You have an option with the Dare not to get a data plan. I know nothing of the Instinct.
You have no such option with iPhone.
Nope and I think they should offer it without a data plan. I had thought that the lower than average data plan rate worked out because it was required by all iPhone owners so I felt that that requirement was justified, but in the past year the average data rate plan has lowered and the iPhone rate plan increased to match others so that hypothesis is pretty much bunk now.
Unless the iPhone data usage is at least 50% higher than AT&T had previously anticipated. I look forward to the August numbers of smartphone internet usage.
With will probably lead to a "Why would you want an iPhone without a data plan?" I wouldn't, but I figure there are people that want to consolidate their current cell phone and iPod, and perhaps have ample access to WiFi hotspots.
Apple needs to kill the AppleTV as a separate product, and just integrate all its software into the iPod. Give people a reason to buy the bigger iPods again. Video out connectors have been available for awhile for the iPod, and could serve the same purpose as the AppleTV while continuing to lock in Apple's iPod dominance.
There is no way any iPod could handle what the AppleTV can handle. For instance, the AppleTV has 1000BASE-T, 802.11n, and 720p capabilities.
The ability to install the windows OS on and hardware made for competition.
Competition breeds price drops.
Competition also breeds also new developments.
This all still fits my point...
Apple=Socialist Computing
Windows=Free market computing
Again the iphone business model looks the same to me.
ekeefe-
It took a while (and a lot of advances by Apple and mistakes by Microsoft) for people to realize that the tight control results in a higher quality product. They even realize that the quality difference is large enough to justify spending a $1000 for the cheapest Mac instead of $400 for some bargain basement PC. Even though Windows still dominates the desktop OS market, many users will admit that the Mac OS is superior but that they are stuck using Windows for whatever reason. Many of those reasons are starting to break down, which is why the Mac OS is regaining share as people enter the computer upgrade cycle.
Bottom line: I think that your argument is outdated and that Apple's business model that failed for so long will ultimately prove the right choice.
I am more surprised that no one said that the Google phone will fail because it's starting out on T-Mobile. I have t-mobile and a BB pearl, and I gotta say, signal strength amongst other things, crap out quite often. Then again, I have a friend who has the 1st gen iPhone and I get better signal than he does in most locations.
On another note, I think the only people who can take out Apple, is Apple itself. With the latest news on the iPhone 3G's inconsistent signal problems, MobileMe fiasco, and missing features that are on basic phones that are cheaper or for even for free, they're not shining too bright in the spotlight either.
As far as Vista goes, I don't hear so much complaints about Vista as much as I hear about Office '07.
I know like 20 people with it and none of them complain. I have only heard people who have macs complain about vista lol so funny.
I have been a Windows users from day one and have been "enjoying" Vista for about a year now. Vista slowed down my daily mundane tasks working with Outlook, Word, EXCEL and surfing. Even though my previous XP notebook was 2 years old when I replaced it with a new Vista machine, everything on the XP notebook was faster. Talking to other people who "upgraded" to Vista experienced similar issues. And the regular updates do not help either - the last ones on August 12th messed up the computer of a colleague; luckily, mine was not affected. Meanwhile, I have been watching over the shoulders of a number of friends who effortlessly do work on their Macs. My frustration with Vista has been so great that I will likely switch to a Mac when the new Mac Book Pro comes out. That's why I am lurking around this board...
... the regular updates do not help either - the last ones on August 12th messed up the computer of a colleague; luckily, mine was not affected. Meanwhile, I have been watching over the shoulders of a number of friends who effortlessly do work on their Macs. My frustration with Vista has been so great that I will likely switch to a Mac when the new Mac Book Pro comes out. That's why I am lurking around this board...
Was that what that was? I am not used to working on a PC and I'm at work, creating 3D graphics and elements. I just updated the Vista OS thinking that it was like my Mac OS and everything would be honkey dorey after the update; ya'know make things faster. Instead it F***ed up my system and it runs slower and crashes the program more often.
None of that is applicable here. In fact, considering the installed base of existing iPhones, the new subsidized price, and the applicability to both business and home users (who are spending a lot more than they did in the 80's), I'd say the iPhone has all the advantages over Android this time.
If anything, RIM's the one to watch here. The corporate world is theirs to lose right now and they're starting to put feelers out into the consumer space. I don't see Android being very relevant.
Does RIM do anything of relevance outside North America? Honest question.
