
[From Hans] Interesting editorial at Forbes on how Apple needs the iPhone 5 to fend off Android. "According to a recent survey by Nielsen, 43% of all U.S. smartphone owners have a Google Android phone while 28% of them own an Apple iPhone. [1] This gap is certainly large enough for Apple to start worrying about. The most interesting aspect is that this gap has increased over the last 3 months with 56% of smartphone users picking Android phone over just 28% for Apple." Read in full