Since iPhone market share is still growing, Google clearly hasn't reversed anything yet. Android tablets might still defeat the iPad, but for now that's just talk.
What Google has done is provide an OS that let's the 'disintegrated' market show up at all, and achieve volume through low pricing and wider availability. This is a huge achievement, because without them the other manufacturers would be lost. That said, even if there had been no Android, could Apple have sold more iPhones? They seem to be selling them as fast as they are able to make them.
I suggest that major advantages will be conferred on whoever achieves greater synergies across the ecosystem of devices (i.e. makes devices work better together).
So far, neither platform has a decisive advantage here. The question is, who is better positioned to move forward?
Google, who don't have a completed tablet story, are stumbling with TVs, and are struggling to contain fragmentation on their phone? or Apple, who have the Phone and Tablet well under control, are well on their way to bringing the desktop into the picture, and have a smoothly improving TV story?
If I were Google, I'd be trying to counter this using the Web and the Cloud - which we see them doing with things like Cloud Print, but it's not obvious how strong their strategy is yet, especially since they can't easily roll out new capabilities to their existing users. That said, they could end up with a trump card (e.g. mobile payments).
The game is levelling up, and we have yet to see either side show their cards let alone stop the other in its tracks.
What Google has done is provide an OS that let's the 'disintegrated' market show up at all, and achieve volume through low pricing and wider availability. This is a huge achievement, because without them the other manufacturers would be lost. That said, even if there had been no Android, could Apple have sold more iPhones? They seem to be selling them as fast as they are able to make them.
I suggest that major advantages will be conferred on whoever achieves greater synergies across the ecosystem of devices (i.e. makes devices work better together).
So far, neither platform has a decisive advantage here. The question is, who is better positioned to move forward?
Google, who don't have a completed tablet story, are stumbling with TVs, and are struggling to contain fragmentation on their phone? or Apple, who have the Phone and Tablet well under control, are well on their way to bringing the desktop into the picture, and have a smoothly improving TV story?
If I were Google, I'd be trying to counter this using the Web and the Cloud - which we see them doing with things like Cloud Print, but it's not obvious how strong their strategy is yet, especially since they can't easily roll out new capabilities to their existing users. That said, they could end up with a trump card (e.g. mobile payments).
The game is levelling up, and we have yet to see either side show their cards let alone stop the other in its tracks.