Android is more open. That's an advantage that builds up. No telling how much they can eat into Mobile OS X.
Many people who buy the iPhone do not even realize that it is a smart phone to begin with and think it's a cell phone as it is marketed. This accounts for a large part of the sales percentage of it to smart phones overall.
It should be really compared as a percentage of both cell phones and smart phones combined. And there the percentage is probably not that significant.
The real test is whether corporate America adopts it and this has yet to be witnessed.
Given how it's advertised on TV and such, bringing up maps, finding restaurants and such, I don't see how people wouldn't know that it's not a smartphone. Do they need to see a stylus or a lot of buttons to realize it's a smart phone?
Quote:
Originally Posted by ekeefe41
I didn't say people didn't buy them, i said people didn't like it....
Most Windows users if given the opportunity would cut the ties of Itunes and Ipod.
Just ask someone who uses windows. You may have a hard time finding one. Only like 90% of people that have a PC use windows.
"everyone you know" is problematic because it introduces selection bias.
Last I heard, there are options out there to hook up iPods to other programs. They aren't promoted widely that I can tell. I think iPods can even be managed using a Linux computer, which iTunes doesn't support.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 8CoreWhore
And yet another out of focus video.
Also, we need a video of Balmer overdubbed with "Tripods, Tripods, Tripods!"
Quote:
Originally Posted by teckstud
..and the complete and utter failure of the "tightly controlled software+hardware" device (and ecosystem) known as the AppleTV......
Open vs. closed doesn't really tell the whole story on anything. There may be many factors in initial adoption (early adopters), then there may be other factors in cascading adoptions (mainstream acceptance).
Quote:
Originally Posted by TenoBell
This whole thesis is completely wrong simply based on the fact that the Macintosh is still tightly controlled by Apple.
Mac is not as tightly controlled though. While you can only buy the machines under one brand, but it's considerably more open than iPhone. At least one can develop their own software for free and distribute it many different ways, without the requirement of a silly choke point under the guise of protecting us from malware.
Does RIM do anything of relevance outside North America? Honest question.
Android is more open. That's an advantage that builds up. No telling how much they can eat into Mobile OS X.
If I recall correctly, they are now in India and moving into China this year. That is like 600 Billion potential customers... and that is just from a rural village in the Zhang province.
Compared to ? Nothing- it doesn't matter. Nobody talks about it anymore . It has no buzz. It's relegated to the back of the store. I could go on and on. It's a joke.
To be clarified a failure it has to be judged by some type of metric. Apple holds the largest marketshare of downloadable content, video and audio.
Quote:
Yes I own it- rarely use it- and I should have bought a MiniMac instead.
Your personal use of the AppleTV is not a valid metric for how well it is doing in the wider market.
Here is what i believe, it is based on nothing more than my opinion.
The iphone is a revolutionary new product.
So were the 1st gui based mac's
The Iphone is tightly controlled by Apple
So were the 1st gui mac's
The Iphone will fail the same way the original mac's did because of the tight hardware/software control. People will stop looking at their cell phones as "phones" and see them for what they are... Mini computers. Once people get a feel for a 'mini computer cell phone' that they can customize any way they like only having to pay for the data/voice plan. This market will be flipped on it's head.
Apple is once again starting this tech revolution, but there game plan looks to be the same to me. They did loose the PC war you know.
Your analogy is completely wrong for several reasons. The situation today with the iPhone is totally different then when the Mac was introduced in 1984. Back then the mac was the first GUI computer made and apple did loose the PC war (although they are still a better platform) in that they are not the dominant PC force in the world today. But the iPhone is not the first smart phone pocket computer on the market, there are already lots of pocket computer smart phones out there, blackberrys etc. It's the iPhone that is poised to swoop in take over the market and dominate, much like microsoft did to the mac in the old days. Apple did not start this tech revolution as you say, but they are in a position now to revolutionize it and potentially dominate much like microsoft did. But in reality I don't think any company can dominate the smart phone market like microsoft has with windows, there are already so many smart phone out there that it would be a bit ridiculous to think that one phone will come in and grab the kind of dominance that microsoft did with windows. There is plenty of room for successful iPhone, blackberry and android phone systems, no need for any of them to win a war. I think it's unreasonable to postulate that the iPhone will "fail" as you have, because compared to the already entrenched success of the blackberry I would say the iPhone is doing really well and is already a success and non-failure. It's the iPhone that is playing the microsoft like roll of entering the smartphone market late and stealing away the industry from the already established companies who thought they had it all sewn up, much like apple though with the original mac.
