Posts by nealg

Quote: Originally Posted by AZREOSpecialist  I can see a great ad campaign coming out of Apple... Switcher v2. I have had the thought, although I don't think Apple is really doing this, that maybe the reason for...

It sounds like a nice idea having the phone and desktop run the same OS. It will be interesting to see if MSFT is successful with this. I haven't seen much written about how the 2 interact. It would be nice to hear about that. But Tim...

All very interesting stuff. All this patent and trial stuff is a bit greek to me so I will wait for the trial to straighten things out. It will be interesting to see what has appeared in the press so far is real/imagined for each side.

Dasanman,   Thanks for the link. I pulled this one part out for posting here   <<Of course, it’s not as if the smartphone business has been stagnant since the launch of the iPhone: Just the opposite. The primary...

Part of the problem is that Apple has gotten very big very fast and people are expecting them to be able to blow out earnings and revenues every quarter despite the issues with product transitions, especially around the iPhone...

My take on the numbers   Numbers were just ok. About 20% growth on revenues and earnings. Maybe part of the issue is the bigger you get, the harder it is to drive a higher percentage of growth. Beat their own estimates but not...

Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69  And how do you think they got that higher profit margin? Android phones cost less to subsidize. What other shopping are iPhone users doing with ATT other than their phone...

Quote: Originally Posted by dasanman69  Because selling other phones is more profitable. I don't think this is the reason why ATT has been pushing other phones. I think they don't want to be dependent on Apple and...

I think the numbers from Verizon and ATT should mean the carriers cutting the subsidies for the iPhone stories should be put to rest for a while. Churn is low since ATT is keeping its iPhone customers. As asdasd says, Apple has them...

Quote: Originally Posted by charlituna  Wasn't it Target that announced they were dropping all Kindle products because they were tired of being used as Amazons showroom You are...