Android is Crushing Apple and Microsoft- ZDNET

Here is latest on growing Android Dominance

http://www.zdnet.com/android-is-crushing-apple-and-microsoft-in-the-mobile-device-market-7000015206/

Here is my take:

Android will be the new MS for Apple. In 1980s, Apple Mac was hardware + OS and never licensed to others. Microsoft had poorer technology and was a later starter. But it created an ecosystem of PC manufacturers. Along with Intel, it created a need for its latest Operating System running on fastest processor. In less than 10 years, Apple was gone and Microsoft ruled the world.

iOS is a fantastic innovation but again Apple controls the hardware and software as well as the App marketplace. But they never focused on emerging markets- the poor of Africa and India would never know what a Smart phone is without Samsung and Android.

So in India, you have a Samsung crushing everyone else with greater market share than everyone else. India and Africa are one of the fastest growing Smartphone markets. But Samsung was smart enough to even provide toys for the relatively rich in emerging markets.

So what we have now is a Samsung emerging monopoly in sub-Rs. 20,000 segment and a mighty fight with Apple in Rs. 25,000 plus segment.

India will have more than 300 mn smartphones by end of 2014- 95% of this will be Android.

Apple took India for granted for too long. Mistake- as India will be one of the biggest contributor to Android growth.

Getting drivers to scan PODs using Android phone

Drivers and technology do not go together- so believes the industry. We agree. But we can still have drivers or brokers use technology to send us e-POD.

How ?

First rule- do not expect driver or broker to enter any form on a mobile device.

WebXpress has devised an application- ONE CLICK POD. This is how it works:

• Driver/ broker needs to have an Android Smartphone- this does not sound very far fetched as India will have over 300 mn smart phone by end of 2014
• E-POD application will be installed on their phone or hub manager can download once for them
• At the time of delivery, they will click on Application Icon
• Camera will be invoked and they will take a photo of POD
• App will automatically upload the photo to server

At central office, a team will open all such images- enter data into Web Application or reject the image

So we have E-POD, delivery update, audit of data- ALL DONE in one shot.