You could have won a lot of money making bar bets a decade ago that in 2013, Microsoft’s communications chief would make an argument that positions Apple as the number one maker of PCs by volume in the world. Daring Fireball Linked List: Counting Tablets as PCs
They go, they buy an iPad, they use it. They don’t have to worry about RT or Pro, “Metro” mode or “Desktop” mode, and which version of the same named browser does what and when. There’s no duality, no confusion, no feeling caught — and yes, compromised — between the OS that was and the OS that needs to be. There’s just the iPad.

Rene Ritchie nailed it.

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And about smartphones:

Apple’s iPhone users spend an hour and fifteen minutes using their phones per day, a full 26 minutes more than the typical Android phone owner.

Additionally, iPhone and Android smartphone owners use their phones in markedly different ways. For instance, 28% of the time that Android users spend using their phones is dedicated to talking, whereas iPhone users spend only 22% of their smartphone time talking on the device. Android owners also devote a greater share of time visiting websites on their phone than iPhone owners. On the other hand, iPhone owners spend a disproportionately greater share of smartphone time than Android owner’s texting, emailing, using the camera and social networking.


(via In April, Apple’s iPad Remained King of Web Traffic & More - Patently Apple)

And about smartphones:

Apple’s iPhone users spend an hour and fifteen minutes using their phones per day, a full 26 minutes more than the typical Android phone owner.

Additionally, iPhone and Android smartphone owners use their phones in markedly different ways. For instance, 28% of the time that Android users spend using their phones is dedicated to talking, whereas iPhone users spend only 22% of their smartphone time talking on the device. Android owners also devote a greater share of time visiting websites on their phone than iPhone owners. On the other hand, iPhone owners spend a disproportionately greater share of smartphone time than Android owner’s texting, emailing, using the camera and social networking.

(via In April, Apple’s iPad Remained King of Web Traffic & More - Patently Apple)
In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore. Maybe a big screen in your workspace, but not a tablet as such. Tablets themselves are not a good business model.

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins during an interview at the Milken Institute conference in Los Angeles yesterday.

Oh boy. Heins may want to check with Apple on their tablet business, because it sure seems like a good model. 

There are some quotes that I’m pretty sure will come back to bite someone in the ass. This one I’m sure about.

I’ll make my own prediction: In five years, tablets will be an exponentially bigger business than BlackBerry, because BlackBerry will no longer exist.

(via parislemon)

A melancholic end.