Mac is not as tightly controlled though. While you can only buy the machines under one brand, but it's considerably more open than iPhone. At least one can develop their own software for free and distribute it many different ways, without the requirement of a silly choke point under the guise of protecting us from malware.
That statement was made more in the context of how Apple controlled the Mac in the 80's vs how Apple controls the Mac now. My point is that its essentially the same. Apple's problems in the 90's had little to do with how the Mac is controlled and more to do with company management.
I don't think the point of the app store is to protect us from malware. I believe point is to establish a development culture of apps that all behave responsibly with respect to the limited resources of the device and respect the deals Apple has in place in wireless carriers.
We like our business model for the mobile phone market. - Steve Ballmer.
Stock price flat, flat flat!
If that's winning, I'm glad Apple lost the PC war! - \
Are you kidding?
90% of personal computers in the world run a windows based operating system. Yes things are starting to turn and Linux and Apple are starting to make headway.
For the last 10 years windows was the only game in town.
Is apple a better computing experience? i think so, but to deny what Microsoft accomplished from 1995-today is well.... dumb.
For the last 10 years windows was the only game in town.
It wasn't the only the game in town. There is OS X and several versions of Linux and Unix. These didn't pop up over night, Unix has been around a lot longer than Windows has. regardless of how much growth Apple can achieve they will still be a minor player to Windows when you look at the very limited view of looking only at the OS so long as Apple doesn't design its OS to run on any HW.
Comments
You have an option with the Dare not to get a data plan. I know nothing of the Instinct.
You have no such option with iPhone.
Nope and I think they should offer it without a data plan. I had thought that the lower than average data plan rate worked out because it was required by all iPhone owners so I felt that that requirement was justified, but in the past year the average data rate plan has lowered and the iPhone rate plan increased to match others so that hypothesis is pretty much bunk now.
Unless the iPhone data usage is at least 50% higher than AT&T had previously anticipated. I look forward to the August numbers of smartphone internet usage.
With will probably lead to a "Why would you want an iPhone without a data plan?" I wouldn't, but I figure there are people that want to consolidate their current cell phone and iPod, and perhaps have ample access to WiFi hotspots.
Apple needs to kill the AppleTV as a separate product, and just integrate all its software into the iPod. Give people a reason to buy the bigger iPods again. Video out connectors have been available for awhile for the iPod, and could serve the same purpose as the AppleTV while continuing to lock in Apple's iPod dominance.
There is no way any iPod could handle what the AppleTV can handle. For instance, the AppleTV has 1000BASE-T, 802.11n, and 720p capabilities.
All you guys are saying "price won the PC war".
Well what caused the price difference?
The ability to install the windows OS on and hardware made for competition.
Competition breeds price drops.
Competition also breeds also new developments.
This all still fits my point...
Apple=Socialist Computing
Windows=Free market computing
Again the iphone business model looks the same to me.
ekeefe-
It took a while (and a lot of advances by Apple and mistakes by Microsoft) for people to realize that the tight control results in a higher quality product. They even realize that the quality difference is large enough to justify spending a $1000 for the cheapest Mac instead of $400 for some bargain basement PC. Even though Windows still dominates the desktop OS market, many users will admit that the Mac OS is superior but that they are stuck using Windows for whatever reason. Many of those reasons are starting to break down, which is why the Mac OS is regaining share as people enter the computer upgrade cycle.
Bottom line: I think that your argument is outdated and that Apple's business model that failed for so long will ultimately prove the right choice.
Thompson
On another note, I think the only people who can take out Apple, is Apple itself. With the latest news on the iPhone 3G's inconsistent signal problems, MobileMe fiasco, and missing features that are on basic phones that are cheaper or for even for free, they're not shining too bright in the spotlight either.
As far as Vista goes, I don't hear so much complaints about Vista as much as I hear about Office '07.
I know like 20 people with it and none of them complain. I have only heard people who have macs complain about vista lol so funny.
