State of the internet

[Mark Wieder]

Jacque-

Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 8:00:38 PM, you wrote:

> Interesting set of graphs. Looks like RR was wise to focus on mobile:

> <http://www.businessinsider.com/state-of-internet-slides-2012-10?op=1>

Very interesting. Thanks. But...

Smartphone sales soon to dwarf personal computer sales? First off,
they're different markets - ever hear of a smartphone farm? Secondly,
smartphones are more of a commodity item, partly because of the price
differential and partly because there's more of a planned obsolescence
approach to marketing the latest model and dumping last years'.

(someone clue me in on what a "feature phone" is)

"Angry Birds has over 1 billion downloads"
"2+ billion people online"
"2/3 of the world left to go"
"1/7 of the world's population use Facebook"

OK... so 1 out of every 2 people online has downloaded Angry Birds and
roughly that same number is on Facebook.

...and folks who haven't yet bought into all the hype are the
"under-penetrated segments in U.S."?

Interesting last slide showing a decline in developer interest in ALL
mobile platforms over the last two years.

Interesting also in that there's no mention of the influence of
litigation on growth and stagnation.

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-Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net