Absolutely right, Dave! In fact, you should avoid any and all start-up companies, as the significant majority of startups fail early; the free market is merciless in thinning out the crowd, regardless of how good their ideas may be.

And heck, I've gotta say that even market giants like Microsoft are having troubles in the mobile market these days. Microsoft keeps feeding money and resources into their Windows Phone platform, even tying it to the Windows Desktop platform (which in past years was always a key to success), and still they are making no significant progress.

So really, Dave, your best bet is Apple. They've got the financial wherewithal and the design expertise to bring the products they choose to make to market successfully. You'll never have to worry about them not following through on their products.

So, I expect you'll be a happy iPhone user in the near future?