYers like it because it’s easy to crack – it’s Linux. And Google will make as much on it as Linux sellers do – it’s a hobby so the Android market is not the equivilient to the iphone – there’s no loyalty, the apps are homemade and not a professional sellers market and NO two Android look or operate the same … again, it should surprise no one as google’s ONLY INTEREST is to make sure the search bar works in the browser. The rest is like Google’s 25+ other ventures, a diversion that is quickly shut down.

Before calling anyone a fool don’t you think it might be good idea to do a little google search to see who is the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world? And the maybe see who is the second biggest? And then take a good look in the mirror before shooting off nonsense?

Currently Apple is the third biggest smartphone manufaturer and mobile OS platform behind Nokia/Symbian and RIM/blackberry. Since google gave up making phones a short while ago, it only makes sense to consider them in OS platform category, in which the are fourth place.

So Apple has certaily never claimed to be the market leader in smartphone OS category. No hypocracy there. In fact, Steve Jobs said in 2007 that he would be quite happy if Apple gained 1% of the mobile phone market, which they have. He has said they never expected the app store to become such a success. It’s actually people like you making stuff up and inventing fact and context and blowing things out of proportion.

This is nothing at all like comparing Apple to Microsoft in desktop OS. What is this asking whether Google makes as much from Android as Apple does from iPhone, and then answering “most likely not.” do you seriously think there is a chance they are? Google doesn’t make anything from Android. Not a penny. They spend all this money and effort to protect their mobile ad business? From whom? Apple? Check the chronology of the events. Who was Google’s initial worry? The carriers? Microsoft? Apple wasn’t competing with google in mobile ad business in a couple of years ago, were they?

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/07/16/steve-jobs-confirms-android-outselling-iphone/

I do not understand why you insist on making the argument that Apple is either wrong or cannot succeed, or is bound to fail. What is it they do that so terrifies you? Why do you discount their approach? Why do you automatically align your arguments to support Apple ‘opposition’ and play up the the value and sure success of Apple’s competion in various markets? There must be a killer MP3 player out there somewhere, right John?

Apple fanboys need to understand Apple only cares about making as stinking much money as they can, no matter how many evil tricks they have to throw at their users. The antenna happens to be defective? Apple doesn’t want to do a recall, they’d rather give everyone a piece of plastic that costs them less than $0.50 to make.

Maybe some class action lawsuits will force them to do a global recall on iPhone 4 unless they extend free return/exchange for fixed antenna version to all existing iPhone 4 users. Apple can afford it, but it will delay international launch and hurt their image.Today Android is selling 3x faster than iPhone. By the end of the year, Android may be selling 10x faster than the iPhone. By then, Android will have taken over iPhone in worldwide market share.