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Re: Apple doubles its nearest Android competitor in market share

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 09:16:00 -0000

Wall Street believes that Apple will lose out in the long run because iOS is closed unlike Android. Eventually we'll see Android smartphones selling for around $25 and Wall Street thinks this is a good thing. Android devices will supposedly be able to undercut all Apple iOS devices and render them irrelevant. Somehow Wall Street missed the fact that although Nokia at one time had the largest cellphone market share, Nokia is now practically out of business. Android devices overall are not profitable so I don't know why such a big deal is made out of Android's major market share. Apple is taking the major profit share with much smaller market share and although Wall Street thinks this won't last, Apple seems to making more smartphone profits every quarter.

Android is winning in the number of units sold, but so what? Dozens of companies are competing for Android market share with only Samsung being profitable. How long can that go on before the other companies give up. If that what it means to be a winner, then maybe winning shouldn't be the goal. Businesses remain successful due to profits, not necessarily market share.

Re: This proves you can’t create on the iPad

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 16:24:24 -0000

The iHaters believe that nothing can be created on any Apple product. True creation can only come from some Windows device because that's how their mindset works. But really, who gives a damn what the Windows fanbois think? They live in their own little narrow-minded world after being brainwashed for years about the way of Windows and they'll never learn about anything else until the Windows hegemony dies out.

Re: RIM abandons BlackBerry, industry awaits Apple iPhone 5 effect

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:34:13 -0000

The SGSIII runs Android twaddle. You can keep that iPhone OS copycat mess.

Re: Acer: Microsoft will fail if it copies Apple’s hardware strategy

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 19:23:48 -0000

How the heck is Microsoft going to take Apple's iPad down with just a couple of ZunePads? There aren't even that many Microsoft retail stores around. Does anyone in their right mind think that Microsoft has the economies of scale or supply chain that Apple has? How many years has Microsoft been trying to force their own concept of a tablet down consumers' throats? Maybe about ten years or so. Their Windows tablets never caught on with the consumer. So, now Microsoft thinks that consumers are going to be lined up around the block just for a Microsoft–branded tablet. They're absolutely crazy if they think something like that is going to happen. If that was the case, Microsoft would have been able to sell millions more Zune HDs to consumers.

It was so funny that during the ZunePad demo, the freaking ZunePad crashed, live, for all the attendees to laugh at. There is absolutely no way that the ZunePad will become a grand success overnight, if ever. Consumers have no love for Windows. They just buy it because Windows devices are relatively cheap and consumers have been brainwashed over the years to accept the Windows way. Given the choice of a ZunePad and an iPad the odds are in favor of the average consumer buying an iPad. One thing for certain is that Microsoft is going to piss-off most of its hardware partners with this bonehead stunt. MS got a lot of guts to be so sneaky. MS is bound to cut into their partner's tablet sales.

It's going to be very interesting to see Microsoft going head to head with Apple. I hope Apple sends Microsoft running back to focus on Windows 8 desktop applications and keep them out of the tablet business.

Re: Time Magazine explores the Cult of Apple in China

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:30:50 -0000

Although so many people claim that Apple is a unique and exceptional company I often wonder why Wall Street doesn't acknowledge that fact and the share price is always lagging behind target prices so much.

Re: Gartner sees Microsoft stealing market share from Apple

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:52:57 -0000

This person is so full of crap. She can't call this sort of nonsense so early and four years from now is practically an eternity in both the smartphone and tablet industry. She can't reliably predict the mobile market even a year from now and she should realize that by studying past predictions gone terribly wrong. I'm not upset that she's putting Microsoft above Apple, but that she doesn't have any solid evidence to back up these claims. She's basically saying that Apple is going to just stand pat and do nothing as Microsoft simply rolls past them. She's already putting Apple in a complacency mode and I'd like to know why.

Doesn't she even realize that corporations are rolling out BYOD initiatives and Windows mobile devices don't even fit into that plan as of now. Consumers are starting to control the corporate hardware strategy, not IT. Hardly any consumers have Lumia smartphones and no consumers have Surface tablets. There is absolutely no chance she will be right in her prediction. Apple is in a position of strength to prevent Microsoft from doing anything profitable even if Microsoft gains greater market share. I don't believe Microsoft can afford to take such high risks of turning its mobile platform into a loss leader.

Re: Wouldn’t it be poetic justice if with Surface, a Microsoft solution costs more than Apple?

