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marco:

Fred Wilson today updated and reiterated his suggestion to develop on Android first:

Roughly six months ago, I put up a blog post suggesting Android was going to be the dominant mobile phone operating system and that developers interested in the largest user bases ought to start developing…

(Source: marco)

  1. nordicdesign reblogged this from marco and added:
    Interesting arguments
  2. jules-jazz reblogged this from marco
  3. myfreeweb said: Market share is a pointless number. Why care about it if these people won’t buy your app? A lot of Android users don’t use any apps. Think humans, not numbers.
  4. anwaraizer reblogged this from marco
  5. rennarda said: Last I heard, the Verizon iPhone was the best selling phone in the US - so that means it must be selling even better than the AT&T iPhone.
  6. macsfuture reblogged this from marco
  7. surelock said: I have many friends who got Androids because of what you describe who are going to stick with them. Sometimes they prefer the look of the phone (or full keyboard), but they’re also used to it and see it’s issues as general phone ones and not specific
  8. ianbroyles said: My old roommate once asked if she could print directions via Google Maps on my printer. I asked her why she didn’t just use Google Maps on her new Android phone. She replied, “I have Google Maps on my phone?” She just liked it for its touch screen.
  9. do-nothing reblogged this from marco
  10. mopostal reblogged this from marco and added:
    Everything here—100% agree. Android may be eclipsing other competing platforms by sheer number
  11. twibell reblogged this from marco
  12. mike3k reblogged this from marco and added:
    A few data points:...wild. Among non-geeks, iPhones outnumber
  13. charlestheirishman said: Two things Marco: 1. The great unwashed masses don’t pay attention to release cycles so they’re unlikely to pay much heed to Android vs. iPhone. 2. Fragmentation is on the part of the manufacturers. Cars are no different yet they continue to sell.
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