Is Software Deployment Now In for a Game Change?

摘要

You have to admit that Apple introduced a real game change, and I don't mean with their products, though it's fair to say that sequentially the iPod, iPhone and iPad can all be described this way. No, I mean the App Shop, the real power that underlies and enables all these successful products, and even after all this time is the unbeatable foundation that any competitive tablet maker has to take on. Android is the only real challenger right now, especially if HP does pack up and go away, though Microsoft is waiting to unveil its move into the tablet market. But both these challengers recognizably come from the traditional technology go-to-market approach, and Apple is very different with its App Shop as a personal consumer buy.