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Nokia Faces Uphill Climb in Launch of N97 Smartphone

A removable battery is indeed a nice convenience. But there is a trade-off: removability does add to cost, and reduces the battery's size and capacity somewhat.

For better or worse, Apple placed priority on removing those drawbacks. And while it hasn't been widely reported, the company knows that the decision will cost it the highly-sought-after Economyst market. "We'll just have to make do with the rest of the planet", Schiller replied after a grilling by shareholders.

State of the iPhone: Strong. Very Strong.

Tom B: You hit a key point smack on the head. With every developer and his hamster rushing into iPhone apps, with every headline blaring "1 Billion Apps Downloaded", Apple is building a massive army of iPhone programmers. And they're all going to realize that, intentionally or not, they've just learned how to develop Mac apps as well. Instant army of new Mac developers! The iPhone is shoring up one of the Mac's few remaining weak spots.

Palm: No Middle Ground

To put it simply, if the Pre's competition were anything but the iPhone, I'd be on the bullish side. But against the iPhone, I think the Pre will soon be post.

Apple's $199 iPhone Is a Game-Changer

Brewer says: "All the news about Apple is good now and all the news about Microsoft is dire."

SO true. That's the impression anyone gets from daily bits and pieces of news - but when you list Apple vs MS news stories side by side, it's really eye-opening. Like this: www.mactivist.com/wall

No one will mistake that page for a complete or unbiased compilation of news; it's no one-stop resource for investment decisions! But it's interesting to ask: If one were to deliberately compile only positive MS news and negative Apple news, just how short would the list be? (Hint: Very!)

While people (and investors) are picking up the "Apple is hot" story piece by piece, I think many of them are missing the scale of the quiet sea change taking place – with the iPhone, with media downloads, with the Mac in homes, schools, and even enterprise. That's fine with me, as I keep scooping up Apple shares in anticipation of the coming day when the world catches on to what's happening!