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Quote: Originally Posted by Gazoobee You're making an incorrect assumption here (that this was what Balmer was talking about), and comparing Apple's to Oranges. The figures you are quoting are for cell-phone market share, the figures the art…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JustReelFilms "There's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance," said Ballmer. "It's a $500 subsidized item. They may make a lot of money. But if you actually take a look at th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by hill60 This whole thread has been about market share and the indicators used to define it, in order to gauge how well companies are performing. No-one is saying Nokia or others should stop selling high volumes of lo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox I really don't understand this tone of "because I notice that Nokia is making most of its money on low margin phones, and have opinions about what that suggests for Nokia's business over time, I must be demandi…
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If mobile phone manufacturers should be clammering only to make high end phones with huge profit margins, who exactly is supposed to be making phones for everyone else? What would the world be like if only the iPhone existed? Do some of you really t…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Carniphage There are? Name just one! (I am sure Nokia would appreciate your analysis.) Being able to make profits is what business is about. I wonder why Nokia, despite it's gigantic market share is not…
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Quote: Originally Posted by jmmx It is a lot bigger than fujitsu's. Apple could call it the iPad Maxi??? iPad Maxi, for heavier soiling.
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I'd say it'll be: £399 £499 £499 £599 £599 £699
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Quote: Originally Posted by jfanning So they didn't sell 50,000 units in one country like you claimed? What the dickens are you on about? The UK is one country!
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Maybe Apple's product is just that good. People continue to give credit to a company's product that others have tried to imitate unsuccessfully for two years now. Go complain to Apple and tell them to st…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Lots of people claim this, but it's never made a bit of sense. Do you worry about finding things to buy at Amazon because there's too much stuff? Do you "wade through" entire product categories just to see …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox What? I think what you've said here is pointless, because it doesn't appear to make any sense, but the larger point-- that while for any given market place any given consumer might use a small fraction of the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot Try applying that bit of logic to the number of different items your mother buys from the supermarket... compared to the number the supermarket actually sells. Stupid! Yep, and that smaller supermarket, with…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross I don't make that specious claim as those who attempt to belittle the store do. I do know that I see quite a lot of good reviews of apps coming from a wide variety of web sites, magazines, and newspapers. I…
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Quote: Originally Posted by KingOfSomewhereHot But having the huge store increases the odds that you'll be able to find some odd little App that is only incredibly useful to a very small number of users. I'd rather wade through a bunch of crap a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by melgross Of course, you have no idea about the ratio of good to bad apps. This seems to be a popular notion not supported by any evidence. I presume you think, and have evidence to support the claim that most apps a…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Can you give an example of a phone that has gone from mediocre copy/paste to great copy/paste? You don't really think you are taking the importance of copy/paste out of its proper context. No one has …
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Quote: Originally Posted by piot Apple announced copy/paste as a new feature of iPhone OS 3.0. No gloating. No song and dance. No modesty needed. I didn't see Microsoft or Nokia or Motorola etc "laughing" at the absence of this feature... whil…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Laughing stock is a bit strong. Its not like copy/paste is needed to make a phone call. I doubt most people even use copy/paste on their phones. The lack of copy/paste was ammunition for iPhone detractors. …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 Let's all move into the underground bunker NOW (read: a hole with a pantry) for the disaster that might never happen years and years from now. Until then, let others use all that great Apple tech. iPhones, i…