The iPad 2 has been quite the talk of the town since its opening weekend a couple weeks ago. The talk of every town in the world it seems like. Their sales during that first weekend eclipsed projections and bettered the sales for the original iPad. Not only have shortages been reported in numerous countries, but people have been scalping the new devices in New York City. Just last week, the tablet was released in 25 more countries around the world.
According to Dell's global head of marketing for large enterprises and public organizations Andy Lark, that looks like the sign of imminent failure.
Talking to CIO Australia, Lark discussed the long term market for iOS products versus Android and Windows 7.
"I couldn't be happier that Apple has created a market and built up enthusiasm but longer term, open, capable and affordable will win, not closed, high price and proprietary," Lark said. "[Apple has] done a really nice job, they've got a great product, but the challenge they've got is that already Android is outpacing them."
Well, I guess that seems fair. Thank Apple for inventing the market but lament costs and point out that Android is really on the move. Go on.
"Apple is great if you've got a lot of money and live on an island. It's not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex."
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