Zoltar

11 Comments

    • RBC Analyst: Expect 1 Million 3G iPhones to Sell on Launch [view article]
      Yes, last year Mike A. Was wrong but this year he's probably right since the launch was in 21 countries MORE. Here in Portugal there were two launches at midnight with great fanfare and TV celebrities etc. by both operators.

      Anyhow, it was only at 3:30 in the morning that I and my partner got our iPhones! And we're so happy we did. Not out of the hype but of using it!

      And the third carrier making the mews they had last week rushed to London (London, WTF?!) to get an iPhone deal too - they are the biggest with lots of Wi-Fi hotspots. This carrier is 50% partner with Telefonica in Brazil's biggest by subscriber carrier Vivo!       Jul 13 09:58 PM
    • iPhone 3G Plans Around the Globe [view article]
      Apple is NOT selling iPhones on ANY stores outside US Jul 09 12:56 AM
    • Apple's Leap from Mediocre to Marvelous [view article]
      I have said it and I'll say it again:

      Mac users are much more articulate, intelligent and downright beautiful!

      PcTards like Sebhelyesfarku like to be on their knees with their S pointing upwards with a screw driver trying to install a new video card in their shaistey fugly filled with poisonous dust Windoze dumbass system (talking like this so that he gets it)       Jun 26 10:44 PM
    • Apple's Leap from Mediocre to Marvelous [view article]
      Sebhelyesfarku's favorite word is dumbass, he speaks out of experience, he should know what he's talking about. Dumbass Windowszealot PcTard MStard Zealot...

      Meanwhile let us ponder how Joe Pozio did NOT leap from mediocre to marvelous...       Jun 26 10:40 PM
    • Apple: Anticipating What Steve Jobs Will Say Monday [view article]
      Apple will launch a new 2.8" iPhone, a new 3.2" iPhone and possibly announce a 4" and a 7" mini-tablet devices, all running Mac OS X.

      It is the start of a new computing paradigm, as important as the graphical user interface and mouse in the original PC - a Mac! - was.

      But important as it may be - and it is! - this is NOT the most relevant news. The most relevant news have been heard by everybody already but, somehow, it hasn't sink in to fully understanding its reach.

      Apple is expanding internationally big time using the iPhone as a Trojan horse and viral marketing tool. Given the cultural and economic differences, the developing countries are the ones that'll show more interest for these handheld computers and will buy them in droves. Apple products will be talked about and bought all over the world. I say Apple products and not just iPhones because it is widely known that it doesn't take long for people to buy Macs and dive into the Apple ecosystem once they get their hands onto an iPhone.

      So, in sum:
      - Apple is launching a whole new handheld computing platform that will change the world as we know it;
      - Apple is expanding internationally, making for quantum leaps in growth from iPhone and Macs sales.

      This translates that, in one year's time, Apple will have doubled its size in revenue/profit and, likewise, AAPL will have doubled to ~400 or higher since stock prices translate forward looking potentiality and people will then have no doubt it is growth growth growth to never before seen heights.

      Now don't you think this is the right time to go get some fresh AAPLs?!       Jun 05 03:34 PM
    • Are High Expectations Apple's Biggest Challenge? [view article]
      @ Andy Zak

      I fully agree with you. And if you are right in what you're implying, then we won't see much of a climb next week.

      It's a bit obvious that the stock has been played with and that there are a lot of enemies to the company, enemies with a lot of cash, enemies with a lot of influence.

      High or low stock price, I don't think they can stop Apple to make this a new computing revolution, this new handheld computing platform that they are launching next week is even more important to the world as the 1st one with the Macintosh with graphical user interface and mouse, later copied into windows by Microsoft, was.

      Even if AAPL won't climb up much due to lateral tactics or simply an absence of understanding of Apple overall move, it will innevitably be impacted with the revenue coming from the sales on the 700 million to 1.1 billion subscriber market that the iPhone is now going to be sold on.

      The market and its analysts haven't also realized that the iPhone expanding to so many countries directly reverts to Apple Inc. with its Macs and ecosystem expanding into those same areas, many of which it didn't sell anything at all or was all but unknown.

      So this international expansion is really big news and it's going to bring a huge impact on Apple's bottomline. The stock market can't see it now. It will see it when the piles of cash from those international sales start pouring in and Apple doubles its size.       Jun 04 10:51 PM
    • Infineon, Marvell and the iPhone [view article]
      You're also forgetting the rumors / announcement? for Broadcom regarding GPS chip. Now I feel chalenged by the notion that any iPhone will have an array of chips when NVIDIA and Broadcom offer ASICs, system on a chip with all functions integrated including mobile TV, GPS, FM Radio, app processor, 3.5G/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth radio etc etc etc. All in a super low power chip!

