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peteretep
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Why did Objective-C never catch on? (Ask Slashdot,...
6 months ago, there were 250 million iOS devices had been sold - that's iOS only, no Macs. I make that one for every 28 human beings on this planet. What number would tip this so that you considered Apple devices to be common?
VMG
on March 30, 2012
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To be fair, many people own multiple iOS devices.
sambeau
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A small number of geeks and a fair number of
households
own more than one iOS device. Most people don't.
estel
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Perhaps, but equally most iPad owners seem to also own an iPhone.
JadeNB
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According to
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=how+many+cars+on+Earth
, there are under 700 million cars on Earth. I think a ratio of 3 cars : 1 of your product counts as its being popular, even if some people own more than one. :-)
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