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:23:49 -0000

It's likely the Surface Pro model will certainly cost more than the most expensive iPad. It will be sold in limited quantities and definitely requires more hardware resources to run that Windows desktop OS. I believe that Microsoft will manage to sell the Surface RT models at slightly lower prices than iPads just like the Android vendors are able to do. That Tegra quad-core chipset will allow them to keep costs low because it's being mass-produced for all those Android vendors. Apple could easily undercut most tablet vendors with its extensive supply chain and economies of scale but no doubt it's keeping hardware prices artificially high for profits. Apple is charging whatever the market can bear since it's the only iOS game in town.

I'm sure there will be Windows fanbois and diehard corporate types willing to pay premium prices for the Surface Pro but that will not include the average consumer. The tablet business is risky and costly for everyone except Apple. Microsoft is going to have to get very lucky to make any money from the tablet business and will face serious competition from its own Windows partners.

Re: Why Did Microsoft Really Unveil Surface Tablets?

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:54:51 -0000

I like the way Microsoft back-stabbed all of its partners. I can already feel the love. Microsoft is trying to do irreparable damage to Dell, Acer, H-P, Lenovo, et. al. by taking their source of income away. Apparently Microsoft isn't making enough money from software, so it's going into the hardware business at its partners expense. Microsoft has its greed working full-time. Microsoft's partners are screwed because they can't do anything about it. They have no other OS to go to for Windows 8. Those poor saps have no choice but to shut their mouths and hope they get a small piece of the action. When any refinements to Windows happens, Microsoft will get first dibs with its own hardware. I don't know if consumers are going to be hot for the ZunePad siblings, but two versions are going to throw consumers for a loop.

Re: Editorial: Windows Phone 8 looks good, but can it uproot those entrenched in other ecosystems?

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:56:37 -0000

The Windows fanbois are still using the same apps the neanderthals were using. It took iOS to change all that. That's why Microsoft is so desperately trying to get into the tablet market before their whole house of cards comes crashing down. They tried to deny that the iPad would cause them consternation and that it was only a temporary thing. Eventually, Microsoft had to throw up its hands and capitulate to the whole tablet thing as Windows devices became a non-starter for consumers.

Re: Editorial: Windows Phone 8 looks good, but can it uproot those entrenched in other ecosystems?

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:48:42 -0000

That's the whole point of running a successful business. You keep customers tied into your product and your product only. It makes no sense to send customers to someone else's business. The best way is to build customer loyalty so that they don't want to leave. Put shackles on them if you have to although that's not the best method. Make them contented and comfortable enough so they want to stay. If you ran a business isn't that how you'd want to run it to keep your business running profitably?

Re: Editorial: Windows Phone 8 looks good, but can it uproot those entrenched in other ecosystems?

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:37:57 -0000

If Apple is Rome, then Rome has yet to reach its peak which may happen when the Apple empire is worth one trillion dollars in market cap. It'll be bigger and wealthier than Rome ever was.

Re: Editorial: Windows Phone 8 looks good, but can it uproot those entrenched in other ecosystems?

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:34:58 -0000

Why the heck would the average consumer give up a solid ecosystem to run with some upstart that doesn't even have that much going for it? Windows Phone is so late to the race that the Big Two OSes have already lapped it twice. Really, what does Windows Phone offer that the other two don't already have. Live Tiles? So far, this has hardly proved compelling enough to grab many consumers and that's why Windows Phone market share is still slowly shrinking. So right now, Windows is even lower in market share than RIM, so Microsoft has a long way to catch up and pass a fading platform before even thinking about taking on the Big Two. I'll bet there's going to be almost no profit for Microsoft for a long time to come, so in effect they're just throwing money away.

Re: Apple vs. Microsoft: Today is Windows Phone 8 day

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:06:07 -0000

Yeah, Apple is just quaking in its boots over the ZunePads. At this point, those ZunePads are nothing but vaporware. They won't hit the streets for months. Meanwhile, Apple is selling iPads like there's no tomorrow. With two types of ZunePads, Microsoft is already creating fragmentation within its tablet platform. More issues to confuse consumers with. Backstabbing Microsoft is already betraying its Windows partners and will likely give Microsoft's own devices a leg up on all the partners who will be charged Windows 8 licensing fees.

No matter how fancy the specs are for those ZunePads, consumers will still have to open their wallets and buy them. Whether a large percentage of consumers actually decides to buy ZunePads, has yet to be seen. Stop calling the ZunePads, iPad killers when not one of those tablets have been sold. If Apple wanted to, it could lower iPad prices across the board and then where would those ZunePads be? Likely sitting on shelves collecting cobwebs. I'm willing to bet that Microsoft won't sell more than one million ZunePads for this whole year. That would be quite a blow to the mighty MS empire.

