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From: Alan Baker <alangba...@telus.net>
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Subject: Re: Good question...
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In article <a0vk5hFf6...@mid.individual.net>,
 MNMikeW <mnmiik...@aol.com> wrote:

> james wrote:
> >
> >
> > "MNMikeW" wrote in message news:a0sq7sFcf2U6@mid.individual.net...
> >
> > Silvio Bierman wrote:
> >> On 05/03/2012 10:05 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> >>> "Iıve been asking for years: Is there a carrier anywhere in the world
> >>> that carries both the iPhone and Android phones where the iPhone is not
> >>> the top-selling phone?"
> >>>
> >>> <http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/05/03/winning>
> >>>
> >>> "It means that Android was/is winning in market share because Apple
> >>> was/is allowing it to.
> >>>
> >>> Android was previously the top smartphone OS for both Verizon and
> >>> Sprint. But that was only because the iPhone was not available on either
> >>> network until last year. When it became available, it quickly shot to
> >>> the top. One type of phone outsold hundreds of other models combined.
> >>> Thatıs pretty insane."
> >>>
> >>> Well, trolls...
> >>>
> >>> ...let's see you step up!
> >>>
> >>
> >> Slightly off topic but OK:
> >>
> >> Here in Europe almost all carriers provide both Android and iPhone
> >> smartphones. Apple had an initial lead when Android was less mature but
> >> has long been surpassed and left far behind by Android. Tablets are
> >> showing the same trend with Android very rapidly closing in on the iPads.
> >>
> >> Silvio
> >>
> >> Oh oh Silvio, you are now one of the "trolls" according to the
> >> pipsqueak from BC.
> >
> > Careful! Baker will sic his triple black belt GF on you as he's
> > threating to do to some on the Mac group. She has kicked ass on big,
> > brawny guys twice her weight!!! A highly entertaining story!
> >
> > You should drop by. The thread is titled "Android Tablets..."
> 
> And like everything the pipsqueak from BC says, it's all a story.

Nope. 

Like everything I post, it's the simple truth.

:-)

-- 
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."