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Guy Kawasaki was the original Apple fanboy who was most responsible for starting the “cult of mac” so one could be surprised to hear him state:
“I fell in love with Android on the smartphone, and then I got a Nexus 7 and started using Android on the tablet as well. To me the great irony is that Apple’s slogan was `Think Different,’ but today if you think different you’re looking at Android.”
Thinking different is really just a matter of expecting a smartphone to support LTE (which is up to 20 times faster and 4G), Near Field Communication (NFC), true multitasking, the ability to sort apps alphabetically and something as simple as a standard micro-USB cable that can be used on any device. To be fair to Apple, Kawasaki switched to Android prior to the iPhone 5 which now supports LTE but he isn’t willing to switch back. The iPhone 5 just doesn’t offer any advantages. Similarly Kawasaki isn’t willing to switch back from his Google Nexus 7 tablet to the iPad Mini because there are no advantages.
When you take into account that Android now has 75% of the smartphone market share compared to Apple’s 15% it is clear that many people are also moving in this direction. I have held off on upgrading to the iPhone 5 and am currently trying to decide between the Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Google Nexus 4. If the Nexus 4 supported LTE I would not even be considering the SIII because of it slow operating system upgrade cycles. BUT… LTE coverage in Canada is not the greatest and the Nexus does support HSPA+ 42Mbps speeds which much better supported in Canada. The remaining challenge with the Nexus 4 is getting one. Google has been sold out perpetually and without the ability to pre-order it is difficult to order a phone without constantly monitoring the Google Nexus site.
I have repeatedly stated that I really don’t care who makes the device, I prefer to use the most powerful, fully featured and effective phone or tablet that I can purchase. Right now Android is taking the lead from Apple. As soon as I can order a Google Nexus 4 I will be making the switch. Since my oldest son has assumed control over my iPad 2 and left me with only an aging iPad 1 I will be joining Kawasaki and will be moving to the Google Nexus 7 as well.
While I do use my iPhone to look up the occasional stat on an actor or the name of a movie or other related information while watching TV my two teenage sons are the true uses of mobility or the second screen while watching TV. It must also be noted that we seldom watch traditional TV with news being about the only thing that we will watch live. We download all TV shows from the Usenet and watch them comercial free on our computers, iPads or other mobile devices. Our main TV is attached to a Mac Mini which acts as our media station so even when we are watching TV it is in way that we control.
It would be fair to say that we don’t watch any less TV but we do spend less time watching and have total control over when and where we watch the shows we like. The following infographic does a fine job of summarizing the changes we are seeing in the Couch Potato. I don’t know if I would say that the Couch Potato is extinct but broadband internet and mobile are definitely serving TV up in a different dish.
Original Image Source: Search Engine Journal
