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To: Ryan Bartholomew who wrote (165446)	2/5/2014 7:49:21 PM
From: slacker711	1 Recommendation Recommended By pyslent Respond to of 213177

Yes, that still leaves Apple with the ability to grow sales, but it doesn't bode will if the "ecosystem" of connected devices becomes dominated by a platform other than iOS, as Apple has gone out of their way to put iOS on its own island. Yep, Apple needs a minimum share in various markets to insure the viability of the ecosystem. OTOH, the usage/demographics of their users allow them viability on a much lower share than the other mobile OS's. Beyond that, their competitiveness in the biggest app markets means that apps targeting the world market will continue to be developed either first or at least on an equal footing with Android. Something to watch, the big story by this summer will be how Apple app store revenue has started to widen the gap with Google Play. Apple's absolute dominance of the Japanese market is going to start to show up in the app revenue numbers. Slacker