davesmall's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/27267/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/174765-apple-s-iphone-vs-rim-s-blackberry-who-wins-on-comparison?source=feed#comment-775776 775776
I live in Houston and a problem with dropped calls (having owned each of the three generations of iPhones). I do travel and move around a bit did have some problems connecting during a layover at Kennedy Airport in NYC. Other than that, dropped calls haven't ever been a problem.

Battery life is also a bogus complaint. When someone complains about iPhone battery life it tells me that they haven't adjusted their settings. Push notifications are unnecessary and you can just turn them off which greatly extends battery life. Don't leave a page open in Safari that auto-refreshes in the background. I tweaked my settings and only charge my iPhone once ever couple days. Whenever driving the car I do make it a practice to set it on a Griffin iTrip stand which includes a charger and plays music over my car radio.

The little tiny keyboards on a Blackberry are no advantage over the iPhone's touch keyboard. It's just a matter of acclimation and familiarity. My big fingers can hit the wrong key with the same ease whether a tiny soft key or a tiny physical key. The iPhone's keyboard can switch from portrait to landscape mode (a huge advantage) and can more easily handle the switches back and forth from numbers and punctuation characters to alpha keys. Those who grew up in a French speaking family prefer to speak French. Blackberry users prefer the tiny physical keyboard because they've gotten used to it.]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:51:22 -0500
I live in Houston and a problem with dropped calls (having owned each of the three generations of iPhones). I do travel and move around a bit did have some problems connecting during a layover at Kennedy Airport in NYC. Other than that, dropped calls haven't ever been a problem.

Battery life is also a bogus complaint. When someone complains about iPhone battery life it tells me that they haven't adjusted their settings. Push notifications are unnecessary and you can just turn them off which greatly extends battery life. Don't leave a page open in Safari that auto-refreshes in the background. I tweaked my settings and only charge my iPhone once ever couple days. Whenever driving the car I do make it a practice to set it on a Griffin iTrip stand which includes a charger and plays music over my car radio.

The little tiny keyboards on a Blackberry are no advantage over the iPhone's touch keyboard. It's just a matter of acclimation and familiarity. My big fingers can hit the wrong key with the same ease whether a tiny soft key or a tiny physical key. The iPhone's keyboard can switch from portrait to landscape mode (a huge advantage) and can more easily handle the switches back and forth from numbers and punctuation characters to alpha keys. Those who grew up in a French speaking family prefer to speak French. Blackberry users prefer the tiny physical keyboard because they've gotten used to it.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/174663-who-will-come-out-ahead-from-e-book-success-in-college-classrooms?source=feed#comment-771656 771656
Apple's iTunes University library is already extensive and textbooks can be easily distributed through this existing venue.

I predict that every college desk will be fitted with a charging station. Students will carry a single tablet computer that holds all of their books, notes, and can reference the web. Their tablet will have a touchscreen keyboard but they'll likely carry an accessory Bluetooth keyboard in their bag.

Textbooks will go way down in price with the elimination of printing, distribution, and inventory costs. Those savings can be used to purchase a high-end tablet which would be a bargain even in the $1000 to $2000 range.

Some students will prefer to carry a laptop computer which will work just as well.]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:39:17 -0500
Apple's iTunes University library is already extensive and textbooks can be easily distributed through this existing venue.

I predict that every college desk will be fitted with a charging station. Students will carry a single tablet computer that holds all of their books, notes, and can reference the web. Their tablet will have a touchscreen keyboard but they'll likely carry an accessory Bluetooth keyboard in their bag.

Textbooks will go way down in price with the elimination of printing, distribution, and inventory costs. Those savings can be used to purchase a high-end tablet which would be a bargain even in the $1000 to $2000 range.

Some students will prefer to carry a laptop computer which will work just as well.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/167747-why-john-dorfman-s-call-on-apple-is-dead-wrong?source=feed#comment-727816 727816
Most Apple investors don't really care what those so-called analysts think. Nor do they care about P/E ratios and the like. They're mostly old fashioned investors who still believe in the 'better mousetrap' theory.

For those of you who aren't old enough to remember, this theory says, "If you can invent a better mousetrap customers will beat a path to your door."

That's Apple's game. It's their only game. And it seems to be working.

