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I Quit the iPhone

Ridiculous. Michael, give us all a break! First, your phone is subsidized fool. Of course its locked to the carrier. Its still the best hand held computer with phone capabilities out there. And quite frankly, your whole rant on Google Voice makes no sense. We all use our phones to make calls and receive calls. And guess what, that's GV's primary purpose too. How many frick'n phones do you want to carry? How many features do we really really really need? What's your point? Transcribe calls? I need that because...???? I can just listen to VM like everyone else - gee that's tough. Forward calls? Gee - I can do that with my iPhone! etc. etc. etc. Get a life dude!

Roger McNamee - Judgment Day on Pre vs. iPhone

And you would be an idiot... The guy looks like a fool. It just reinforces how poorly the phone is doing.


On Jul 30 03:00 AM jmmx wrote:

> You write:
> "So how did McNamee’s claim turn out? Well, let’s put it this way:
> If there was a foot-in-the-mouth award given every year, no one else
> would need to apply this year. "
>
> Not really. His statement created such a buzz that you are still
> writing about it 4 months later. That is a hell of a lot of free
> publicity. I bet it helped to sell at least 20% of those Pres.<br/>
>
> Pretty good one-liner if you ask me.

Rotten Apple? Google Voice App Blocked from App Store

This "article" is absurd. Why would Apple screw their telecom partners! The tone of this "article" is offensive. Get over it. All carriers restrict what happens with the phones they subsidize and Apple isn't about to bite that hand. If you don't like it, go buy another phone, and give up a brilliant multi-function hand held computer. Apple has created a whole new competitive environment.

iPhone App Spat Speaks Volumes About Google / Apple Relationship

Oh get over it. Background apps will happen when the time is right, and not before. That is, when battery life can support it. Battery life isn't just an Apple problem. But since iPhone uers are putting much more demand on their phones (they are the heaviest users of the mobile internet by far), battery life is critical. And the conservation of same is paramount to an excellent user experience (which Apple is delivering as research shows). Apple of course realizes all this and is working aggressively on adding more power and functionality, but they aren't about to do something before its ready. Their hallmark is that they deliver the right products and features and functionality once they are perfected, not half-baked. So lets quit whining and look forward to future iterations - multi-tasking, live video chat, etc. As always, if you don't like it don't buy it! That way those of us on waiting lists for the new 3G S in the rest of the world can find one.

Foxconn Causes Another PR Problem for Apple in China

This is not a PR problem for Apple. It is a PR problem for Foxconn.

A Sudden Appetite for Web Based Computers

The carriers subsidizing computers is the death knell of the industry. The carriers are the commodity service but under this scenario they dictate the market, just like they have in the cell phone industry - suppressing innovation, prohibiting features and services on devices that conflict with their own objectives, ruining the market and driving out profits for the manufacturers - let the consumer be damned pushing the manufacturers to squeeze costs, hold back innovations and accept minimal returns. The computer industry should resist this trend - it is the rush to the bottom that offers no way out from unprofitability, or minimum profits at best. They will lose control of their own destiny. This practice should be illegal. Let the carriers discount THEIR services when you sign up for wireless broadband with your computer instead. That makes much more sense, and is the right business model for the PC manufactures. Otherwise, what is the cost of a new computer? FREE with two years of service. A free product has no value! And the brand is destroyed.

Mobile Phone Market Share Relative to Profits

The way you describe them they sound a lot like Microsoft, except MS has NEVER innovated.

Earnings on Deck - Three Companies That Look the Best

anal-ists! - they publish these ridiculous charts with no backup, and no clear picture of the total market landscape for a particular company. If they are so smart, tell us before it happened, why did the market crash? where were they in their predictions? how much money have they made if they are so smart and their methodology is so great? In regards to Apple, these clowns are dead wrong. They really should be able to look beyond their silly numbers...

Search Engine Wars: Bing Gets More 'Eye Time' than Google

Absolutely worthless "study" and article - a sample of 12 has no meaning whatsoever.

RIM Is Ready to Meet Competitors' Challenge - Citigroup

What? Not a chance.


On Jun 03 08:28 AM Johnathan Vrozos wrote:

> Cosmo Mannella and RIM are are attached at the hip like President
> Barrack Obama and his Blackberry.
>
> It is the greatest PD in the world and the stock will reflect that
> albeit sometimes slower than we want.
>
> Go LONG on RIM and go BB.
>
> By Johnathan Vrozos
> johnathanvrozos.ca

RIM Is Ready to Meet Competitors' Challenge - Citigroup

sorry, its not just about mind share, its about a far superior and more enriching experience.


On Jun 03 05:37 AM Economyst wrote:

> RIM is focused around messaging and email - it's a market that it
> leads and has helped to define.
>
> However it needs to expand its focus into the consumer market but
> this is where the Iphone and Apple have increasing mindshare and
> market share.
>
> RIM had the right strategy of bringing out the Storm but its execution
> was poor. RIM needs to improve its o/s if it wants to stand any chance
> of breaking into the consumer market.

Reports: iPhone to Launch in China in July

Just moved to China from US with my 1st gen iphone - can't wait to upgrade here!

The Palm Pre's Coming Out Party

And thousands of the iphone apps run when you're not on the web, so what is the big deal about this WebOS? As always, Apple will continue to be the innovation leader. As faster processors for phones become available, and better batteries, the superior iPhone OS and Apple ecosystem will continue to kick butt. Agree that RIMM is the one that needs to worry.

Why I'm (Still) Long Apple

@Thompson - your posts just keep getting more and more moronic! The referral wasn't that Mac users can access Google, but that Google's online offerings are like the mac ecosystem. But being an idiot MSFT defender you wouldn't understand this concept would you? MSFT has never built great products, or had high customer satisfaction ratings like Apple. Do you think just maybe there is a reason for that?


On May 25 01:23 AM Josh B Thompson wrote:

> >MSFT, on the other hand is directly in Google's sights. They both
> >are hardware-agnostic
> - MSFT is hardware-agnostic? - that is a beyond foolish description
> of MSFT's connection to hardware.

Why I'm (Still) Long Apple

@Thompson - nonsense - you are delusional - all of the early reviews of Windoze 7 state pretty much the exact opposite of what you say here.... Get real!


On May 24 01:06 PM Josh B Thompson wrote:

> The name of the article suggests self-doubt; you should have left
> out the (still). The article did not discuss that windows 7 is addressing
> all the strength and weakness comparisons that you made. The version
> that comes out after Windows 7 will make ALL the bells and whistles
> currently considered "Apple like" mainstream. Bringing bells and
> whistles to the mainstram is MSFT's DNA.