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| Páll Haraldsson (pall-haraldsson) wrote | #1886 |
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Shuttleworth may have closed this bug prematurely (haven't followed all comments..) based on iOS plus Android having majority over Windows. Anyway not important now as Android alone seems bigger than Windows now (including iOS and OS X etc - all others).
@mwildam: "although most people I know do have a smartphone (or two - a private one and a business phone) and maybe also have a tablet, ALL OF THEM do their main computer work with a PC or laptop. You cannot assume that most of the serious computer work is done from an Android phone or tablet."
Why is that? And not sure it's true for all.
For the global perspective most people probably do not have a PC while they may have a smartphone. You could say they only surf the web.. Programming for Android is even somewhat possible within the OS. Keyboard (and mouse) can be connected. QT works for Android and I wander how difficult it is to port most Linux programs to Android. My post on Ubuntu Touch to the mailing-list being a dead-end and Android compatibility being essentioal didn't make it there..
In 2013, Android-based devices outsold Windows' 2.8:1 (2:1 in mature markets) or by 573 million units (estimating the gap to widen much in 2014 and 2015).
In India and other countries Android is the most popular operating system including for browsing the web; according to Statcounter; "Mobile usage has already overtaken desktop in several countries including India, South Africa and Saudi Arabia"[226] with several countries in Africa having done so already, including Ethiopia and Kenia (there mobile is 72.23%)
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