Posts by Blastdoor

As soon as I saw that Amazon's profit margin was up in the latest quarter I started wondering if Fire sales had collapsed. [edit for clarification-- because the Fire is not profitable, lower sales mean higher profit margins, at least...

At this point I think the best they can hope for is to somehow hold onto a little sliver of the market and then hope that the competition somehow shoots itself in the foot.    In other words, they're doomed. 

  Quote: Originally Posted by Granmastak  This is precisely why we can't bring jobs back to the US. With all the anti -business practices, and out of control spending, we will become the next...

  Quote: Originally Posted by jrandersoniii  Shame on Apple for needing a grant to build a facility it needs.  Corporate welfare :(   I don't blame Apple for trying to get the best terms it can...

Good points. The LTE iPhone may greatly accelerate the decline of Android in the U.S.    BTW -- I love Verizon LTE on my new iPad. I think the analyst speculation that carriers might be less generous in allowing...

Quote: Originally Posted by ascii Don't underestimate Microsoft. They have been hamstrung the last 10 years by antitrust monitoring but that is over now. Meanwhile Tim Cook is demonstrating weakness by letting every pressure group and...

I'll bet this does happen. Those Windows tablets are the only things with the potential to pose a real competitive threat to the iPad. Apple should pre-empt them with overwhelming competitive force. In fact, that is exactly what...

Samsung has an opportunity here to become the Apple of Android. Samsung should create its own fork of Android, its own appstore, cloud service, etc. It probably wouldn't work because Samsung lacks the software expertise, but it's...

A run rate of 400 million per year sounds like far more than is needed to meet demand from Brazil itself. Perhaps the plan is to have Brazil supply the western hemisphere (the americas and western europe) while Chinese production...

It's true that many users won't want to use a Mac for some of the stated reasons. But for more advanced users who can support themselves, it's great to finally have the option to use a Mac (at least in some places). Where I work, I...