      I think you're sticking with Infineon because you're stubborn, that's all :)

      A company of the class of Apple never depends on suppliers, it seeks independence of them and to make them its slaves if possible :)

      Why would Apple stick with Infineon when they were late to the low power 3G chip market? In December/January (am I wrong?) Steve was talking about 3G being power hungry and in Feb 11 both Broadcom and NVIDIA were showing off prototypes of their wares at the Barcelona Mobile World Conference. I'd be furious if I was Stevie, here I am with no 3G iPhone, people clamoring for it, my stock is down to half its price, and these dudes are showing off prototypes like the APX2500 that is an amazing piece of the future that makes you wonder about the iPhone?!       Jun 03 11:10 PM
    • Wind Is In - Cramer's Mad Money (5/27/08) [view article]
      @elcopone

      You also believe in Santa and you just can't sleep on Christmas Eve, right?!

      Ahah       May 28 10:29 AM
    • Wind Is In - Cramer's Mad Money (5/27/08) [view article]
      Believe you me, Steve Jobs is not just announcing a new phone, he is starting a revolutionary new era of handheld computing. EVERYBODY will want to have one of those handhelds that are Mac-easy computers and still can be carried around with you. New bigger models will be launched, covering the gap between iPod Touch and MacBooks.

      AND the iPhone - with all the Mac parafernalia tagging along - will be sold in 67 countries and counting. How is that going to add up to Apple's bottomline?! Some say it will be doubling or tripling, I have no doubt about it.
      People who buy iPhones, soon are buying Macs, that's why the Mac is growing @+50% yoy comparing to industry 17%. Now, Apple will sell all around the world, in places where it never sold significantly!
      The iPhone subscriber market was 140 million, it's now at 700 million and there's still China & Russia to be added, the countries where most of the unlocked iPhones went to.

      This is not just another run-off-the-mill event for Apple, it is as important as the start of the computer revolution was with the 1st Macintosh with the 1st GUI and mouse!

      He who doesn't see that Apple is shooting to never before seen sky high prices, surpassing Google in market cap, when the market realises what's really going on at Apple is losing money big time.

      Then you will blame it on Cramer. But you should really blame yourself to be listening to that lame BSitter       May 28 10:28 AM
    • Wind Is In - Cramer's Mad Money (5/27/08) [view article]
      Does he really mean to sell AAPL when Steve Jobs gets out all the juicy unforeseen announcements?

      How clueless and manipulator can he be uh?! He's obviouslly a shorter aiming at big personal gains on account of all the sheep losers that wag their heads to his clapping...

      It's just sad       May 28 10:10 AM
    • Apple's iPhone: Home Court Advantage [view article]
      I truly believe that Apple will doble or triple its size in no time.

      Consider this:

      - Apple is launching its highest visibility product in countries where it had no presence to date what so ever or it was so small that most people would never buy a Mac. In my home country (Europe) nobody calls an MP3 player an iPod, they simply call it a MP3!

      - For every iPhone sale, soon there comes a Mac sale, maybe in the form of a MacBook followed by an iMac, then an Apple TV, Airport Extremme, Airport Expresses, etc. That is called the Apple Ecosystem.

      It is adictive! And Viral! It actually uses the principles of something called Viral Marketing. Because the person who buys an iPhone and enters Apple's ecosystem soon gets their friends and family all contagious too!

      So Apple will increase its Mac sales dramatically on account of all the iPhone sales. Apple will cease to be a niche market company AND a US centric company as it has always been and will instantly become a global contender.

      This is a global assault! Some say it is Apple's try at global domination. That is so funny. But if you realise that it is the CEOs of Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia etc. that are flying to Apple's Cupertino headquarters to convince Jobs to give them the iPhone and that the device has been 'smuggled' out of the country to almost every corner of the world, then you'll realise that it's almost a Gold Rush all over again.

      One can already see that in terms of cellphone subscriber base, right now it's almost quadrupled. And the China deal is announced around the Olympic Games - time when Apple opens its Apple Store in high-life retail block in Beijing - then you'll understand how big Apple will get in terms of iPhones and Macs.

      I really don't see any difficulty of Apple becoming Apple x2 or x3 in the very short term.

      And I just bet Jobs has got something up his sleeve for WWDC that will revolutionize things even more - and it's not the 3G iPhone!

      PS: go get some AAPL!

      PPS: infestation, well chosen nick.       May 18 02:05 AM
Loading...
Symbols:
Authors:
Quick Links:
Contribute an Article Become a Seeking Alpha Contributor

Transcripts

More Transcripts»