Julian Ivan-Alexander

Apple Remains Overvalued, Despite Its Gadget Glory

Wow - I remember reading analysis like this when AAPL was at $10 (pre-split)...and $35.. and $50... and it was NEVER going above $100. $200 was plain "STOOOOPID" right? I mean, earnings growth on a scale never achieved by a mega-cap and sustained through the worst recession in 80 years means nothing, right? You, my friend, are the best contra-indicator there is. While generally well-educated and eloquent individuals such as yourself can continue to spew forth saddeningly ill-informed and ill-judged analysis, I am reassured that the AAPL-bus still has many, many yet to welcome on board. I think I'll start following you and once you start going bullish on AAPL, I'll know its time to get off :)

Good luck with them MOTs... go easy on the analysis though; you might cut yourself with that RAZR-sharp brain of yours. Personally I think you're off your ROKR though. Tell you what, why don't you add a dash of RIMM to your portfolio, and a sprinkle of PALM - all of which are about to vanish into the tarpit of history.

Bon chance.

U.S. Handset Subsidies to Be Replaced by Something Worse?

Are you nuts? Subsidised handset sales are the norm in Europe. You really need to get out more.

Here's What Will Happen To Apple's Rivals

Actually its being unleashed in over 75 countries this year.. 22 is just the first release on July 11th, with the remainder to follow later on.

Mobile Players Take On Apple iPhone With Flat-Rate Mobile Music Service

They just don't get it. People don't want to rent their music. They want to own it. Its personal to them. The studios are crazy for encouraging their customers to view music as a commodity with no inherent value rather than a valuable and personal possession. This will go the same way as every other similar service.
There are 500M iTunes users worldwide already, with 1M copies of iTunes being downloaded every day. The tracks people have in their iTunes library work with: PCs, Macs, iPods, and iPhones - and many other devices too.
The same will not be true for this service, which will likely be limited to playback on the phone only, or if you're "lucky," then some terrible music jukebox software that's bound to be PC only.
Doomed to failure, and all the more embarrassingly so for being backed by the world+mother.

Can Motorola's RAZR2 Edge Out Apple's iPhone?

BLUNTRZR, MOTOYAWN