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Funny how Windows' profits are not part of the "PC market". I guess it's all about cherrypicking statistics to create a "winner".

The striking thing is how the two companies peaked are almost precisely the same time and how that moment (end of 2010) was not related to the entry timing of their nominal disruptor[iPhone].

Could it be that it was Android that hurt Blackberry and Nokia more than the iPhone did? Low end Android phones definitely replaced a lot of Symbian phones in the marketplace. It would certainly explain the timing of the change.

The idea that Apple is vulnerable to the low end is a relic of an idea.

Not seeing how this follows from the data and analysis and seems to be a rather bold claim. There is a real chance of smartphones getting commodotized and it has already happened to a certain extent in China and India, where local OEMs are calling the shots.

The reason it's not happening in the US to the same extent is that the carriers hide the true cost of the flagship phones into two year data contracts, unlike, say PCs. However, the contract free prepaid market is growing at a record pace [1] and we may see a real change in the marketplace if the trend continues. Is the upgrade to S4 or the 5s from the S3 or 4S worth $500?

[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/npd-one-third-us-smartph...

Increasing the speed at the merge-point will not decrease the queue. It will only decrease the density of the queue but move it back further in traffic. Your time to cross the merge-point will be basically the same.

I have to disagree with this. If you increase the speed at the merge point, someone who is newly joining the queue will definitely cross the merge point in lesser time than with lesser speed at the merge point.

The advert was apparently done by a Microsoft affiliated marketing firm, so it made sense (to me) to include it.

Reference?

In regards to your second point, Google and others often make mistakes in their adverts.

So when Google claims the Chromebox has a Core processor, it's an unintentional mistake, but when Microsoft says a 10.1" screen is bigger than a 9.7" one, it's a deliberate lie.

Much like your post, to be honest. Have you considered a job on Microsoft's marketing department? I believe they are desperately seeking talent.

Why the personal attacks?

Agree 100%.

From the article:

Suppose you’re on a 2-lane (each way) highway and one lane is closed up ahead due to construction. Now the flow rate of your lane is cut in half (or there are twice as many cars in line in front of you, depending on how you want to look at it).

What I observe is that the speed is reduced to one twentieth of the speed, not just half. This is because people are merging very slowly while jostling resulting in needless braking. If everyone could agree upon a proper zipper merge, the speed for everyone would go up many times.

Or imagine a traffic signal at the merge point that only lets one lane go through for a minute each. The overall flow rate would be much higher than what it is without such a signal.

Discounting this based on theoretical flow rate (as if removing one lane reduces real traffic flow by only 50%) shows that the author totally ignores real traffic scenarios completely at odds with the title of the article.

http://modmyi.com/content/10764-microsoft-bashes-apple-samsu...

I am lost. What's the alleged lie here?

Also, two of your links leads to the ad which wrongly compares the screen size of diagonal length is bigger.

However, when Google wrongfully claims a Chromebox with a Celeron is running a Intel Core(TM) Processor, no one cares or makes big blog post on HN about it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4046964

The stats are sales over the last 3 months, not install base. However, Statcounter tries to measure usage, not unique devices. Netmarketshare tries to measure individual browsers/devices.

For example, if you browse 10 sites in a day on an Android phone, but your neighbor browses 990 sites a day on her iPhone, the Statcounter numbers with just you both being counted will be 1% Android and 99% iPhone even though the install base is 50% each.

This is the reason that Statcounter and Netmarketshare browser share numbers are so different from each other, with Statcounter showing Chrome in the lead and Netmarketshare showing IE in the lead.

I would try something non-habit forming like valerian root or melatonin first before going to prescription drugs.

Also, at bedtime try to keep the TV and/or reading to something that's not too interesting or too boring(shopping channels/business TV helps me).

The main thing is to distract yourself away from thinking about sleep while trying to fall asleep. A hot shower or a peaceful walk may also help.

Try to maintain proper sleep hygiene.

http://www.sleepfoundation.org/article/ask-the-expert/sleep-...

I would have expected that putting this through a machine learning algorithm( or one of the face recognition ones) trained with a very huge dataset might improve the odds.

"BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS

I really dont know, but will say seems crazy that Nokia didn't have at least a small team dedicated to making an android OS 'port' for their devices. It seems like even if they thought it was a 1% chance of windows mobile not working out for them the hedge would have been worth it.

Elop did have such a team working on an Android port.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/behind-microsoft-de...

http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/13/4728184/microsoft-surface-...

Well, atleast gaining marketshare is better than going into a death spiral of losses like Blackberry seems to be doing.

From http://www.wpcentral.com/kantar-windows-phone-hitting-8-perc...

Kantar Worldpanel - July 2013 Windows Phone Share by country

Germany: 8.8% (+2.6% YoY)

GB: 9.2% (+5% YoY)

France: 11% (+7.4% YoY)

Italy: 7.8% (-0.5% YoY)

Spain: 1.8% (+0.1% YoY)

USA: 3.5% (+0.5% YoY)

China: 2.4% (-2.2% YoY)

Australia: 7.4% (+2.4% YoY)

Mexico: 12.5% (+10.5% YoY)

The biggest and most impressive individual gains were seen in Mexico (12.5%) and France (11%) where double digit Windows Phone sales figures were finally reached.

I really doubt an ethernet connection can push a full HD video frame in 1ms. The <1ms is for ping, which uses a really small network packet. Pushing 1080p HD video is a totally different matter.

This article would have been much better without all the hyperbole and foaming at the mouth.