PalinTologist

Google's Android vs. Apple: History Repeats Itself

your post was priceless. thanks for the 'laff'...thanks ze-lot!

btw, when you see any word underlined in red, that means you should probably check your spelling before you post. particularly if it is a word that is the cornerstone of your post and you use it over and over and over.


On Oct 29 01:38 PM Whoa Nelly wrote:

> One thing you will never do is argue facts & logics with a zelot.
>
>
> Try it with a religious zelot
>
> Try it with a political zelot
>
> Try it with an Apple zelot
>
> Apple will never lose its zelots, hence its market share.
>
> It's not worth arguing with these people over Apple, Steve Jobs is
> Jesus and has come to save the world.
>
> Just buy a phone that works for you and don't worry about why Apple
> will never make a mistake or suffer any bad press anymore.

The eBook Wars: What Publishers Should Do

"What??? Ideology alert."

not sure what you meant by your comment although i'm sure it was brilliant.

but for grins, let me explain what i meant by MY comment regarding why amzn won't be able to retain a major advantage they enjoy over local retail stores given the Dem's are in power: sales tax.

it's my belief that democrats are kind of 'tax happy'; that they hate to see an opportunity to tax anything and everything go to waste (silly and foolish thinking on my part i know, but humor me for a second).

i think we are going to see a national sales tax on internet sales AND i believe that internet based companies will be forced to collect taxes for the state in which the purchaser of products/services resides.

radical, wack-o thinking, i know.

but that's what i think.


On Oct 24 11:58 AM Atypical wrote:

> "think amzn will retain that 'difference' for long with the Dems
> in power?"
>
> What???
>
> Ideology alert.

The eBook Wars: What Publishers Should Do

amzn trading at a forward p/e of 60 and no cash.
they are a retailer (a darn good one; the best). they sell things. lots of them. so does walmart (fwd p/e 13 and 2% dividend). difference is simple: you pay tax if buy @ walmart. the internet is a funny, wonderful thing for now.

think amzn will retain that 'difference' for long with the Dems in power?

aapl MAKES things that people buy, they continue to create UNIQUE products that many people seem to prefer. they have over 35 billion in cash and no debt. aapl has a fwd p/e of 22.


tell me the market is rational.

Motorola Droid: A Promising iPhone Challenger

' "Apple (AAPL) has pretty much stopped innovating because the IPhone is in "fat and happy mode." '

okay. and you base your foolish comment on...what?

gotta say, BlindReason, you picked an apt moniker.

Doubting RIM: Time to Do a Pair Trade With Apple?

'why not a pair trade..short apple long rim

it has worked'

For Whom?

"dont like apple...........in fact dont care it made a new all time high last night"

Sounds like someone has more emotion than capital invested in these two companies. And if these are truly your beliefs, soon emotion will be the ONLY expression of your beliefs.

Your comments are foolish.

Why Android Is Gaining Ground on Apple

wow! do you have ADD or something? hint: the premise of your whiney diatribe was why android is gaining ground on iphone.

all we know now is why YOU chose android ('cuz it uses anticompetitive behavior? hehe!! Google meet Ed. Ed, this is Google. snuggle up by the fire and read a book together, fellas. there. isn't that just so nice, warm and cozy Ed?).

and no evidence (like real, actual numbers for instance) that supports your pointless point. cheers!

Running the Numbers: The Roller Coaster That Is Apple

He rates PALM as 'slightly undervalued'. There is a link to the PALM report at the beginning of this ridiculous article.


On Oct 08 11:02 AM sasha1975 wrote:

> i wonder what you wud think about a seriously overrated stock like
> PALM.
>
> btw ... i think the analysis is totally off the mark.

Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre: Are Consumers Satisfied?

> Would have been better if you had 198 Palm Pre owners to match 198
> iPhone 3Gs owners.

Therein lies the problem: The entire palm pre user base consisted of 38 people. My hat's off to the pollster who was able to actually track down these users. I've never seen a palm pre in the wild. And that's saying something because I've seen Bigfoot twice while skiing the backcountry.


On Sep 10 01:39 PM ifowny wrote:

> Would have been better if you had 198 Palm Pre owners to match 198
> iPhone 3Gs owners.

Apple iPhone 3GS vs. Palm Pre: Are Consumers Satisfied?

You could have reduced this whole article to one, two-word sentence and even that would have been repetitive: AT& T sucks.

Further, was it difficult to locate and round-up all 37 palm pre owners to gather your data?