I have been a Windows users from day one and have been "enjoying" Vista for about a year now. Vista slowed down my daily mundane tasks working with Outlook, Word, EXCEL and surfing. Even though my previous XP notebook was 2 years old when I replaced it with a new Vista machine, everything on the XP notebook was faster. Talking to other people who "upgraded" to Vista experienced similar issues. And the regular updates do not help either - the last ones on August 12th messed up the computer of a colleague; luckily, mine was not affected. Meanwhile, I have been watching over the shoulders of a number of friends who effortlessly do work on their Macs. My frustration with Vista has been so great that I will likely switch to a Mac when the new Mac Book Pro comes out. That's why I am lurking around this board...
... the regular updates do not help either - the last ones on August 12th messed up the computer of a colleague; luckily, mine was not affected. Meanwhile, I have been watching over the shoulders of a number of friends who effortlessly do work on their Macs. My frustration with Vista has been so great that I will likely switch to a Mac when the new Mac Book Pro comes out. That's why I am lurking around this board...
Was that what that was? I am not used to working on a PC and I'm at work, creating 3D graphics and elements. I just updated the Vista OS thinking that it was like my Mac OS and everything would be honkey dorey after the update; ya'know make things faster. Instead it F***ed up my system and it runs slower and crashes the program more often.
Did someone mention.....DEVELOPERS???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zEQhhaJsU4
Ballmer is indeed an inspiration, not only to his company but to the industry as a whole.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIk4qTKmKzE
Darth Vadar.
This is NOT the Droid you're looking for.
And yet another out of focus video.
Kind of makes you feel dirty after watching it, doesn't it?
~ CB
None of that is applicable here. In fact, considering the installed base of existing iPhones, the new subsidized price, and the applicability to both business and home users (who are spending a lot more than they did in the 80's), I'd say the iPhone has all the advantages over Android this time.
If anything, RIM's the one to watch here. The corporate world is theirs to lose right now and they're starting to put feelers out into the consumer space. I don't see Android being very relevant.
Does RIM do anything of relevance outside North America? Honest question.
Android is more open. That's an advantage that builds up. No telling how much they can eat into Mobile OS X.
Many people who buy the iPhone do not even realize that it is a smart phone to begin with and think it's a cell phone as it is marketed. This accounts for a large part of the sales percentage of it to smart phones overall.
It should be really compared as a percentage of both cell phones and smart phones combined. And there the percentage is probably not that significant.
The real test is whether corporate America adopts it and this has yet to be witnessed.
Given how it's advertised on TV and such, bringing up maps, finding restaurants and such, I don't see how people wouldn't know that it's not a smartphone. Do they need to see a stylus or a lot of buttons to realize it's a smart phone?
I didn't say people didn't buy them, i said people didn't like it....
Most Windows users if given the opportunity would cut the ties of Itunes and Ipod.
Just ask someone who uses windows. You may have a hard time finding one. Only like 90% of people that have a PC use windows.
"everyone you know" is problematic because it introduces selection bias.
Last I heard, there are options out there to hook up iPods to other programs. They aren't promoted widely that I can tell. I think iPods can even be managed using a Linux computer, which iTunes doesn't support.
And yet another out of focus video.
Also, we need a video of Balmer overdubbed with "Tripods, Tripods, Tripods!"
..and the complete and utter failure of the "tightly controlled software+hardware" device (and ecosystem) known as the AppleTV......
Open vs. closed doesn't really tell the whole story on anything. There may be many factors in initial adoption (early adopters), then there may be other factors in cascading adoptions (mainstream acceptance).
This whole thesis is completely wrong simply based on the fact that the Macintosh is still tightly controlled by Apple.
Mac is not as tightly controlled though. While you can only buy the machines under one brand, but it's considerably more open than iPhone. At least one can develop their own software for free and distribute it many different ways, without the requirement of a silly choke point under the guise of protecting us from malware.
Does RIM do anything of relevance outside North America? Honest question.
Android is more open. That's an advantage that builds up. No telling how much they can eat into Mobile OS X.
If I recall correctly, they are now in India and moving into China this year. That is like 600 Billion potential customers... and that is just from a rural village in the Zhang province.
http://www.comedycentral.com/colbert...videoId=179247
I have only heard people who have macs complain about vista lol so funny.
What's funny is that you obviously didn't "hear" most of the tech press complaining about Vista for the best part of 2 years.
Oh and by the way. Still today microsoft computers with "vista" still outsells apple 30 to 1
By the way ... three years ago Microsoft computers with XP were outselling Apple Macs by 50 to 1. So what is your point exactly?