I suspect that the Pony Express had a better P/E ratio than the telegraph company.]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:56:05 -0400
Most Apple investors don't really care what those so-called analysts think. Nor do they care about P/E ratios and the like. They're mostly old fashioned investors who still believe in the 'better mousetrap' theory.

For those of you who aren't old enough to remember, this theory says, "If you can invent a better mousetrap customers will beat a path to your door."

That's Apple's game. It's their only game. And it seems to be working.

I suspect that the Pony Express had a better P/E ratio than the telegraph company.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/160811-apple-musings-disappointing-disappointment?source=feed#comment-670102 670102
Hardware features like a camera and an OLED display are nice but none of that compares to the value that the App Store adds to the Touch. It's those Apps that make the Touch an overwhelmingly better choice than the Zune. Microsoft will try to build a software library and copy the App Store but they're way back at the starting line and won't be competitive in this product lifetime.]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:35:52 -0400
Hardware features like a camera and an OLED display are nice but none of that compares to the value that the App Store adds to the Touch. It's those Apps that make the Touch an overwhelmingly better choice than the Zune. Microsoft will try to build a software library and copy the App Store but they're way back at the starting line and won't be competitive in this product lifetime.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/160095-what-an-apple-tablet-has-to-be?source=feed#comment-663767 663767
There has been a lot of talk about a 3G enabled device to be sold and subsidized by cell phone service providers. This would make it a lot more useful as a mobile web and map reading device. However, I certainly can't afford yet another monthly AT&T payment on top of the already high iPhone contract. A device that would tether to the iPhone for internet access via Bluetooth would be attractive (unless they try to price gouge for the tethering hookup).

I think they could sell a combination two piece tablet that is a giant iPod Touch portable device (running the iPhone version of OS X) but converts to a full-blown computer with a complete version OS X when placed on a charging stand that contains a keyboard and trackpad. Virtualization would enable them to run both versions of OS X simultaneously.

A further extension of this idea would be to make the base charging/keypad/trackpad unit a laptop bottom and the tablet a detachable laptop lid. Connect the base to the lid with Bluetooth. Put some semiconductor storage in the lid and a big hard disk in the base. You'd need one of those non-user changeable long-life Apple batteries in each unit.

When riding in an airplane put the base in overhead storage and use the lid as a tablet on your tray table. Save files to disk wirelessly using Bluetooth.

Make the lid capable of tethering to the (3G) internet via the iPhone. Sell tethering as part of the deal when you offer the computer for sale.

So you're in a restaurant making a sales presentation to a client. The base (computer bottom) is in your briefcase alongside your chair. Your presentation is stored there on the hard disk. The presentation is to be displayed on the bright high res LED 1280 X1024 display on your tablet and sent from disk via Bluetooth. You are connected to the internet via tethering to your iPhone. You will also use your iPhone as a remote control for the slide presentation.

A product like this could be sold in pieces. Buy the lid as a huge iPod Touch. Buy the base later with keyboard, hard disk, and SuperDrive to convert to a full fledged laptop. Buy an iPhone to get Internet tethering via 3G.

Yet another idea would be to make a tablet that is also an iPhone with a slot for a pull-out bluetooth headset. This would be a much bigger form factor than a regular iPhone but would give some users a lot more functionality making the bigger size 'worth it.'

Be interesting to see what they actually do come out with after so much speculation.]]> Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:26:07 -0400
There has been a lot of talk about a 3G enabled device to be sold and subsidized by cell phone service providers. This would make it a lot more useful as a mobile web and map reading device. However, I certainly can't afford yet another monthly AT&T payment on top of the already high iPhone contract. A device that would tether to the iPhone for internet access via Bluetooth would be attractive (unless they try to price gouge for the tethering hookup).

I think they could sell a combination two piece tablet that is a giant iPod Touch portable device (running the iPhone version of OS X) but converts to a full-blown computer with a complete version OS X when placed on a charging stand that contains a keyboard and trackpad. Virtualization would enable them to run both versions of OS X simultaneously.

A further extension of this idea would be to make the base charging/keypad/trackpad unit a laptop bottom and the tablet a detachable laptop lid. Connect the base to the lid with Bluetooth. Put some semiconductor storage in the lid and a big hard disk in the base. You'd need one of those non-user changeable long-life Apple batteries in each unit.

When riding in an airplane put the base in overhead storage and use the lid as a tablet on your tray table. Save files to disk wirelessly using Bluetooth.

