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Should the FCC Force Apple to Stock Competitive Products in Its Own Store?

Its seems to me that Google Voice only provides value if a small percentage of a networks users take advantage of it.

If, for instance, everyone were to use it, then network providers would change their pricing structure to compensate and the cost benefit would be a wash. The carrier makes the same profit, the user makes the same calls, except now, Google gets access to your data.

It cost X amount of dollars to run a network, and AT&T is going to get X no matter whether they are charging you per text message or increasing your rate overall. Google is just taking advantage of a mental paradigm shift to gain user share.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Apple Earnings Preview - Guidance Commentary Is Key

Murphy Mac gets it.

Google: The Next Ponzi Scheme to Fail?

This article is pathetic.

The Great Bing Scam

I have a similar experience to the author and am a bit peeved about the whole thing. What is truly frustrating is that IE 6 also "Autocompletes" my typo'd address as the first choice rather than the correct spelling - so, if I'm in a hurry I'm more likely to click on the incorrect spelling and be delivered to Microsoft's new search engine.

I wish I could install a smarter browser and default to the search engine of my choice.

Microsoft May Be Able to Halt Apple's Music Monopoly

There are approximately 44,000 minutes in a month.

30,000 4 minute songs would take 120,000 minutes to listen to. And that is if you listen to music the entire month with now repeats.

When people pay $15 a month, how many songs are they really listening to, on average, over the course of a year? 20? 50? 100?

In any case, the iPod Touch w/streaming Pandora is a superior option to the Zune Pass, as mentioned above.

RIMs Latest Apple Apps Won't Catch on Well: Here's Why

Johnnymack,

Even more, iTunes is the program that launches when you hook up your iPhone; just a few clicks away from the store. I don't know much about RIM's products, but do they have a similar launch pad for their app store?

New Microsoft Ad Targets High Cost of Macs

My 8 year old iBook can get $300 on eBay. Aside from being able to run Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office it still is a very visually appealling product; it doesn't look 2 years old, let alone 8.


On Mar 27 09:21 AM HTHTFH wrote:

> The uncomfortable truth for MAC is no matter which one you buy (MAC
> or PC), three to five years later it depreciates into nothing. <br/>
>
> So do you want to lose $3k over the next three to five years or only
> $699?
>
> For people not concerned about the cool factor, the answer is obvious.

Just Plain Stupid: Digital Downloads Still Cost More than DVDs

Quantum of Solace
"DVD"-quality
iTunes: $14.99 vs Amazon: $16.99

"HD"-quality
iTunes: $19.99 vs Amazon: $25.99

I'm all for lower prices on iTunes, but something in your comparison is amiss.

Cramer's Mad Money - The Apple Barometer (10/28/08)

Re: AAPL and the Market.

Based off of one day's correllation Cramer is touting AAPL as a beacon for the markets?

What's Better: BlackBerry or iPhone?

RE: Apple users passion

Every non-Apple users' discussion of Apple begins with uninformed, demeaning remarks; forcing Apple users to respond. It's an unending battle against misrepresentation.

Imagine if people who didn't know you were to prejudge you in their mind over information that was false, and soon you had a tarnished reputation based on propagated misrepresentations. You would certainly have a fight ahead of you in trying to correct the perception, particularly if you were offended by it.

BTW, the technology to mimic blackberrys is here; the last barrier to displacing the blackberry in enterprise is convincing those with budgets. How long will a device with 75% coverage of static keys live in the coming marketplace? The answer will also yield to you how many years the "superior" keyboard has left in its life. IT can giveth; IT can taketh away.

iPhone in Your Business: Pondering the ROI Case

One thing that I have not heard mentioned is that the "sex" appeal of the iPhone will wear off as it becomes more entrenched in business applications. The thought being along the lines of "kids don't want their parents phone."

Even though this may not materialize as strongly as say, a kid's desire to get a blackberry being thwarted because their parents each have one, there is still the chance the iPhone could be less appealing in its current core demographic.

That said, I believe this opens up the door to a newer, non-enterprise model of the iPhone (nano?) that is less costly and takes on even less of a 'corporate' visual styling.

Thoughts?