Anyone else here in the post-PC era?

Cydia is as useless as you say, and I suppose it is true that a minority of users care about writing their own programs. But I value the ability to make an app or two of my own and I don't want to buy a Mac in order to do that. My ipod is jailbroken, and I can and do write the occasional app. I don't own an ipad right now, but I wouldn't even consider buying a tablet device that I couldn't program. Yes, but Google seeks to accomplish that by providing an OS that runs on every manufacturer's hardware. Unless the choice inconveniences her in some significant way, why not?

I don't understand your legacy support chart. I have a first generation iPod touch. I cannot update the thing past iOS version 3.1.3, and I believe the same can be said of the first generation iPhone and the 2nd generation iPod.The iPhone 3G can be upgraded to iOS 4, but from what I can tell, people who do upgrade aren't all that pleased with how the thing performs.At the current time iOS 5 has been released. I believe iOS 4 was the current version at the time the chart was released. Your chart seems to indicate that all of the iPhones can run the current major version. That's simply not true.

Thanks PaulK and crashfrog. I missed the fact that chart is about years since purchase.The chart doesn't reflect how I buy stuff. It assumes that I'm going to replace a 400-500 dollar phone every two to three years and I don't do that. Given that I'm using a laptop that's way older than that, and that I'm still using a first generation iPod, I find it more reasonable to look at longer term support.Even by measures I value, Apple's legacy support is way better than we find on the majority of Android phones, many of which cannot receive upgrades that are available while the phone is still on sale. Even that first generation iPhone and iPod are locked out of further upgrades for purely technical reasons.