Windows fanbois are so desperate to break the iPad's grip on the tablet market, but hope doesn't necessarily translate to reality. Microsoft has deep pockets and it's going to have to push very hard to get those tablets sold. MS will likely realize it's not as easy as it looks to sell a product with new hardware and OS. Windows 8 may be the next Vista and where will that leave those ZunePad tablets.

Re: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Paris Photo : People.com

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:30:28 -0000

He got that big-butt white girl on his tip. Go Kanye.

Re: Hands-on with Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, Touch Cover and Type Cover (update: video!)

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:16:45 -0000

Serious computing power and horrid power consumption for Intel processors. So, I don't think ARM is on the decline just yet.

Re: Hands-on with Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, Touch Cover and Type Cover (update: video!)

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:15:07 -0000

So, did someone say "iPad killer" yet? Hard to say since it won't go on sale until many months from now.

Re: Microsoft Surface tablets: the differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 Pro models

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:03:28 -0000

Spec-wise, the Windows 8 Pro tablet seems rather powerful, but will it be priced for the consumer. I've got a feeling it's going to be rather expensive, especially that 128 GB version. I have no doubt the Windows fanbois will be drooling, but it doesn't mean consumers are going to be running out to buy it, either. I'll be very eager to see a running version and find out how many hours they can squeeze out of that battery. It appears as though Microsoft is going to be alienating its partners. They're not going to be very happy to hear about this turn of events.

Re: Microsoft's mystery announcement happens Monday at 6:30pm EST, get your liveblog here!

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 18:16:40 -0000

ZunePad is on its way. Take that, iPad. Let's all get ready for the Windows 8 RT ZunePad, the next iPad killer.

Maybe something even better. Like Microsoft has finally decided to do away with the Fisher-Price Metro interface of Windows 8 and replace it with the classic Start menu. Yaaaaaay!

Re: Why Apple Shares Should Continue to Stagnate

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:09:14 -0000

Still well down from it's high of $644, where it should have stayed since nothing actually changed from that point. If anything, Apple has gotten stronger over that period of time while Dell, HP, RIM and Nokia struggled.

Re: Celestica phases out BlackBerry-related production for RIM

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:25:51 -0000

Does anyone except third-world country consumers and the POTUS even use BlackBerries anymore? People keep talking about how great BB10 is and how it will revive the company, but doesn't RIM use underpowered hardware? Has anyone heard of any announcements of some great BB10 devices coming down the line? I don't want to see the company fail, but there really doesn't seem like much hope left as their market share diminishes by the day with nothing new on the horizon. BlackBerry texting will be a dead art by the end of this year.

Re: Apple price target roundup

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:24:45 -0000

Apple may not even see $700. The market rallied for about three days straight and Apple shares went down about $6. That's what known as a weak stock that's going nowhere. Mired below $600 and struggling to hold even where it's at doesn't bode well at all for investors.

Re: ABI: Apple and Samsung have over 55 percent of the smartphone space, 90 percent of its money-making

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:40:11 -0000

A chimpanzee or a basketball center would probably be able to reach end to end with their thumb on those large Android smartphones. Normal humans would probably have difficulty with the reach.

Re: ABI: Apple and Samsung have over 55 percent of the smartphone space, 90 percent of its money-making

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:36:44 -0000

It's a given. The iPhone always outsells all other single model smartphones by a huge amount any quarter. The iPhone is always the best seller on all major U.S. carriers and it's been documented many times. Android smartphones sell in greater quantity than the iPhone, but that's made up of many different Android model smartphones.

So the iPhone definitely outsells that Lumia and the Galaxy Note, but I don't know what that other smartphone is.

Re: Samsung bumps Galaxy S III Canadian launch to June 27th, pins it on 9 million world pre-orders

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:27:44 -0000

Mostly stores did the preordering, so there will be millions of SG3s sitting on store shelves and won't necessarily be bought immediately by actual consumers. I hope nobody thought that consumers were preordering all those SG3s. Samsung isn't Apple. I'm sure there will be a lot of SG3s sold, but whether they sell 9 million the first day or even the first week is questionable.

Re: Samsung bumps Galaxy S III Canadian launch to June 27th, pins it on 9 million world pre-orders

iPad=Netbook_Killer — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:21:54 -0000

You can't compare Canada to the U.S. Canada has more moose than people and moose don't use handsets.