Make the lid capable of tethering to the (3G) internet via the iPhone. Sell tethering as part of the deal when you offer the computer for sale.

So you're in a restaurant making a sales presentation to a client. The base (computer bottom) is in your briefcase alongside your chair. Your presentation is stored there on the hard disk. The presentation is to be displayed on the bright high res LED 1280 X1024 display on your tablet and sent from disk via Bluetooth. You are connected to the internet via tethering to your iPhone. You will also use your iPhone as a remote control for the slide presentation.

A product like this could be sold in pieces. Buy the lid as a huge iPod Touch. Buy the base later with keyboard, hard disk, and SuperDrive to convert to a full fledged laptop. Buy an iPhone to get Internet tethering via 3G.

Yet another idea would be to make a tablet that is also an iPhone with a slot for a pull-out bluetooth headset. This would be a much bigger form factor than a regular iPhone but would give some users a lot more functionality making the bigger size 'worth it.'

Be interesting to see what they actually do come out with after so much speculation.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151402-rumors-solidify-around-apple-tablet?source=feed#comment-610935 610935 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:52:18 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-605259 605259
> No way the iPod Touch was an afterthought I think you have that backwards.
> The original iPod was great, but very limited in it's capabilities.
> I think the iPod touch is the solution they chose to evolve the iPod
> and it has worked perfectly. It was then fairly easy to add the
> cell phone function. But it doesn't matter much which came first, so long as we have both chickens and eggs.

You are correct about the chicken and eggs thing. But I'm pretty sure the iPhone was in development long before they came up with the iPod Touch idea as a companion product.

Here is a link to an iPhone Timeline
www.iphonegold.org/iph...]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:35:59 -0400
> No way the iPod Touch was an afterthought I think you have that backwards.
> The original iPod was great, but very limited in it's capabilities.
> I think the iPod touch is the solution they chose to evolve the iPod
> and it has worked perfectly. It was then fairly easy to add the
> cell phone function. But it doesn't matter much which came first, so long as we have both chickens and eggs.

You are correct about the chicken and eggs thing. But I'm pretty sure the iPhone was in development long before they came up with the iPod Touch idea as a companion product.

Here is a link to an iPhone Timeline
www.iphonegold.org/iph...]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-605007 605007
You can bet that there will be both a subsidized 3G/4G version sold through carriers and a WiFi only version sold through regular channels. Both will be able to run Apps from the App Store.]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:14:16 -0400
You can bet that there will be both a subsidized 3G/4G version sold through carriers and a WiFi only version sold through regular channels. Both will be able to run Apps from the App Store.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151402-rumors-solidify-around-apple-tablet?source=feed#comment-602904 602904
Apple will not launch just one tablet product. If they learned anything from their iPhone & iPod Touch experience it is that they can get double payback on development costs by launching at least two new products.

There will be a subsidized tablet with 4G connectivity and a hefty monthly bill for wide area access. There will also be a WiFi only model with no subsidy and zero monthly billing. That's a given.]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:32:07 -0400
Apple will not launch just one tablet product. If they learned anything from their iPhone & iPod Touch experience it is that they can get double payback on development costs by launching at least two new products.

There will be a subsidized tablet with 4G connectivity and a hefty monthly bill for wide area access. There will also be a WiFi only model with no subsidy and zero monthly billing. That's a given.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-602423 602423 > Apple no longer receives a monthly revenue stream from AT&T.
> That was changed over a year ago. Apple gets an upfront one time
> payment on each phone.

Here is the latest on Apple's iPhone revenue recognition for iPhone sales. They receive payment up front but they recognize the revenue with non GAAP accounting over a period of 24 months. This smooths out and postpones revenue recognition. I believe it would also defer taxes.

brainstormtech.blogs.f.../]]> Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:56:57 -0400 > Apple no longer receives a monthly revenue stream from AT&T.
> That was changed over a year ago. Apple gets an upfront one time
> payment on each phone.

Here is the latest on Apple's iPhone revenue recognition for iPhone sales. They receive payment up front but they recognize the revenue with non GAAP accounting over a period of 24 months. This smooths out and postpones revenue recognition. I believe it would also defer taxes.

brainstormtech.blogs.f.../]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-602094 602094
www.tinyurl.com/ox6prj


On Jul 24 01:07 PM vloscomp wrote:

> Time to short APPL ]]> Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:17:45 -0400
www.tinyurl.com/ox6prj


On Jul 24 01:07 PM vloscomp wrote:

> Time to short APPL ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-602020 602020
> Could someone please put forward some good arguments for buying Apple
> stock right now that might be able to convince me and also include
> some future expected target prices a couple of years out?

I think we're at a historical turning point where cell phone providers worldwide are transitioning from being "phone companies" to being "Internet Service Providers." The little gadgets we're calling "smart phones" are really small computers with multiple functions one of which is the telephone. Over the next few years these cell phone service providers will be upgrading to 4th Generation networks with much higher speeds and much greater data capacities. This in turn will further drive adoption of smart phones.

Bottom line is that I believe we're entering a period of rapid and wide adoption of smart phones. Almost everyone will be getting rid of their cell phone and replacing it with a smart phone. This is a huge worldwide market. Much bigger than personal computers.

It's easier for a computer company like Apple to enter the cell phone arena than it is for a cell phone company like Motorola or Nokia to enter the computer busoness. Operating systems like Symbian and Windows Mobile were designed with telephones in mind and they've since tried to add-on computer features. Apple has a significant advatage in terms of software architecture. They also have a key advantage in that they control both the hardware and the software. And they're up to speed now with great products and huge momentum in the marketplace. The incredible success of the App Store caught competitors by surprise. It's now Apple's game to lose.

Smartphones will change the public's perception of these devices away from that of a "cell phone." I use my iPhone constantly but very much for phone calls. I'm not a big telephone talker. Took my wife to the airport last week during rush hour and used it to check a realtime traffic map before choosing my route. Checked stock quotes several times. Checked to see that her flight was on time. Checked email several times and answered a few messages. Used the iPhone's iPod feature to play music on my car stereo to and from the airport. Made note of my cars location in the parking lot in iPhone voice notes. Had breakfast with her at the airport coffee shop and read several NY Times articles on my iPhone. Used AOLs AIM chat app on my iPhone to stay in touch with my office. Round trip two hours. Zero outgoing or incoming phone calls.

Unless the stock market craters again, I see Apple's stock going above $200 again within the next year. I think it has the potential for a really big run-up as happened with Google.]]> Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:14:48 -0400
> Could someone please put forward some good arguments for buying Apple
> stock right now that might be able to convince me and also include
> some future expected target prices a couple of years out?

I think we're at a historical turning point where cell phone providers worldwide are transitioning from being "phone companies" to being "Internet Service Providers." The little gadgets we're calling "smart phones" are really small computers with multiple functions one of which is the telephone. Over the next few years these cell phone service providers will be upgrading to 4th Generation networks with much higher speeds and much greater data capacities. This in turn will further drive adoption of smart phones.

Bottom line is that I believe we're entering a period of rapid and wide adoption of smart phones. Almost everyone will be getting rid of their cell phone and replacing it with a smart phone. This is a huge worldwide market. Much bigger than personal computers.

It's easier for a computer company like Apple to enter the cell phone arena than it is for a cell phone company like Motorola or Nokia to enter the computer busoness. Operating systems like Symbian and Windows Mobile were designed with telephones in mind and they've since tried to add-on computer features. Apple has a significant advatage in terms of software architecture. They also have a key advantage in that they control both the hardware and the software. And they're up to speed now with great products and huge momentum in the marketplace. The incredible success of the App Store caught competitors by surprise. It's now Apple's game to lose.

Smartphones will change the public's perception of these devices away from that of a "cell phone." I use my iPhone constantly but very much for phone calls. I'm not a big telephone talker. Took my wife to the airport last week during rush hour and used it to check a realtime traffic map before choosing my route. Checked stock quotes several times. Checked to see that her flight was on time. Checked email several times and answered a few messages. Used the iPhone's iPod feature to play music on my car stereo to and from the airport. Made note of my cars location in the parking lot in iPhone voice notes. Had breakfast with her at the airport coffee shop and read several NY Times articles on my iPhone. Used AOLs AIM chat app on my iPhone to stay in touch with my office. Round trip two hours. Zero outgoing or incoming phone calls.

Unless the stock market craters again, I see Apple's stock going above $200 again within the next year. I think it has the potential for a really big run-up as happened with Google.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-601457 601457
We often hear such whining from people who don't own an iPhone and can only imagine what the user experience is really like. Get an iPhone and prepare to have your eyes opened wide. Very wide. The typical reaction of a person who gets an iPhone for the first time is, "Wow! I didn't fully realize what I was missing."

My iPhone can have up to 132 apps installed at one time. I currently have about 100 installed. Out of the 50,000 or so available I suspect you too might be able to find 100 that you'd find useful. But you'll never know, will you?

You remind me of my son. When he was sixteen years old I put a note on the refrigerator door that read, "Why don't you leave home now while you still know everything?"


On Jul 24 04:49 PM vloscomp wrote:

> I don't get the significant of the apps store: there are 50,000 crappy
> apps that i do not want, and as far as 1.5 billions download, how
> many of those are profitable or useful? ]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:31:47 -0400
We often hear such whining from people who don't own an iPhone and can only imagine what the user experience is really like. Get an iPhone and prepare to have your eyes opened wide. Very wide. The typical reaction of a person who gets an iPhone for the first time is, "Wow! I didn't fully realize what I was missing."

My iPhone can have up to 132 apps installed at one time. I currently have about 100 installed. Out of the 50,000 or so available I suspect you too might be able to find 100 that you'd find useful. But you'll never know, will you?

You remind me of my son. When he was sixteen years old I put a note on the refrigerator door that read, "Why don't you leave home now while you still know everything?"


On Jul 24 04:49 PM vloscomp wrote:

> I don't get the significant of the apps store: there are 50,000 crappy
> apps that i do not want, and as far as 1.5 billions download, how
> many of those are profitable or useful? ]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-601170 601170
You obviously don't get the significance of the app store (50,000 apps and 1.5 Billion downloads in just one year); integration with iTunes including wireless downloads, and the elegance of Apple's user friendly designs. Sure they're going to be copied. Microsoft built their business on copying. But betting against Apple is high risk investing to say the least. Read BurkPhoto's second post (above). He says it very well.]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:07:18 -0400
You obviously don't get the significance of the app store (50,000 apps and 1.5 Billion downloads in just one year); integration with iTunes including wireless downloads, and the elegance of Apple's user friendly designs. Sure they're going to be copied. Microsoft built their business on copying. But betting against Apple is high risk investing to say the least. Read BurkPhoto's second post (above). He says it very well.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/151137-why-apple-s-itouch-tablet-will-become-its-flagship-product?source=feed#comment-600636 600636
You should give some additional thought to where Apple might be able to go with a tablet, or perhaps a family of tablet computers. A tablet could become one piece of a more robust system.

Start with a 13" MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air to visualize the kind of overall quality I have in mind. Now make the lid detachable. When detached the lid becomes a tablet computer running the iPhone version of OS X with touch Keypad. When attached the computer runs the regular version of OS X with physical keyboard and ability to run all applications such as Photoshop, etc. Both versions of the OS can coexist and run simultaneously using virtualization. In other words, the detached lid works like a giant iPod Touch but morfs into a full-featured computer with the complete OS X when attached to the bottom unit and keyboard.

Connect the base to the lid with Bluetooth. Put some semiconductor storage in the lid and a big hard disk in the base. You'll need one of those non-user changeable long-life Apple batteries in each unit.

When riding in an airplane put the base in overhead storage and use the lid as a tablet on your tray table. Save files to disk wirelessly using Bluetooth.

Incorporate a pull-out bluetooth headset in the design for phone calls via Mi-Fi (or use an iPhone and access the internet with tethering).

So you're in a restaurant making a sales presentation to a client. The base (computer bottom) is in your briefcase alongside your chair. Your presentation is stored there on the hard disk. The presentation is to be displayed on the bright high res LED 1280 X1024 display on your tablet and sent from disk via Bluetooth. You are connected to the internet via tethering to your iPhone or MiFi. You will also use your iPhone as a remote control for the slide presentation.

A product like this could be sold in pieces. Buy the lid as a huge iPod Touch. Buy the base later with keyboard, hard disk, and SuperDrive to convert to a full fledged laptop. Buy an iPhone to get Internet tethering via 3G (or a Mi-Fi modem as your article suggests).

It is important that it be able to run iPhone Apps so it can piggy-back on the amazing App Store. But it wouldn't have to run that version of OS X exclusively thanks to virtualization.]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:38:16 -0400
You should give some additional thought to where Apple might be able to go with a tablet, or perhaps a family of tablet computers. A tablet could become one piece of a more robust system.

Start with a 13" MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air to visualize the kind of overall quality I have in mind. Now make the lid detachable. When detached the lid becomes a tablet computer running the iPhone version of OS X with touch Keypad. When attached the computer runs the regular version of OS X with physical keyboard and ability to run all applications such as Photoshop, etc. Both versions of the OS can coexist and run simultaneously using virtualization. In other words, the detached lid works like a giant iPod Touch but morfs into a full-featured computer with the complete OS X when attached to the bottom unit and keyboard.

Connect the base to the lid with Bluetooth. Put some semiconductor storage in the lid and a big hard disk in the base. You'll need one of those non-user changeable long-life Apple batteries in each unit.

When riding in an airplane put the base in overhead storage and use the lid as a tablet on your tray table. Save files to disk wirelessly using Bluetooth.

Incorporate a pull-out bluetooth headset in the design for phone calls via Mi-Fi (or use an iPhone and access the internet with tethering).

So you're in a restaurant making a sales presentation to a client. The base (computer bottom) is in your briefcase alongside your chair. Your presentation is stored there on the hard disk. The presentation is to be displayed on the bright high res LED 1280 X1024 display on your tablet and sent from disk via Bluetooth. You are connected to the internet via tethering to your iPhone or MiFi. You will also use your iPhone as a remote control for the slide presentation.

A product like this could be sold in pieces. Buy the lid as a huge iPod Touch. Buy the base later with keyboard, hard disk, and SuperDrive to convert to a full fledged laptop. Buy an iPhone to get Internet tethering via 3G (or a Mi-Fi modem as your article suggests).

It is important that it be able to run iPhone Apps so it can piggy-back on the amazing App Store. But it wouldn't have to run that version of OS X exclusively thanks to virtualization.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/143319-new-iphone-set-to-continue-apples-quest-for-dominance?source=feed#comment-547650 547650 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:35:11 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/139900-zune-hd-trying-to-compete-with-yesterday-s-ipod-touch?source=feed#comment-520534 520534
How is that an advantage?]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 21:25:00 -0400
How is that an advantage?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/138223-what-good-will-the-iphone-app-do-for-sirius-xm?source=feed#comment-507977 507977 Mon, 18 May 2009 08:18:00 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/133115-looks-like-we-re-still-a-blackberry-nation?source=feed#comment-477695 477695
We have a good friend who is an attorney. She carries both a Blackberry and an iPhone in her purse. The Blackberry was given to her by her employer for business use. The iPhone is her personal phone.

She loves her iPhone and tolerates her Blackberry. That says it all.]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:46:55 -0400
We have a good friend who is an attorney. She carries both a Blackberry and an iPhone in her purse. The Blackberry was given to her by her employer for business use. The iPhone is her personal phone.

She loves her iPhone and tolerates her Blackberry. That says it all.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/127235-calling-for-a-palm-dell-union?source=feed#comment-436031 436031
However, Jon Rubenstein who leads Palm, has more engineering talent than anyone at Dell so such a union would be an enormous win for Dell. However, I can't imagine someone with Rubenstein's abilities wanting to align himself with Dell. That would be preposterous.]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:50:18 -0400
However, Jon Rubenstein who leads Palm, has more engineering talent than anyone at Dell so such a union would be an enormous win for Dell. However, I can't imagine someone with Rubenstein's abilities wanting to align himself with Dell. That would be preposterous.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/125369-the-battle-lines-are-drawn-in-the-war-for-mobile-developers?source=feed#comment-421932 421932 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:50:20 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/123410-apple-eight-iphone-annoyances?source=feed#comment-408493 408493 Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:47:52 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/123292-dell-gets-ready-for-a-comeback-barron-s?source=feed#comment-407271 407271 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:11:10 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/122079-microsoft-and-apple-follower-and-leader?source=feed#comment-399960 399960 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:04:23 -0500 http://seekingalpha.com/article/117819-ominous-drop-in-sales-bodes-ill-for-more-than-just-apple-barron-s?source=feed#comment-372922 372922
I think they'll keep the pedal to the metal inf R&D and will exit this recession with some great new products in the pipeline.]]> Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:52:07 -0500
I think they'll keep the pedal to the metal inf R&D and will exit this recession with some great new products in the pipeline.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/102383-rim-faces-a-critical-month-as-apple-gets-tough?source=feed#comment-292618 292618
Apple is already selling more total units than RIMM. The gap will only widen and at a much faster rate. The iPhone 3G is an awesome device and Apple has an insurmountable techoogical lead.]]> Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:40:57 -0400
Apple is already selling more total units than RIMM. The gap will only widen and at a much faster rate. The iPhone 3G is an awesome device and Apple has an insurmountable techoogical lead.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/90340-iphone-app-developers-find-weaknesses-in-at-t-s-fake-walls?source=feed#comment-227886 227886
AT&T is offending and insulting iPhone users by saying tethering is OK on their network if you buy a Nokia but not if you buy an iPhone. Huh?? What's that about??

AT&T is also making the iPhone less attractive by prohibiting tethering.

In my case I can't justify the cost of separate AT&T data plans for my iPhone and my computer. I would only use tethering on occasion, as when my cable modem goes down or I'm traveling about and need to access something with my laptop that I can't get to with my iPhone. That happens once in a while but not often enough to justify a separate data plan.

So please tell AT&T to back off on this and lower their wall.]]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:45:40 -0400
AT&T is offending and insulting iPhone users by saying tethering is OK on their network if you buy a Nokia but not if you buy an iPhone. Huh?? What's that about??

AT&T is also making the iPhone less attractive by prohibiting tethering.

In my case I can't justify the cost of separate AT&T data plans for my iPhone and my computer. I would only use tethering on occasion, as when my cable modem goes down or I'm traveling about and need to access something with my laptop that I can't get to with my iPhone. That happens once in a while but not often enough to justify a separate data plan.

So please tell AT&T to back off on this and lower their wall.]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/86153-analysts-weigh-in-on-apple-earnings-10-15-points-more-downside?source=feed#comment-211391 211391 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:12:48 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/82237-apple-will-flourish-with-or-without-steve-jobs?source=feed#comment-190549 190549
That sounds good Windsurfar but how are you going to do it? If you put the physical keyboad on the top surface you will be reducign sreen size to make room for the keyboard. Would you really want to do that?

Perhaps you're thinking of a pull-out keyboard which would increase thickness and bulk. Would you really want to do that?]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:32:08 -0400
That sounds good Windsurfar but how are you going to do it? If you put the physical keyboad on the top surface you will be reducign sreen size to make room for the keyboard. Would you really want to do that?

Perhaps you're thinking of a pull-out keyboard which would increase thickness and bulk. Would you really want to do that?]]> http://seekingalpha.com/article/82237-apple-will-flourish-with-or-without-steve-jobs?source=feed#comment-190513 190513
When I was first considering buying an IPhone one year ago I tested both of them at my local AT&T store. The results were discouraging for both of them. My fingers were much to large and the keys much too small. I made a lot of typing errors. Since both keyboards were equally lousy, I decided to go for the iPhone over the Blackberry because of it's other positive attributes.

Now that I've had a year with my iPhone I find that my typing speed has increased rather dramatically and typing errors have decreased as well. It's not just practice and familiarity. There are some really great tips and techniques you can learn for typing on the iPhone's keyboard.

Perhaps the same would have been true had I bought the Blackberry instead. I have no way of knowing for sure.

At present, my take is that I don't want a physical keyboard on my iPhone. It would add bulk and reduce screen size. Screen area is much more important. The touch screen keyboard works well enough. I would hate having my phone filled up with buttons where there should be screen (as with Blackberry).
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When I was first considering buying an IPhone one year ago I tested both of them at my local AT&T store. The results were discouraging for both of them. My fingers were much to large and the keys much too small. I made a lot of typing errors. Since both keyboards were equally lousy, I decided to go for the iPhone over the Blackberry because of it's other positive attributes.

Now that I've had a year with my iPhone I find that my typing speed has increased rather dramatically and typing errors have decreased as well. It's not just practice and familiarity. There are some really great tips and techniques you can learn for typing on the iPhone's keyboard.

Perhaps the same would have been true had I bought the Blackberry instead. I have no way of knowing for sure.

At present, my take is that I don't want a physical keyboard on my iPhone. It would add bulk and reduce screen size. Screen area is much more important. The touch screen keyboard works well enough. I would hate having my phone filled up with buttons where there should be screen (as with Blackberry).
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