It just occurred to me that the only hard evidence that Apple might be slipping a bit is obtained by comparing Apple to Apple.
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Apple Is Doomed!
Not. The Motley Fool is living up to its name in the Doug Erhman interview.
It doesn’t take a genius to look at the past successes and failures of Microsoft, Google, HP and others to realize that new and different is not always new and better, and certainly not always a consistent measure of the person at the helm.
Me thinks that maybe Erhman should be ousted for not answering the questions with anything of substance.
Has anyone stopped to think that while the pundits are manufacturing doom and gloom out of the rumors about release delays for an imaginary (unannounced) product (iWatch)? Or a CEO that hasn’t wow’d the tech community in two OMG-that’s-way-too-long years? After all, isn’t it obvious that Steve Jobs invented, developed and released all of his cool gadgets in mere weeks or months?
I’m secretly hoping that Wall Street bets the farm on this bit of news and Apple’s stock takes a nose dive. Because I believe that Steve Jobs was a really smart guy… smart enough that in those ten years he was grooming his successor, he may have actually planned for a few surprises to emerge after his death. And I’m still hoping for a chance to redeem myself for not buying Apple at $90.
iPad: The Magazine That Works
In a recent post, I highlighted how Flipboard has really changed the way I consume the news. What I didn’t consider at the time is that the last five years has altered the way the babies of today will expect to be able to interact with the world around them.
While I’m not convinced this one-year old was trying to pinch the pages of her magazine, the concept is not all that far-fetched.
Where do used iPhones go when they die?
I’m sure I’m not the only person who expected the 4S sales to be anti-climactic, especially following an announcement that many considered a disappointment. But once again, the lines of people waiting to get their hands on the new device were long and the prediction is that it will be yet another record breaking weekend.
Which simply leads me to wonder if this weekend’s buyers are switching to the iPhone from other platforms? Or whether it’s mostly people who absolutely must have the latest and greatest device? And if it’s the latter, what happens to all of those newly retired iPhones?
What’s the point at which the iPhone market gets saturated and there’s no one left to buy them?
Was The iPhone Announcement A Bust?
Seems like it’s not causing much of anything except a considerable number of comments that include words like anti-climactic and disappointing.
Did you happen to catch the blurb on WBZ news? I know there’s no excuse for making a major purchase without doing your research, but I really feel sorry for that woman who bought a new iPhone 4 yesterday. Now that would definitely be in the disappointing category.
Passion
I don’t believe any subjects have ever inspired so much passion in online discussions as have smartphones, tablets, Macs/PCs, programming languages — except for maybe politics. I suppose we can expect a whole new wave tomorrow after Apple’s iPhone announcements.