Needham & Co analyst, Laura Martin, set the cat among the pigeons this week with her latest Apple analysis, calling it “an arms dealer that dominates the wealthiest segment” of the smartphone industry. It’s an extensive and extremely interesting report, and I’ve glanced through it to cherry-pick a few ideas.

Arms dealer?

Martin’s not talking about weaponry, of course. She’s simply pointing out Apple’s dominant position in the emerging global ecosystem for content and intellectual capital distribution.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD