Given that Apple and Google offer more apps to developers and that iOS and Android together account for about 90 percent of the global mobile OS market, Heins will need to come up with better numbers to make his criticism of Apple stick.

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But, he said, he chose to stick with Apple's devices after he had tried a tablet device running the Android mobile operating system.

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One thing is for sure Apple is not going to stick around these levels, so it is time to wish everyone one a Happy and Prosperous new year and the best of luck to holders hanging on in there.

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And while even Apple may not know if it will stick with the 3.5-inch-high resolution screen on the iPhone 4S or go with something comparable to the monster 4.8-incher on the Galaxy S III, the array of silicon now available for Apple to play with means that one thing is already clear: the next iPhone will be fast as hell.

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While Apple Maps remains the default option, inertia will mean that many users stick with it.

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Wouldn't it have been smarter to just make the thing an actual dock on top of the PC, instead of a place to stick the dock you had to go out of your way to order separately from Apple?

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The Apple iPad may as well be called the Teflon Tablet for now, since challengers can't quite stick.

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