Compared to ? Nothing- it doesn't matter. Nobody talks about it anymore . It has no buzz. It's relegated to the back of the store. I could go on and on. It's a joke.
To be clarified a failure it has to be judged by some type of metric. Apple holds the largest marketshare of downloadable content, video and audio.
Yes I own it- rarely use it- and I should have bought a MiniMac instead.
Your personal use of the AppleTV is not a valid metric for how well it is doing in the wider market.
Here is what i believe, it is based on nothing more than my opinion.
The iphone is a revolutionary new product.
So were the 1st gui based mac's
The Iphone is tightly controlled by Apple
So were the 1st gui mac's
The Iphone will fail the same way the original mac's did because of the tight hardware/software control. People will stop looking at their cell phones as "phones" and see them for what they are... Mini computers. Once people get a feel for a 'mini computer cell phone' that they can customize any way they like only having to pay for the data/voice plan. This market will be flipped on it's head.
Apple is once again starting this tech revolution, but there game plan looks to be the same to me. They did loose the PC war you know.
Your analogy is completely wrong for several reasons. The situation today with the iPhone is totally different then when the Mac was introduced in 1984. Back then the mac was the first GUI computer made and apple did loose the PC war (although they are still a better platform) in that they are not the dominant PC force in the world today. But the iPhone is not the first smart phone pocket computer on the market, there are already lots of pocket computer smart phones out there, blackberrys etc. It's the iPhone that is poised to swoop in take over the market and dominate, much like microsoft did to the mac in the old days. Apple did not start this tech revolution as you say, but they are in a position now to revolutionize it and potentially dominate much like microsoft did. But in reality I don't think any company can dominate the smart phone market like microsoft has with windows, there are already so many smart phone out there that it would be a bit ridiculous to think that one phone will come in and grab the kind of dominance that microsoft did with windows. There is plenty of room for successful iPhone, blackberry and android phone systems, no need for any of them to win a war. I think it's unreasonable to postulate that the iPhone will "fail" as you have, because compared to the already entrenched success of the blackberry I would say the iPhone is doing really well and is already a success and non-failure. It's the iPhone that is playing the microsoft like roll of entering the smartphone market late and stealing away the industry from the already established companies who thought they had it all sewn up, much like apple though with the original mac.
Mac is not as tightly controlled though. While you can only buy the machines under one brand, but it's considerably more open than iPhone. At least one can develop their own software for free and distribute it many different ways, without the requirement of a silly choke point under the guise of protecting us from malware.
That statement was made more in the context of how Apple controlled the Mac in the 80's vs how Apple controls the Mac now. My point is that its essentially the same. Apple's problems in the 90's had little to do with how the Mac is controlled and more to do with company management.
I don't think the point of the app store is to protect us from malware. I believe point is to establish a development culture of apps that all behave responsibly with respect to the limited resources of the device and respect the deals Apple has in place in wireless carriers.
Lawsuit about IE tightly integrated in MS os in the US.
E-mails about lack of concern for security and holes in os from MS themselves.
Lawsuits about monopoly in the EU.
Zune.
Vista's perception (rightly or wrongly), not that great. MS vows to avoid Vista mistakes in Windows 7 - http://www.electronista.com/articles...ows.7.updates/
Just wait for Windows 7.
We like our business model for the mobile phone market. - Steve Ballmer.
Stock price flat, flat flat!
If that's winning, I'm glad Apple lost the PC war! -
Are you kidding?
90% of personal computers in the world run a windows based operating system. Yes things are starting to turn and Linux and Apple are starting to make headway.
For the last 10 years windows was the only game in town.
Is apple a better computing experience? i think so, but to deny what Microsoft accomplished from 1995-today is well.... dumb.
For the last 10 years windows was the only game in town.
It wasn't the only the game in town. There is OS X and several versions of Linux and Unix. These didn't pop up over night, Unix has been around a lot longer than Windows has. regardless of how much growth Apple can achieve they will still be a minor player to Windows when you look at the very limited view of looking only at the OS so long as Apple doesn't design its OS to run on any HW.
Are you kidding?
For the last 10 years windows was the only game in town.
Ironically I quit using Windows in 1998, 10 years ago.
Is apple a better computing experience? i think so, but to deny what Microsoft accomplished from 1995-today is well.... dumb.
That goes with what Rot'nApple posted. MS accomplished these things in part by lying, cheating, and stealing.