The question of the tablet is how will it cannibalize sales of the Touch going forward?
A tablet is a laptop without a lid. You can do much more input and manipulation on a tablet than on a Touch. If there is any cannibalizing it would more likely be arms and legs from laptop sales.
Who was it that said (and I paraphrase): Don’t worry about your new products cannibalizing sales of your existing products. If you don’t cannibalize the sales, your competitors will.
I think it was the gentleman from Intel, Andrew Grove.
The question of the tablet is how will it cannibalize sales of the Touch going forward?
A tablet is a laptop without a lid. You can do much more input and manipulation on a tablet than on a Touch. If there is any cannibalizing it would more likely be arms and legs from laptop sales.
Who was it that said (and I paraphrase): Don’t worry about your new products cannibalizing sales of your existing products. If you don’t cannibalize the sales, your competitors will.
I think it was the gentleman from Intel, Andrew Grove.
Allow me to quote Ive, ” ... key to Apple’s success was that it was not driven by money but by a complete focus on delivering just a few desirable and useful products”. The truth is COO, CFO and their teams make those products profitable.
Just when we thought Apple had a good partner in Nvidia, it looks like they might part ways. The words “toys”, “pram” and “out of” spring to mind. Steve is clearly back at work!
Could there be more to Intel and Apple’s investment in Imagination Technologies than just the iPhone?
Just when we thought Apple had a good partner in Nvidia, it looks like they might part ways. The words “toys”, “pram” and “out of” spring to mind. Steve is clearly back at work!
Could there be more to Intel and Apple’s investment in Imagination Technologies than just the iPhone?
Remember they recently hired a GPU expert formerly from AMD
According to his LinkedIn profile page, former Chief Technology Officer of AMD’s Graphics Products Group Bob Drebin has joined Apple as a Senior Director. Previously a key member of the architecture and engineering team at ArtX, the company responsible for the Nintendo GameCube’s graphics processor, Drebin came to AMD through its acquisition of ATI, which acquired ArtX and used its expertise to develop the graphics processor for Nintendo’s Wii. Drebin was previously a chief engineer at Silicon Graphics, and a computer R&D tech for Pixar. Drebin’s hiring is the latest in a series of moves by Apple that suggest the company will develop its own chips for the iPhone and iPod. The company first purchased chipmaker P.A. Semi in April 2008, later confirming that the company was purchased with plans to “do system-on-chips for iPhones and iPods.” It then hired former IBM executive Mark Papermaster in November to lead the company’s iPod and iPhone hardware engineering teams, and made a significant investment in mobile GPU maker Imagination Technologies
White iPhone 3GS Discoloration Due to Third-Party Cases, Not Overheating?
Sunday July 05, 2009 03:54 PM EST; Category: iPhone
Written by Eric Slivka
Reports of overheating and discoloration on the new white iPhone 3GS have been circulating over the past week or so, but a new report [Google translation] from frenchiPhone (via Hardmac) claims that the discoloration is due to contact with some third-party cases and not associated with overheating. The discoloration reportedly can be removed by wiping the back of the iPhone with alcohol.
- After numerous calls to Apple technical service and maintenance of contact with a level 3 (engineer) the problem seems to come not from a hot 3GS but contact with some covers! This was evident by ourselves on a device with a small sticker (a warning not to listen to music too loud) remained stuck, part of the hull below remained white.
- A simple solution to the problem is to clean the back of the iPhone with alcohol, tested by myself I can confirm that it works and reassure you it is safe for your precious
No details have yet been revealed on which third-party cases may be responsible for the discoloration.
Via V3 An independent test of smartphone handsets has found surprising differences in performance, even between different models from the same vendor, and that some models are more reliable than others at setting up and maintaining a voice call.
Seven leading smartphone handsets were tested: RIM’s Blackberry Bold and Blackberry Storm; Nokia’s E71; Samsung’s SGH-F480 Tocco; Sony Ericsson’s C905; and two versions of Apple’s iPhone 3G, the original 2008 model and a second with the updated v2.2 firmware.
