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January 3, 2013

Hey Apple & Google, Stop Hogging Smartphones

Matt Asay, The Register


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It's become a truism that the way to win in mobile is with an end-to-end, hardware-to-software-to-cloud strategy. I just wish this were as good for consumers as it seems to be for vendors. If I could get any wish fulfilled for 2013, it would be to have Apple and Google, in particular, go back to doing what they do best - rather than doing "all the things" in an attempt to squeeze out maximum value from a captive consumer.

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TAGGED: Smartphones, Android, iPhone, Google, Apple

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