Apple remains top US smartphone maker as iPhone holds 28% share

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  • Reply 21 of 50
    jm6032jm6032 Posts: 147member
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    61 is not too old. Plenty 60 somethings and older use iPhones and iPads.



    Personal experience: I'm over 60. Started using "Smartphone" features with a Nokia 6682. Love my iPhone and iPad.



    Now here's something interesting and was not expecting. My mom is 88. Way retired. She spends a lot of time in front of the TV and some time in front of her iMac. She got an iPhone4. Now, she has noticed that she spends less time with the iMac. She just spends more time on her chair in front of the TV and she uses the iPhone for a lot of things now. It's amazing.



    Oh, beware. She has a driver's license and a SUV. If you're driving on I45 between Houston and Galveston and you see a grey Suburu Tribeca give her a wave.
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  • Reply 22 of 50
    conradjoeconradjoe Posts: 1,887member
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    61 is not too old. Plenty 60 somethings and older use iPhones and iPads. Some people just don't want to know, period. I have a supplier who refuses to learn the computer. He must be mid forties. His secretary does all his communication including faxing



    How much does your father use a regular phone? My bet is hardly ever in which case - what does he need a cell phone for? People have different needs.



    I have also found that tech-savvy has little to do with age. Middle aged folks say they are too old, while many elderly are fine. I don't think age is anything more than an excuse for people who have other interests or are otherwise reluctant to use computers.
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  • Reply 23 of 50
    conradjoeconradjoe Posts: 1,887member
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    But no OS is easy.



    Until IOS.



    PalmOS was also easy to learn. I have little to no experience with any other slimmed-down OS.
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  • Reply 24 of 50
    conradjoeconradjoe Posts: 1,887member
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    Now here's something interesting and was not expecting. My mom is 88. Way retired. She spends a lot of time in front of the TV and some time in front of her iMac. She got an iPhone4. Now, she has noticed that she spends less time with the iMac. She just spends more time on her chair in front of the TV and she uses the iPhone for a lot of things now. It's amazing.






    Another perfect candidate for an iPad. Likely she uses the iPhone to look up stuff on the web which catches her attention on the TV, or to distract her during commercials. An iPad would be perfect for that.
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  • Reply 25 of 50
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    Another perfect candidate for an iPad. Likely she uses the iPhone to look up stuff on the web which catches her attention on the TV, or to distract her during commercials. An iPad would be perfect for that.



    can you stop posting here? how do we black list someone? this one is very annoying, no logic.. just stupid fanboyism. shouldn't AI do something against this kind of stupidity? he never says something relevant.. Dr Doppio ikol are the same.. maybe they really are the same. i don't know. but irrational human beings? obviously.
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    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    can you stop posting here? how do we black list someone? this one is very annoying, no logic.. just stupid fanboyism. shouldn't AI do something against this kind of stupidity? he never says something relevant.. Dr Doppio ikol are the same.. maybe they really are the same. i don't know. but irrational human beings? obviously.



    User CP => Edit Ignore List
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  • Reply 27 of 50
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    User CP => Edit Ignore List



    thank you, sir. this place will become much more pleasant without this kind of garbage.
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  • Reply 28 of 50
    paxmanpaxman Posts: 4,729member
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    Originally Posted by pedromartins View Post


    can you stop posting here? how do we black list someone? this one is very annoying, no logic.. just stupid fanboyism. shouldn't AI do something against this kind of stupidity? he never says something relevant.. Dr Doppio ikol are the same.. maybe they really are the same. i don't know. but irrational human beings? obviously.



    Woah, there. After 5 postings you call for people to be banned? What was it about the post in question that prompted your call for black listing?
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  • Reply 29 of 50
    paxmanpaxman Posts: 4,729member
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    I have also found that tech-savvy has little to do with age. Middle aged folks say they are too old, while many elderly are fine. I don't think age is anything more than an excuse for people who have other interests or are otherwise reluctant to use computers.