Overall, the report found the iPhone to be the best performer, but only with the updated version of the firmware. However, Broadband-Testing stressed that no single handset came even close to a perfect score in all test conditions.
Amazon drops Kindle price $60 ahead of possible Apple tablet?
Wed, 07/08/2009 - 16:21 — Quincy Pince-Nez
Amazon dropped the price of a standard Kindle to $299 today hoping to spur sales of the popular device. That’s down $60 from Amazon’s normal price which has held steady since the device was released two years ago. It isn’t certain what made Amazon drop its price but we can hope that a possible Apple tablet coming down the pipe may have pushed Amazon to become more competitive in their pricing. The Kindle App on the iPhone is still free btw.
Nearly half of prospective smartphone buyers to choose iPhone
By Katie Marsal [AppleInsider]
Published: 02:00 PM EST
Even amid turbulent times, smartphone adoption continues to rise, with a new study revealing that nearly half of those consumers who plan to make a new smartphone purchase in the next three months will buy an iPhone.
A survey of over 4,000 respondents conducted by ChangeWave in the days immediately following the announcement of the iPhone 3GS found that more than 14% plan to purchase an integrated mobile device in the next 90 days—the highest percentage ever recorded by the firm.
Of those who said they plan to make a purchase, a resounding 44% indicated that they plan to buy an iPhone, compared to 23% who said they’ll buy a BlackBerry and 8% who indicated they’ll choose a device made by Palm.
That’s a 14 point jump for Apple since ChangeWave’s last survey in March, which appears to have come directly at the expense of Research in Motion, whose BlackBerry demand fell by the same number of points. Meanwhile, purchase intentions for a device made by Palm doubled following the introduction of the Pre.
For Apple and its exclusive U.S. iPhone service provider AT&T, the news gets even better. Of those consumers who say they’ll be buying an iPhone, more than 66% also said they’ll be new to the platform, having never owned one of Apple’s handset.
The survey also suggests that the surge in demand for iPhones isn’t being driven by Apple’s decision to continue marketing the previous-generation 8G iPhone 3G for just $99. Instead, over 86% of respondents planning to buy an iPhone said they’ll choose one of the new 3GS models.
ChangeWave
In terms of current market share, Research In Motion (41%) remains the market share leader among consumers – unchanged since ChangeWave’s previous survey in March – with Apple (25%; up 1 point) now firmly in second place. Palm (7%) remains far behind in third place, but their market slide finally appears to be slowing, according to the market research firm, down just two points in the past six months compared to 5-points in the six months before that.
ChangeWave
“Clearly, the Palm Pre is breathing new life into the company. Future demand appears strong, although the Palm brand name no longer commands the same presence it did back in its pioneer days,” the firm said. “The far bigger story, however, is that of the iPhone 3GS. The new model release has resulted in a huge spike in demand for Apple going forward. Moreover, consumer plans for smart phone buying in the next 90 days are more than a third higher than they were a year ago.”
Still, one-in-four consumers say the most important reason they’re not considering buying an Apple iPhone is because they don’t like the requirement that they’ll have to use AT&T. Similarly, 16% say they won’t buy a Palm Pre because they’d have to use Sprint.
For the fourth year in a row, Apple has continued to climb Fortune’s list of the 500 largest companies across the globe. The company first entered the bottom of the ranks at 492nd in 2006, before climbing to 337th last year with $24 billion in revenues. Apple this year ascended to 253rd with over $32 billion in revenue.
Collective earnings for the entire list of 500 companies declined by 85 percent, marking the worst performance since Fortune began keeping track. Profits fell for Fujitsu, Dell and Asustek during their respective fiscal years.
