Posts by Macnewsjunkie

I can only speak to my own experience. In stock at AT&T. It took 30 min to purchase. :-) happy 49th to me!

Stereotyping Koreans is SOP in the business community.  The conformist nature of the culture and the acceptance of corruption as a natural part of business are not stereotypes, they are established facts about the culture....

I realize that there is an argument going on about Price - BOM/ Price times 100 does not equal gross margins.  The simplicity of this relationship is one of it's benefits.  In Apple's business, it skips all the complexity...

I mentioned how unforgiving this market is to companies that fall behind. Asymco had a graph of dozens of companies that have been in this battle over the last thirty years. Buying the assets of a loser like Sony Ericsson or Motorola...

Apple has repeatedly said that they will not ship until the product is something that they are proud of producing. Tim Cook is on the record saying that the Mac Pro tower is getting a refresh. I have to assume the same for the iMac. ...

I guess I am the only person who thinks that companies are spending money litigating and defending patents is not a waste of time and money. Technology patents are not simple ideas that can be defended with a modicum of common sense and...

Did you just read the same article that I did? Apple is being accused of used car sales style gimmicks that kill brand loyalty and cheat customers. The right thing to do here is refund all apple care sales for the year required by law....

I was one of those expecting higher numbers. 6 million would have doubled supply from 4s. If Apple is only counting delivered devices and not supply sent to telecoms I would put this down to Apples wonderful habit of under reporting...

Why did Steve change tactics? Mmm, could Next have lost their shirt trying to make these $13,000 computers and actually sell them? I wish we really were in a world where it was just because we simply didnt want to do it. Sorry, but...

Is any one else puzzled why someone would mock the customers they are trying to woo away from the competition?  I mean are they trying to shame people into buying their product?  I know some of this must be a cultural miss...