Posts by Brendon

I wonder how long it will take before Apple begins to hire Google employees?? Tim is not Steve, and working conditions at Apple may improve dramatically in the coming years. Steve did not head up Apple Skunk-Works, he took the projects...

Quote: Originally Posted by Orlando The arguement is you don't get to charge the licensing fee twice. So if Qualcomm has already paid the licensing fee on each chip it sells to Apple) then Apple should not need to pay the fee a second...

Another angle is, what if Eric was still on the Apple board when the incident occurred? I'm thinking it would be bad form at best to have a board member's company actively soliciting workers, the board member could have access to which...

Quote: Originally Posted by Red Oak Just wait. In 7 months, the 4 will be free on contract, the base 4S will be $99, and the 5 will be out. And the 3GS? It becomes Apples low cost off contract solution Apple is just getting going...

Please correct me if I'm wrong here, but as I understand it SJ organized Apple so that Ive reports to no one, not even to Tim Cook. So apparently SJ was either concerned that Forstall may get to CEO and didn't want him wrecking Ive, or...

Ditto..... http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-...32256.html?x=0

A ButtLoad.... http://www.fool.com/investing/genera...ossal-cup.aspx

Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna You talk like a man with THE info. Like you have a connection so you know the numbers. There was no "I'm guessing production was maybe", nope you said it firm like it was fact. So use...

Another way of looking at it, is to take peak iPhone 4 production numbers and multiply by 1.5 to 2 and that would represent a good starting number. That would be something that Apple could have told Foxconn. That is based on the fact...

Quote: Originally Posted by umrk_lab Well, I would not have accepted this challenge, but your reasoning is quite impressive. This gives (as far as we can tell about Apple production capacities, of course) a good estimate of what the...