Although a number of companies clearly outpace Apple in terms of sales volume, the Mac maker has managed to sustain ASPs even in the tough market. While HP, Dell and Lenovo have seen a progressive decline in ASPs, with a particular fall-off late in 2008, Apple has kept the average price of its Mac systems hovering around $1,400 for several years. Between 2007 and 2008, analysts observed Mac sales increasing by a record pace while many of its competitors’ shipments remained flat.
Google entered the ranks for the first time this year, holding the 423rd position after a 31-percent increase in revenues. The company on Wednesday announced plans to launch its own operating system, Chrome OS. The decision could create a conflict of interest at Apple, as Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt currently sits among the Mac maker’s board of directors.
Microsoft rose in the Fortune rankings to the 117th spot, with profits up 25-percent over the previous fiscal year. The company recently launched its Bing search engine, designed to compete with Google, while reports suggest an upcoming announcement may relate to a new browser or web-based apps that can run on Google’s platform.
Despite the lackluster performance across the board, Apple managed to show a 38-percent increase in profits. HP and Quanta were the only other computer makers to post gains, each up approximately 14-percent, although Apple devices account for a significant portion of Quanta’s production.
By Chris Foresman | Last updated July 9, 2009 1:32 PM
Market research firm ChangeWave has released the results of its recent corporate IT spending surveys, which show increased interest in Macs—in fact, the highest ChangeWave has ever recorded. Small- and medium-sized businesses are also looking at Apple’s smartphone—no doubt a halo effect brought on by huge increase in demand among general consumers.
More enterprise IT operations plan to add new computers during the next quarter, increasing to about the same levels as ChangeWave recorded in May of last year. Apple is benefitting from the increased spending, as a full nine percent of those buying new computers plan to buy MacBook Pros, while another seven percent are planning to buy desktop Macs. That’s roughly inline an 8-10 percent market share that Apple had been coming close to cracking in recent quarters, before the effects of the recession took its toll on Mac sales, and the highest percentage ChangeWave has ever recorded among corporate buyers.
Chinese iPhone coming in within months, say analysts
A Chinese iPhone is due by the end of the year, and possibly sooner, according to Wedge Partners. The research firm says it has performed a series of checks, which reveal that China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has receive an iPhone for testing. Apple should thus be in position to receive a network license in 2009, possibly within three to four months.
The major complication remains the lack of a carrier deal, though the prospect of a license may spur faster negotiations, analysts at Wedge suggest. No added progress is said to have been made in talks with China Unicom, generally considered to be the leading candidate for hosting iPhones in the region; the company is the only one with an iPhone-compatible 3G network, and it is thought to be more willing to submit to Apple demands. Other reports have claimed that China Mobile is persisting in negotiations, wielding the benefit of having more than three times Unicom’s subscriber base.
IT on the iPhone: ‘Use at your own cost and peril’. Read the comments by an IT security professional. He has a thousand and one reasons why corporate shouldn’t embrace iPhone. His best comment is “No centralized configuration and management. If someone on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server loses a BlackBerry, you can call IT and they can lock it and wipe it with a few keystrokes. You lose an iPhone, and you have to call Apple.”
IT on the iPhone: ‘Use at your own cost and peril’. Read the comments by an IT security professional. He has a thousand and one reasons why corporate shouldn’t embrace iPhone. His best comment is “No centralized configuration and management. If someone on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server loses a BlackBerry, you can call IT and they can lock it and wipe it with a few keystrokes. You lose an iPhone, and you have to call Apple.”
With Exchange Server 2007, you can initiate a remote wipe using the Exchange
Management Console, Outlook Web Access, or the Exchange ActiveSync Mobile
Administration Web Tool.
With Exchange Server 2003, you can initiate a remote wipe using the Exchange
ActiveSync Mobile Administration Web Tool.
Users can also wipe a device in their possession by choosing “Erase All Content and
Settings” from the Reset menu in General settings. Devices can also be configured to
automatically initiate a wipe after several failed passcode attempts.
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