Posts by Commodification

Regardless if you think the toy industry is getting hammered as a result of their own self imposed stagnation or if you think iPhones and iPads are basically digital crack pipes for kids, the fact is that kids are migrating to digital...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/46842158 Quote: Demand for Apple’s new iPad in China is slower than for the tech company’s first two tablets, with the gadget’s price already falling within the first week of it reaching the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil But it couldn't be for just games. And it couldn't be for just games and media. It would have to have another equally important use to be justifiable. Very true, but focusing on the gaming...

Do you think Apple should introduce a larger iPod Touch (this fall) designed more for portable gamers and keep the current iPhone screen size and dimensions? The iPod touch would only need a larger screen and an A5 processor and possibly...

Sharp Corp of Japan needs cash badly and Apple can pick them up cheap right now. This would help Apple detatch themselves from Samsung and give them their own large manufacturing facilities and even solar panel production for the roofs...

Apple is already using Sharp's LCDs on their iPhones and is rumored to be their secondary supplier for the screens for the new ipad (after Apple's nemesis Samsung). If Apple starts making larger retina screens for TVs and displays for...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Can't be Sony. They don't make Tv's anymore. Only one I think they would buy (if it ever made any sense) would be Sharp.

Ha!! Tim announces that Apple is buying a well known Japanese TV manufacture.

Quote: unless they're forced to by slowed/delayed advancements from third parties. Too many good people still there that wouldn't let that happen That is the problem. Apple will always be held back by their suppliers and as Apple...

Even in a 'worst case scenario' if we started to see a plateauing of major technological advancements in the iPhone and iPad, it will only lead Apple down the path of lowering the retail price. As the retail price falls (and with the...