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Nuviphone may kill off the iPhone?
February 1, 2008
Who Dares Call Garmin's Nuviphone an iPhone-Killer? | blog.wired.com
Its too early to tell, a lot depends on pricing. Who would have expected a phone from Garmin, let alone one to compete with the iPhone. Also see: Is Apple in over its head with the iPhone? http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9861932-1.html Garmin's Ready to Rumble With New 'iPhone Killer' http://www.technewsworld.com/edpick/61473.html Street: Apple has hard road to 10 million iPhones http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/30/street.10m.iphones.hard/
iPod is the Next Generation coming.
January 31, 2008
Apple iPod wireless plans emerging | www.macworld.co.uk
iPod sales are slowing, Apple needs something new to generate sales.
January 25, 2008
Apple lowers iPhone shipment projection for fiscal 2Q08, says paper | www.digitimes.com
Has Apple sold 4 million iPhones or 2.6 million iPhones? Have the sales slowed down?
Apple Needs to Change a Few Things.
January 23, 2008
Mr.Shine Comes Off Apple | www.forbes.com
Apple came off a record breaking quarter, but the future does not look so bright- why not and what can they do to get back on track.
MacWorld missing the BIG WOW - Has little wow.
January 16, 2008
Video: Macworld 2008 keynote | www.news.com
Apple failed to show any significantly new and very exciting concepts at MacWorld. While the new thin notebook is impressive it has some drawbacks and is not a breakthrough like last years iPhone.
January 14, 2008
Digital Watermarks to Replace DRM | yro.slashdot.org
Are we starting to see the use of technology that if it continues will bring us even closer to Big Brother?
Europe to Become Level Playing Field; Does This Go Beyond Music?
January 9, 2008
U.K. music fans to enjoy cheaper iTunes downloads | www.news.com
Two Factors: 1. Apple will have less revenue. 2. Europe tells everyone we are one.
HD DVD is following in the footsteps of Beta Max and going away.
January 7, 2008
HD DVD Promoter Cancels Event After Time Warner Drops Format | www.bloomberg.com
It was a battle for the next generation, just as many years ago the battle between BetaMax and VHS. VHS won and Panasonic made a great deal of money as the owner of the technology. It appears that Blu-ray will be the next standard format. I am sure to the relief of Sony and Phillips. The disclose that Time Warner Inc. has joined with other major labels to go this format may have been the death of HD DVD. In this case Toshiba will be the loser.
Flash memory needs a shot in the arm.
January 3, 2008
Hitachi to exit small hard drive business-Nikkei | www.reuters.com
Memory keeps dropping in price, inventory is flush,how will changes in the near terms effect the long term.
Memory price down, Apple profit up
December 19, 2007
NAND flash contract price incentives worsening spot price slump | www.digitimes.com
Apple for the most part maintains constant pricing with almost never a discount or sale. As component parts drop in price Apple will increase its profit margin. NAND is a major component in many Apple products.
December 18, 2007
Adobe profits jump on strong sales | money.cnn.com
To follow Adobe just follow Apple's computer sales.
iPhone iJapan - Watch sales jump.
December 18, 2007
Apple Meets with DoCoMo, Softbank | online.wsj.com
iJapan - a country that love gadjets, a country that loves Apple, what has taken Apple so long to launch the iPhone in that country?
Apple started it, now Nokia; soon everyone will want a cut.
December 12, 2007
Nokia wants to ape Apple, get cut of wireless contracts | arstechnica.com
Will their be a total revision of the telecom model based on the iPhone economic model? The odds are yes.
Farewell CompUSA - effect on Apple, HP and Others
December 10, 2007
CompUSA to Close Stores After Holidays | www.fool.com
The closing of 103 stores nationwide will have an effect on the industry for a short time, maybe 1 or 2 quarters, on major vendors but could have a more lasting effect on smaller suppliers and software houses.
A major victory for iPhone and effect on telcom
December 5, 2007
Germany approves T-Mobile iPhone lockdown | money.cnn.com
The German ruling gives Apple a major victory for its marketing and revenue sharing formula for the iPhone. Will this translate into other areas and other companies?
Is Apple becoming Big Brother?
November 28, 2007
Apple's War on Customers | www.technewsworld.com
Did Apple go too far by iBricking its phones and does the future look like?
Not only Vista but Mac OS and another bigger Cost
November 26, 2007
One year later: Did Vista's focus on security pay off? | www.computerworld.com
New OS's are a plot by the software industry to cause big expensive upgrades down the entire food chain.
Impact on MP3 other non-phone handsets
November 13, 2007
WiMAX Suffers a Setback | www.businessweek.com
If WiMAX dies what is the long term effect on products such as the iPod and portable computers.
November 9, 2007
Fans line up but iPhone fails to grip Germany | www.news.com
Could it be that the iPhone is not going to capture the Germans? Is it the competition faced in that country by T-Mobile or the promise of new handsets from others? What about the costs of this system - handset and operator package.
Will the iPhone / Operator exclusivity interface survive France?
November 9, 2007
FOCUS: France Upsets Apple's iPhone Party In Europe | www.easybourse.com
The rest of Europe will be looking and in the past they have been looking at the iPod / iTunes interface. They also look at price difference between countries.
SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
January 19, 2012
Larger wafers present a growth opportunity for LEDs
January 6, 2012
Smartphones threaten digital camera industry
December 1, 2011
Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
November 22, 2011
The move to the cloud will impact multiple industries
November 17, 2011