will drop market share when Android and other alternative tablets come to the market. This is of course entirely possible as Android phone shipments have overtaken the iPhone, but the more important question is "Does it matter?".
I'm not sure that it does. The iPad is a great platform as is Android, and is there a real reason they can't co-exist?
From the point of view of apps for each platform there's no doubt that iOS is far ahead of Android, but Google's approach of making it increasingly easy to make apps (i.e. App Inventor) could change that. However, from a revenue perspective the market place isn't currently delivering the same returns for developers, and that could be the key especially in mobile music.
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I'm going to have to call you on the paid app revenues myth that gets propagated about iOS.
Where is the evidence that any iOS developers are seeing any significant revenues from paid app sales on the App Store? The median paid iOS app brings in about $1000.
I'd like to hear about all the iOS music creation app developers who have profitable businesses based on paid app sales.
I know what you mean, it isn't a get rich quick engine by any means, and lots of people make next to nothing with it at all.
However, I do know of app developers who do well out of it.
I will give this some thought though, it maybe could do with a post on it's own.
I think Android manufacturers should focus on actually shipping a tablet before they start bragging about overtaking the iPad.
Good point. Let's see what the hardware can actually do before it is the new king
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