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Quote: Originally Posted by waterrockets You're overestimating the bulk of developers when it comes to test procedures. With the bugs I've seen in the B and C titles on iOS and Android, it's pretty clear that much of their testing is farmed o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Marvin Apple has promoted rap before: Rap music is also used in other mainstream advertising: I think it's pretty widely accepted as a music genre. At times it links in with Hip hop, R&B: …
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone @drblank: I'm with danv2. I've watched for years as NPD makes uselessly comical predictions quarter after quarter. As I clearly qualified in my original post, I said "But that's just me…" But hey, if …
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Here's another POSSIBILITY on why these Android numbers might be over inflated. Let's take this example. When Samsung releases their numbers, are they separating out between the Samsung LABELED products vs. PRIVATE labeled? Because they and other…
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An iWatch supplanting iPod Touches? I don't think so. Maybe iPod Shuffles and Nanos, maybe. Now, i could believe that the iWatch might take over iPod Shuffle business because they'd be about the same size product (roughly the same amount of stora…
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lkrupp wrote: » Apple can buy ad space on AI any time they want to, but they don’t. Why? I don’t know. Should AI just refuse any competitor’s ad dollars and start a subscription service to keep the lights on? Would you pay to read AI? I think …
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Just for grins, when it comes to Android numbers, since there are a TON of developers for both Apple and Android phones. The Apple developers only buy "MAYBE" one of each basic Apple model, but the Android developers may have to buy one of everythi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mpantone That's a curious approach. Now let's say you weren't feeling well. Would you rather go to five doctors, have each one give you a different diagnosis, then try to "average" it out? Same with your car. Let's…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark Since only Apple releases numbers, I'll take this "report" with a grain of salt. If i go by NPD's APPLE numbers compared to BareFigures APPLE numbers, they are different from one another and to my knowledge…
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Could the disconnect be that NPD is showing "SHIPMENTS" vs "SOLD"? I understand some of these companies release "SOLD" or "SHIPPED" which could be two different sets of numbers since most mfg ship a lot of products to resellers that store a lot of …
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Quote: Originally Posted by danv2 KGI Securities. And what does KGI have listed for the same periods?
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Quote: Originally Posted by danv2 I trust NPD's figures about as far as I can toss an African Bull Elephant. Their numbers aren't worth the paper their printed on, and neither is their research. Investor friends of mine have them on ignore total…
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Quote: Originally Posted by koop I don't make these accusations on whim, but drbank has been laying on that thick, delicious white privilege racism. I don't even listen to that much rap to know he's completely delusional on african american cult…
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smaceslin wrote: » Well if anyone can do it right, it is Apple. It depends on how complex and how far they want to scale. If you look at home automation, there are the smaller system players, which is what Apple would probably do since it's n…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jungmark A little self absorbed to donate time to charity? Wow. Just wow. Growth rates slow down. You think they can be hyper growth forever? That's not realistic. Pushed the product release dates to the holid…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Flaneur @drblank, I didn't mean it as a threat, just that your posts will be remembered here because you made your opinions very clear, and that you probably won't need to say so much as the story unfolds in the fut…
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jungmark wrote: » 1. Cook has done an excellent job. Not sure why anyone would think otherwise. You know his time was donated for charity, right? He's also arguably one of the most successful CEOs currently. Why wouldn't you want to pick his brain…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Flaneur Since you are an older white guy who's never gotten high from pot and actually thinks LSD is addictive, I doubt you would choose any sort of Dionysian life "style." But seriously, here's a hint for you as th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Benjamin Frost You're blaming correct grammar instead of your poor, slipshod reading? Are you a fandroid? Get over it. This discussion has been already discussed and you are obviously late on this. Move on t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by pepe779 OK let me re-phrase my statements... The problem I have with this is that it is already presented in the media as some great piece of innovation, that is about to be released and thus it will leave too many p…