IPhone 2.0, 30 million in 30 days, instability, and Apple in general
Well the 3G Iphone is a huge success no doubt. I think everyone expected that due to the combination of the original iPhone success, the increasing number of Apple fanboys/girls and the added features. CNET has a story out today that Apple has made $30 million in 30 days via their apps store. Additionally, there is a story over at ZD net that these apps may be making the iPhone more unstable then Windows Mobile.
All I can say is that is the cost of success. It also reinforces to me that Apple is the world’s best technology based toy / fun provider but they really are not in the computer / security / OS business. Never forget that OS X is at it’s core Linux with a nifty interface.
Mac’s had more security patches last year the PC’s, but dang ain’t Leopard so much easier and faster to use then Vista. Of course software selection is still spotty on the Mac and most real work is still done of a PC, but the Mac is now almost a market force with it’s 5 to 7% (double to triple what they had before the klugeware known as Vista) share of the world market.
I think that is what always amazes me about Apple computers. They are less then 10% of the market but people act like they are a real threat to HP, Gateway, Leveno and Microsoft right now. They are not, maybe in the future but not the near future. That is like saying that Hyundai is a viable threat to Toyota at this moment. Sure they impact the market, they may even guide it in a certain direction in the future, but day in day out the real threats to big hardware and software makers is a growing open source /web based platform which does not require any particular OS and does not require regular large hardware expansion. I assure you Google and Dell are more of a problem today for Microsoft and HP then Apple. The fact that their platform is beginning to show strain issues should be expected when you look at the big picture of Apple vs the rest of the computer world.
Apple makes nifty cool stuff, always has and always will, but they not really players in worldwide computer / OS market. What they are is a great cattle prod to make the real players in the market innovate and move forward. That is a valuable thing for the consumer, but it does not make them a force in the market.
