He missed the most obvious contended to the iPhone, namely the blackberry. In SF at least, you see occasionally Android and Pre's but the overwhelming majority of smart phones are split between iphone and blackberry. Depending on where you are in the city the ration changes, but its obvious that neither the Pre or the Android phones have really made much of a dent on the dominance of those two.
Maybe the next wave of Android phones will help promote that line, and maybe the next version of the Pre with a battery that lasts the whole day will get it into more people's hands, but until then, the world of smartphones is split not into the choices that Steve made.
What the HN community feels about Apple is largely irrelevant to Apple. We're the nerds that buy the early adopter products, Apple appeals to a mass market that doesn't give one hoot about the app approval process, all they want are their games and new shiny things ever summer.
Maybe the next wave of Android phones will help promote that line, and maybe the next version of the Pre with a battery that lasts the whole day will get it into more people's hands, but until then, the world of smartphones is split not into the choices that Steve made.
What the HN community feels about Apple is largely irrelevant to Apple. We're the nerds that buy the early adopter products, Apple appeals to a mass market that doesn't give one hoot about the app approval process, all they want are their games and new shiny things ever summer.