    Agree

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    Originally Posted by ConradJoe View Post


    PalmOS was also easy to learn.



    PalmOS as in the old Palm pilot? It was easy to use for sure, just old by today's standard. In many ways it was the precursor to IOS.

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    Originally Posted by ConradJoe View Post


    I have little to no experience with any other slimmed-down OS.



    Were there any before IOS? I am assuming that if there were any serious contenders we would have known.
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  • Reply 30 of 50
    i have 5 posts but i read this with regularity.

    clearly you don't, otherwise you wouldn't ask. simple.
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  • Reply 31 of 50
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    Were there any before IOS? I am assuming that if there were any serious contenders we would have known.



    Sure! All those pirated slim installs of XP and Vista!



    You know, the ones with all the absolutely worthless code taken out, making the OS installs run faster, use less RAM, take up less space on the hard drive, and generally work better than anything directly out of Microsoft.
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  • Reply 32 of 50
    paxmanpaxman Posts: 4,729member
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    i have 5 posts but i read this with regularity.

    clearly you don't, otherwise you wouldn't ask. simple.



    But what was wrong with his post?
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  • Reply 33 of 50
    paxmanpaxman Posts: 4,729member
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    Sure! All those pirated slim installs of XP and Vista!



    You know, the ones with all the absolutely worthless code taken out, making the OS installs run faster, use less RAM, take up less space on the hard drive, and generally work better than anything directly out of Microsoft.



    OK, but in the context of user friendly.
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  • Reply 34 of 50
    conradjoeconradjoe Posts: 1,887member
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    Agree



    PalmOS as in the old Palm pilot? It was easy to use for sure, just old by today's standard. In many ways it was the precursor to IOS.

    Were there any before IOS? I am assuming that if there were any serious contenders we would have known.



    There have been many. Symbian is still in use, as is whatever RIM uses.



    There's a whole gaggle of weird mobile OSs that companies own but don't really use much. MeeGo and bada for example.
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  • Reply 35 of 50
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    There's a whole gaggle of weird mobile OSs that companies own but don't really use much. MeeGo and bada for example.



    Bada is gaining traction.
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  • Reply 36 of 50
    conradjoeconradjoe Posts: 1,887member
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    But what was wrong with his post?



    Don't feed the trolls.
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  • Reply 37 of 50
    conradjoeconradjoe Posts: 1,887member
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    Bars is gaining traction.



    Couldn't find info with either "bars os" or "bars mobile os".



    Got any info? What does it run on?
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  • Reply 38 of 50
    jm6032jm6032 Posts: 147member
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    Another perfect candidate for an iPad. Likely she uses the iPhone to look up stuff on the web which catches her attention on the TV, or to distract her during commercials. An iPad would be perfect for that.



    She had an iPad and didn't like it. Gave it to my son. I think the iPad was a little too much for her to handle in her lap. With the iPhone she can get fingers from each hand on it. With the iPad, one hand was always rendered useless because it was holding the iPad. Just conjecture, but the point is she had an iPad and now has an iPhone. She uses the iPhone regularly and gave away the iPad.
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  • Reply 39 of 50
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    Originally Posted by paxman View Post


    61 is not too old. Plenty 60 somethings and older use iPhones and iPads. Some people just don't want to know, period. I have a supplier who refuses to learn the computer. He must be mid forties. His secretary does all his communication including faxing



    How much does your father use a regular phone? My bet is hardly ever in which case - what does he need a cell phone for? People have different needs.



    Only on out of state trips does he use it. And when he doing stuff for churches
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  • Reply 40 of 50
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
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    Originally Posted by TheShepherd View Post


    You missed the way AI slanted by stating 'the top US manufacture'.

    HTC and Samsung are asian...



    Which in itself is wrong because Apple doesnt manufacture the iPhone, Foxconn a chinese company does. Not one single smartphone is made in the US.
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