On: Steve Yegge Grades His Own Predictions

[Marazan]

Sure, if you want to define the market as "things similar to the iphone" then yes, they did have a good market share. In terms of the mobile phone market though the original iphone made up lezs that 1%of the market.

It took the 3G to change the world.

[abritinthebay → Marazan]

Sure but seeing as that included non smartphones that's a bit... well stupid of a metric to use.

I mean it's like complaining that Aston Martin is a failure in car market because Chevrolet sells more cars.

[Marazan → abritinthebay]

Well, yes. But as I pointed out below the iPhone's sales figures were identical to the N95 and no one is claiming the N95 was a massive success.

When the iPhone launched the "smart phone market" didn't exist - there were a couple of other smart phones. It was a incredibly niche category.