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Android's problem is that it has no problem...

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I live in the Bay Area and are spending a few weeks in DC.

We always hear that Android is for geeks but based on what I've seen from people in DC, it's not.

Among my friends in DC who has Android: dentist, doctor, accountant, sales manager. None of them are geeks.

This is the problem with tech blogs from Silicon Valley and people from area in general. We make conclusions based on what's happening in the Bay Area but we are very different from the rest of the US and the world.

We live in a bubble.


Most normal people aren't going to switch carriers for a phone. And most people aren't on AT&T. It's pretty much Android or the free flip phone.


Or BlackBerry.


Exactly. Everyone I know who isn't a tech-head has a droid. Every tech-head I know who isn't a mac user has a droid.


I have a mac at home and I have a droid.


A careful reading of my comment will reveal that that does not contradict what I said :)


Shouldn't that be a bar graph?


In ASCII? Really?


Uh, in OpenGL too, if you wish.




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