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		mercurio on July 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Android takes huge lead in US Smartphone market Except that Windows vs Mac was something like 95% to 5% in favor of Windows, while the smartphone market is likely to end up more like 60% to 30% in favor of Android. The situation is different qualitatively. The data consistently shows that iPhone share is growing, just not as fast as Android.

cppsnob on July 7, 2011 [–]

When a market is growing, it allows everyone to grow... for a while. Check out the Commodore 64 in this graph:

http://jeremyreimer.com/totalshare5.gif

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