Apple, Research In Motion Both Continue to Win

Since this is an investment blog and we're all just trying to make a buck presumably--rather than prove 'whose is bigger' the question should be 'which company is going to make the most money' and reflect that success in the pps accordingly. To that end, I think rimm is in a tough place. As someone intimated earlier, you don't make a lot of money by giving your product away for free, as rimm has been doing of late. Bottom line, Without some crafty accounting, I think rimm's going to miss again this quarter, and that can't be good--no matter if they hold every single position on the top ten best 'selling' list.


On Aug 06 10:06 AM fcca wrote:

> Thanks for the full article Mike I would say the blackberry's are
> doing great placing number 1, 3, 5, and 6. I guess if the tour was
> out earlier in the Q2 they would have taken 2 place also. I guess
> they will do it in Q3.It is amazing how well it is doing if you look
> at how all the iPhone radicals always try to convince us that RIM
> is going to die. How could all these people be wrong buying a blackberry.

Earnings on Deck - Three Companies That Look the Best

oh man. doesn't look good for aapl. this is bad news. wait a minute. as well respected as (your proctologist here) is, i'm gonna take a flyer on aapl. i mean, just for what-the-heck.

Philip Morris: Even Greater

I'll answer that: making money is more important than YOUR ethics, to me anyway. Aside from taking advantage of your choice of words, I've long ago given up on trading from a moral perspective.

How does one invest wisely and avoid 'bad' companies anymore given the multi tentacles that modern, conglomerate corporations all seem to have?

BTW, don't buy TEVA if you don't want to buy companies that sell death. They manufacture the 'morning after' pill. No, I'm not a right wing wacko; I'm pro choice. I'm just saying.


On Jul 14 06:04 PM knight wrote:

> does nobody care that they sell death!! There are far better and
> ways to make money and plenty of other opportunities out there. At
> some point one has to say making money isnt as important as my ethics.

Electro-Optical Sciences: A Speculative Stock with Great Potential

It's my understanding that they charge for the device itself (relatively inexpensive at 5 grand) and then the recording 'card' which is used on each patient and stores the data of each test which costs the patient around $100 per test, of which MELA keeps $40 and the physician keeps $60 (above figures are not exact and only meant to convey the general idea, relative to the question asked).

Benefit to the patient is that it is fast and non invasive.

For the busy physician, it allows better customer service to their patients who face potential cancer diagnosis and are anxious to find out results. As well, it provides better patient flow, i.e. more clients=more money as it frees up the physician's time that they would otherwise use to do unnecessary, expensive, invasive and time intensive biopsies.

I am Long MELA; >1000 shares.

On Jul 09 12:39 PM drd wrote:

> good idea but how will they make money? will they just sell machines
> (how many will be sold ?) will they charge per test

Bookies Favor Apple for a Twitter Buyout

I don't this we disagree on this. Where did i imply that aapl wasn't for profit or that they wouldn't pay the price that works for them?

What i meant by my post was:

1. I think twitter is a good fit for aapl
2. Because I have respect for aapl mgmnt, I think they have a price in mind they are willing to pay and are willing to walk away from a deal precisely because they ARE a for profit company and won't do a deal that doesn't pencil out.
3. I think aapl mgmnt's appeal to twitter would be along the lines of how great (read PROFITABLE for the twitter owners) they would be together and if they convince twitter that, with twitter, 'twapple' will rule the world and in the long going with aapl will make them trillionaires then I think twiiter would be inclined (or give aapl the upper hand in a competitive bidding situation) to sell to aapl.
For this reason, I don't think they need to be "high bid", if it came down to a bidding war.

Who would/could beat aapl in a bidding war? 1. msft, but c'mon, twitter aint going to bed with 'the man' 2. goog but goog is becoming 'the man' and their could also be antitrust questions raised, among other issues.

Since you stated the obvious ("they would pay what they felt the company was worth to them") Let me sum up what I was trying to say in my initial post in an equally obvious statement:

Aapl will establish what twitter is worth to it and will not pay a penny more than that.

See? We agree! Izzzz alllllll goooood!

Hope this clears things up or if not, makes you as angry as my first
(what I thought was benign) post seemed to make you.


On May 06 12:51 PM jack dee wrote:

> "cuz that's not how they roll," , are you off your rocker, aapl
> would bid just like any other company. They would pay right up to
> the very last penny they felt the company was worth to them. Just
> as msft goog gm or any company.
>
> AAPL is a for PROFIT company ( see how big the "PROFIT" is)

Bookies Favor Apple for a Twitter Buyout

i am a nobody from nowheresville but i do believe IF (see how big that 'if' is in a relative sense?) twitter founders are inclined to sell to aapl then it will happen. i don't think aapl would be willing to be held over a barrel or engage in a bidding war with goog or msft, cuz that's not how they roll, but at a price that works for aapl, i think it will happen and i think it totally makes sense/fits.