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Written by Gerry Langeler
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 |
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 Biggest Surprise of 2009: Android-based phones are coming out at a much more rapid rate, across more hardware platforms, than I expected. We could see another Apple duopoly here, a la PC Windows vs. Mac. While Apple’s iPhone is much more open than the Mac was – the same issue of broad hardware adoption and scale (read cost) of an “industry standard” could rise again, only this time with Apple having seen its user interface lead nearly eliminated in just a few years. Against a broadly accepted platform, their lead in applications won’t last that long either.
Best Prediction for 2010: The IPO market will be much stronger in 2010 than people expect today. While we certainly won’t party like it’s 1999 again, by the second half of the year we’ll be talking about how great a year it is for IPOs.
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