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Motorola Droid: A Promising iPhone Challenger

Hey I like MOT since 80286 chip, and I do respect that they did not rush a copycat game as some notable companies and take their time to make a respectful product. But, as others say, Android market can be troubled with different chips, ans different inputs etc.
Will see.

On Oct 23 07:41 PM Tom B wrote:

> Motorola...Promising-- in the same sentence? Oh that's right-- "promising"
> and delivering are DIFFERENT....

Motorola Droid: A Promising iPhone Challenger

I think that they had upfront, at least 15-25 ready models (edge, 3G, 3Gs, LTE...) of Iphone to be ready for presentation, when AT&T network is done to apply them.


On Oct 23 01:56 PM SiliconValleyJoe wrote:

> If I remember correctly, the progressions is as follows:
> 2007 - iPhone
> 2008 - iPhone 3G, SDK, App Store.
> 2009 - iPhone 3G S with new capabilities.
>
> How is it iPhone is in Fat and Happy mode and how does it mean innovation
> has stopped?
>
> A lot of companies are still making devices to match iPhone capabilities
> or best it, so they are innovating? While they are fighting to catch
> up? Strange.

When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get an Apple

The same Nokia who sing the deal with Microsoft few months
ago?

On Oct 22 12:11 PM rich168 wrote:

> NOK is suing AAPL for patent infingement...
> never saw it coming...

Largest S&P 500 Companies

So under 10% of market share is a good job for mr. Jobs, but I presume that he would satisfied with 20 to 24%.

How Apple Sets Smartphone Industry Pricing

and in all that time, when other experiment with new, prices of new technology will go down on their expense, not apple`s


On Oct 20 11:00 AM Aryamehr wrote:

> Once again Apple is where it is more because of the incompetence
> of others than its own 'destructive technology.' However, the landscape
> is changing and the competition has woken up. By tethering itself
> to ATT Apple has surely handicapped itself, regardless of how well
> it is currently doing. It is giving the competition enough room to
> breath and continue launching better and better Smartphones. IMHO
> there are already a number of handsets that can easily match, if
> not better, the iPhone in quality and functionality. Case in point,
> HTC's Hero, Samsung's Moment, both being offered at Sprint. Sprint
> also offers a much better 3G network and has a substantially wider
> 3G reach than ATT and T-Mobile combined. The new phones are packed
> with technologies that are far superior to the iPhone 3GS, such as
> AM-OLED screens, better camera's and camcorders, removable batteries,
> faster CPUs, and substantially better hardware. In summary my point
> is that in the latter 3 yrs. Apple has basically had a free ride
> and now it will have to contend with a disparate and desperate group
> of contenders that in many cases will be putting everything on the
> line. Most of them will have the support of Google's Android OS,
> which is Linux based, and is well equipped to emulate anything Apple
> has to offer. On the hardware side Apple basically has no advantages,
> which can be seen in the recent launchings of numerous manufacturers
> smartphones. 2010 will no doubt be a facinating year for both the
> Telcos and the Smartphone manufacturers.

Is the Love Affair with the iPhone Over?

Yes, speaking again about RIMM and their app market, by putting Apple in the headline. That generate on line interest for RIMM for sure.

Apple’s iPhone App Refund Policies Unfair to Developers

Read other firms contracts before make statement like this one, and you`ll find a real dirt. Then try to count how much cost to establish and run an look like app store (servers, people, power, connections etc.) from a sketch, and how much cost to maintain all free apps in the store. You`ll may find that`s not so cheap to build and run such store even for rich firms

Winners and Losers in Today's Market

*The current valuation of AAPL is just ridiculous. It is based on the hope of the continued, fast growth of AAPL's earnings, which is unrealistic. How many more iPhones can AAPL sell, before the market is saturated?*

Let`s count. How much is 16% of 6 billion then take from that number 15 million and you should have answer on your question.

Apple's Credibility Problem

"Now, we know that this was untrue" or you think that you know. I mean you are so incredibly creditable. I`m so gonna lose fait in APPLE and their product line cause you tell me to.

The Mysterious Steve Jobs

not so clever and not so funny

Steve Jobs Explains His Weight Loss as 'Hormone Imbalance'

" It also admits that this health problem indeed was one of the reasons why Jobs won’t be giving the Macworld keynote. (Apple’s chief marketing officer Phil Schiller will be filling in for him instead)."
Where did you find this?

MacWorld to Follow Floppy Disk Into Extinction

to Ken Watson:
#1: Apple leaved all of MacWorld (Tokyo, NYC, Paris) in few years, this is just another step (or last step) in walk.
#2: same as No 1.
#3: same as No 1.

Google 'Violates' Apple's Rules - Unwarranted Hysteria Ensues

"I guess that everyone forgets that Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, sits on Apples board of directors!" Even more, you can`t find any desktop in google, which is not made by apple.

Fast Money Recap - Fourth Day's a Charm (11/26/08)

Smart move from apple. Instead 10% they give 5 more, for more switch thinking people, and just about sunrise of W7.

Hedge Funds: Forced Selling Provides Opportunities

went to make apple ...