So who thinks Apple is done?

[Qzaki]

I wouldn't change apple for the world there isn't many things I dislike about their products (I have virtually all of them) and I know I'm not the only one who thinks of Apple in this way. Windows 8 looks horrible I can't see it being very popular people dont like change as big as that.

The iPad will always be the number 1 tablet and for what it does iOS is all it needs.

[GommeInc]

Apple begins trends, other companies make them better. As far as I can tell, these days Apple is more interested in protectionism than actually further advancing into new technologies while Google and Microsoft are both constantly researching into new tech e.g. Google has Google Glass going at the moment and Microsoft always has some projects on the go.

Apple has always been a good marketer, but they never properly reveal the goods like Google and Microsoft, who let other companies share their innovations - afterall, many companies naturally mean more ideas than one. Working as just one unit means you're going to be left behind, your resources are strictly limited as it's you against many others who have different strengths. Samsung offer affordable, good quality phone units, Sony has brought its camera innovations to the Mobile market, HTC has brought its User Interface technoligies to their phones etc etc. all built on Android, allowing for a strong final product.

As for Windows 8 and OS X, more people seem to be looking towards tablets these days and I think Android, iOS and Windows 8 will slowly take over but that's assuming Windows 8 tablets work (Surface is impressive, but only time will tell if it works in its environment). Macs and PCs seem to be dull and uninteresting compared to tablet PCs, there is very little else to do with desktop operating systems. Lion doesn't really do anything awe inspiring and Windows 8 is an attempt to bridge the gap between tablet and PC, but as Recursion and a few others over the past few months have stated - it really doesn't seem like a good OS for a desktop/laptop PC.

[samsaBEAR]

From a phone point of view, I think between Android and WP8, iOS is really starting to look weak. If Android could just solve their defragmentation 'problem', I think Jelly Bean could be an iOS killer inside a year. I can't say much for other products, but I can't see Apple ever doing badly in the computer/laptop range, those hipsters are always going to want the latest Macbook.

[GommeInc]

From a phone point of view, I think between Android and WP8, iOS is really starting to look weak. If Android could just solve their defragmentation 'problem', I think Jelly Bean could be an iOS killer inside a year. I can't say much for other products, but I can't see Apple ever doing badly in the computer/laptop range, those hipsters are always going to want the latest Macbook.

I always find the iOS killer goal a strange one. What does it actually entail? Because there is no way iOS will ever be killed off in the same way Android and WP8 will never be killed off as they are proving popular. Android is apparently used by 51% of users in America, so it obviously has a lead over iOS and Windows Phone. It seems like a marketing and product strategy that doesn't really make any sense these days.