The Day After iPhone Was Introduced By Steve Jobs, Google Scrapped Android To Copy Apple.

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68. Android dominates tablet market as the iPad stumbles in Q3

It’s not exactly news that Android has taken over the bulk of the smart device market, but in Q3 2013, Android appears to have claimed yet another title from Apple: The most revenue from tablet sales in a quarter. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty calculated that Android tablets were generating more revenue than iPads based on IDC’s numbers from October, which showed very little year-over-year growth for iPads and a major loss in Apple’s worldwide tablet market share.

“For the first time, Android devices accounted for a greater share of the market in revenue terms than iOS,” wrote Huberty in a note to her clients. “Android revenue share reached 46.2% in 3Q13, for the first time exceeding iPad share of 45.6%. Android’s unit share grew to 66.7% from 58.5% a year ago, largely driven by Samsung and Lenovo, while iPad share declined to 29.7% from 40.2%.”

http://bgr.com/2013/11/15/android-tablet-market-share-q3-2013/

The reckoning, if there is one, will be whether or not Apple is first to go to VR and AR and popularize it or whether Google will succeed with Glass or whether Occulus will come out with its own thing and put them both out of business.

The tablet / touch model will be short lived in technological time.