You Are All Apple Fanboys

Samsung is racing their technical timeline to introduce a 64 bit processor into their flagship phones in 2014. Why? Because the iPhone 5S has one. Microsoft touts their Surface tablet against the iPad (much like the Zune was promoted against the iPod). Windows was introduced as the answer to Apple's graphical user interface OS and the application of the mouse. Does anyone remember WYSIWYG?

My point is simple: You are an Apple fanboy even if you hate the company and culture. Why? Because they make technology work the way you want it to. Then they get on to the next project of making insanely great products. Copycats be sued. Competitors be damned. Still the tech world orbits around the base ideas Apple brings to market. 

Perhaps that is why Nike has kept the FuelBand in the iOS camp rather than branch into the Android sphere. I cannot imagine the chaos programmers endure when faced with the questions of "What version?" "What manufacturer?" "What bloatwear?" only to have the landscape change three or four times a year with Google's upgrade schedule. What a nightmare. Nike likes a winner, one that performs regularly and spectacularly, even if a little pricy. And so do I.