At a minimum of UGX 1.5M per device before Ugandan inflationary greed? I think not.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mwirima Byaruhanga Sent: 09 December 2011 11:29 To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LUG] Android users get screwed? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Tinka wrote thus on 12/9/11 12:06 PM: > On Friday, December 09, 2011 03:53:50 PM Mwirima Byaruhanga > wrote: > >> Once again - the average user doesn't really care about this. And the >> average user makes up, may be 99% of the target market? > > But I contest that the average user will care when both of you are > running Android phones, but only you can get the new feature that > allows him to do something snazzy with his camera, and you can't > because you're on a different hardware platform or one that is > considered "too old" to keep current in software. Yeah, he/she'll care, for a moment. Take into consideration the product life cycle for most such gadgets. It's getting to less than 6 months these days :( A new device with updated OS (and those missed niceties) will be here by the time user starts to even think of caring. And he/she'll buy new device. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7hxtQACgkQmoxRPBEkoeVfmQCfYScjtUku8seDq1CJGq4OkLza 6/AAnj2JxpgKzc19aMUjHtBdQc5w9Lrx =wIXe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
