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    • Wed Nov 21st 17:02 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      T-Mobile Debuts Legal Unlocked iPhones without Contracts
      "It will also allow those customers who bought an iPhone since Nov. 19 to unlock the device free of charge so it can be used with other SIM cards. "

      What is so special about Nov. 19? I can imagine how upset customers who bought iPhones on November 18 or earlier will be.
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    • Tue Nov 20th 11:21 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple’s Momentum Will Continue
      If you consider the VAT, then the UK price is only about $70 more than the US price.
      I don't know what the point of this article is. It throws a bunch of numbers around and then says if you believe them, Apple is a growth stock.
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    • Tue Nov 20th 11:21 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple’s Momentum Will Continue
      If you consider the VAT, then the UK price is only about $70 more than the US price.
      I don't know what the point of this article is. It throws a bunch of numbers around and then says if you believe them, Apple is a growth stock.
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    • Wed Nov 7th 05:51 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Incredible Shrinking Microsoft
      Sorry, you are right:
      2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
      10.77, 10.86, 10.71, 10.06, 9.38
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    • Wed Nov 7th 05:46 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Incredible Shrinking Microsoft
      These are numbers for shares for the following years (in billions):
      2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
      49.2 56.4 60.4 59.0 60.6

      They seem to be issuing more than they are buying!
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    • Sun Oct 7th 12:14 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Verizon Finally Unveils iPhone Competition, Or "iPhone Equalizer"
      It makes no sense to suggest that people are hacking the iPhone in order to break free of AT&T. The only other option i T-Mobil. If that were the case T-Mobil would have the bigger market share already!
      This article is just no good.
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    • Mon Oct 1st 20:58 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      iPhone Lockup and Apple's True Colors
      As long as people are getting the excellent support at genius bars for free, they should understand that it is imperative for Apple to control what gets installed on the iPhone. I don't think customers appreciate given the run-around as to who is responsible if an unsanctioned app should cause problems.
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    • Mon Sep 24th 19:06 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Usability Data Proves Apple's iPhone Really is Better
      The one you refer to asked proficient blackberry users who had just one minute to familiarize themselves with the iPhone to perform functions for comparison.
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    • Wed Sep 12th 09:48 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why a Million iPhone Sales In 74 Days Is Better Than You Think
      Dan Frommer mentions but doesn't take into account the most obvious boost to sales later this year. iPhone will start selling in Europe an Asia in the next few months. So if Apple manages to sell only 2 million phones this year, it only has to sell 4 million more in the US and another 4 million in Europe and Asia.
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    • Wed Sep 12th 09:47 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Why a Million iPhone Sales In 74 Days Is Better Than You Think
      Dan Frommer mentions but doesn't take into account the most obvious boost to sales later this year. iPhone will start selling in Europe an Asia in the next few months. So if Apple manages to sell only 2 million phones this year, it only has to sell 4 million more in the US and another 4 million in Europe and Asia.
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    • Tue Sep 11th 15:28 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      What Does Verizon Have In The Wings?
      It is curious that you complain about the iPhone's steep price. Yet your beloved blackberry sells between $200 and $300 at Verizon, and that's after rebates. Non offers iPhone's superior web browser, nor its iPod capabilities. For an additional $100, you get a killer media player. Is this what you call too much money? Blackberry plans start at $20 a month over the starting iPhone plan. You recoup twice the diffrence in one year!
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    • Fri Sep 7th 11:22 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Apple's iPhone Price Cut: An Unfair Blow to Shareholders
      Why the misleading title? You said nothing about how this affects shareholders. You gripe is as a customer. Besides, since you are getting the $200 difference back, you have nothing to complain about.
      This really is about envy, isn't it? You were perfectly happy to pay $600 for your phone (even though you are getting $200 back) but you just can't stand someone else paying $400 for it. In case you forgot the first couple of days of release, some folk were even willing to pay $800 or more it. Some were even willing to pay extra to turn it into an iPod touch!
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    • Fri Sep 7th 03:32 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      iPhone Price Drop Is A Bad Sign
      Consumer spending will affect low end products more since as you know in more affluent areas there are not many mortgage problems. iPhone is a very small component of Apple's revenue and will be for many months. I can tell you Apple iMacs and MacBooks an MacBook Pros are selling extremely well - I hang around Apple stores for a living. There are certaily extreme daily fluctuations in Apple's stock price. However, unless you are suggesting selling at 10:00 am and buing back at 3:00 pm, it is a bad idea to miss out on gains that are sure to come in the next 4 to 8 months.
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    • Fri Sep 7th 03:03 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      iPhone Price Drop Is A Bad Sign
      The reasons for dropping prices for the holiday season have been pointed out in other comments above. To rephrase, many people will be buying presents or choose to indulge themselves over the next three months. Some will purchse phones. All sorts of companies have a lineup of new products and/or price drops lined up to entice shoppers to spend their holiday gift budget on their products. A person could consider a phone, an exercise machine, a new guitar, etc. Because this is the biggest shopping season in the year, everyone expects to get a good deal to boot. The iPhone is certainly a coveted gift. The price drop makes it a good deal. So you can see how someone who might have been thinking of getting a new XM radio satellite system or a fancy watch might want to buy an iPhone instead. Now all these new iPhone owners will not be buying a Nokia or Samsung phone in the next couple of years.
      As for the stock price, if you were predicting $200 by January, you should stick to it. All these rebates and the price drop will have a relatively small effect in the next four months because iPhone revenue is realized over 24 months. Say Apple will sell 3 million phones by the end of the year (to be overly optimistic) it will miss out on less than $30 million of revenue over two quarters. Believe me it has made much more in extra MacBook sales during the back to school season. The reason Apple is realizing iPhone revenue over 2 years is so that it can better amortize the component costs over the life of the product and alleviate the unpleasant cycle of bust and boom that follows the introduction of a new product.
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    • Fri Sep 7th 01:36 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      iPhone Price Drop Is A Bad Sign
      Yes. Well said. I don't know why certain companies just don't give up and try to improve their core products. The $50 Zune discount turned out to be quite meaningless with the announcment of the new iPods. If these phone manufacturers try to play hardball, Apple can easily expand into low cost, touch screen phones without Internet capability.
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