>There are a lot of people who would have picked up the attractive, well built, well engineered Nokia devices if they had the platform of Android.
Yeah maybe. There is no guarantee that the outcome would have been more favorable than being bought out by Microsoft.
>Apple obviously is very much in a battle with Android ...
Apple already lost to Android. Last count, Android had 80% of the market. There is zero chance of that changing anytime soon. Apple's saving grace is that they can cut themselves a nice little niche, and make some good margins based on the strength of their brand much like they do with Macs. This will be doubly true if HTML pushes out native apps and and makes the platform largely superfluous again. The war is over however.
Yeah maybe. There is no guarantee that the outcome would have been more favorable than being bought out by Microsoft.
>Apple obviously is very much in a battle with Android ...
Apple already lost to Android. Last count, Android had 80% of the market. There is zero chance of that changing anytime soon. Apple's saving grace is that they can cut themselves a nice little niche, and make some good margins based on the strength of their brand much like they do with Macs. This will be doubly true if HTML pushes out native apps and and makes the platform largely superfluous again. The war is over however.