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    • Tue Nov 25th 17:18 PM
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      U.S. Companies Figure Prominently in Asia-Pacific's Top Brands of 2008 Survey
      This is a clear indication of the tremendous potential for market growth for Apple once they start putting more resources into this region.
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    • Mon Nov 24th 12:46 PM
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      Apple vs. Microsoft Vista: The Ad Budget Wars
      No matter how much MS spends on their current campaign, it doesn't fix their underlying problems. And quite frankly, their ad campaign is horrible. It says nothing about the brand, the product, differentiation, value proposition, any of the fundamentals of great (or even good) marketing. Instead it shows a bunch of walmart types talking about how they are pc's... wow.... "got a run right out and get me one a 'dem things"...
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    • Fri Nov 21st 13:09 PM
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      Can You See Apple Under $60?
      Ridiculous pronouncement with no basis in fact... especially with the opening statement "decent company with some good products". Your attempt at dishing by saying "Pollyanna's screamed it would never see $100.." is sophomoric at best... the entire market has taken a steep dive. Is that something you predicted? C at $4, Ford at $1.40... of course not.. give it a rest. You obviously know nothing about this company...


      On Nov 21 08:02 AM southbeach wrote:

      > Apple is a decent company with some good products. Still, it´s been
      > overvalued for some time - the user/fan/Jobs premium is alive and
      > well. Expected dividend payments from the stock in the next 5 years?
      > $0. Mmm, nice. The market was full of amateurs (and some pros too)
      > just imagining the logic free valuation of Apple would take it through
      > $200 and beyond. This Bear has teeth, that's for sure, but the problem
      > was with Apple's pumped valuation. Now the cheap money steroids have
      > been confiscated, it could easily drift down to the low 50s. Still,
      > it could hit 100 again in a few years (2-3). In the meantime, a lot
      > of fairly inexperienced investors (and hey, I've taken a bath on
      > some finance stocks too) will become seasoned investors - hard lessons
      > though. Apple could hit $40 a at trough, and I'd say its a reasonable
      > buy there.
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    • Mon Nov 10th 12:35 PM
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      Buy, Sell or Hold: Apple's Cohesive Strategy to Survive and Thrive
      This article has a key flaw when it comes to the enterprise market - which it got TOTALLY wrong as stated here:

      "Again, the enterprise-market segment, which she knows intimately, has two main concerns:

      * Total cost of ownership, which includes the initial price for the phone, as well as the service and, very importantly, the maintenance.

      * Data security."

      "The latter one is a killer for the iPhone in the enterprise market, since corporate IT departments cannot remotely shut down iPhones that are lost or are stolen as they are able to do with Research-in-Motion-mad... Blackberries. In addition, the locked nature of the iPhone makes it very difficult for IT departments to customize solutions for company use."

      First, with the new OS update, you can set the phone to erase all data if someone enters the wrong passcode 5 times in a row. Further, if using MS Exchange (which is in most enterprise installations) the Exchange ActiveSync Mobile Administration Web Tool can be used to initiate a remote wipe of a lost or stolen device and view the status of a remote wipe request.

      Secondly, as to customizing the phone for corporate use, the SDK receives rave reviews for its ease of developing custom apps - This is not a "closed system" as stated in the article, but a superior solution compared to other offerings.

      Lastly, when calculating total cost of ownership, this article fails to realize the dramatic increases in productivity that can be achieved by the iPhone.
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    • Mon Oct 27th 17:32 PM
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      Apple Could Crush Competitors With a $99 iPhone
      Why in the world should Apple race to the bottom on price? This is a ridiculous proposition. This is an aspirational brand, not a price brand. The other phone makers have screwed themselves by moving to lower price points thus reducing their perceived value to consumers. How much is a cell phone? "Free with a two year contract" is a perfect example. Let the carriers start discounting their services when you buy a great phone instead of the other way around. Cell phone makers have lost much control over their brands and are struggling because of it.
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    • Mon Oct 27th 17:23 PM
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      iPod Sales Only 14.2% of Apple's Q4 Total Revenue
      Sorry - that last post is to the knucklehead Jackw...
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    • Mon Oct 27th 17:22 PM
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      iPod Sales Only 14.2% of Apple's Q4 Total Revenue
      You have no idea what you are talking about so why are you posting here? If you want to sound like an expert you should do your homework. These are not fad products but superior products in each of their categories with fanatical users / advocates. And the reason they are so is that these products offer a far superior user experience, are supported by a superior customer service focused organization, and are each part of a total ecosystem that interact together. So in the future, if you don't know what you are talking about, its better to keep your mouth shut.

      Further, your moronic ramblings about 14% show a complete understanding of the basic premise of this article.
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    • Mon Oct 6th 17:15 PM
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      MySpace Music's Growth Balloon
      This will not last. The music industry has made a very stupid move, one that is not in the best interest of artists, or the industry. "all-you-can-eat&... is not smart business and will create an even faster decline in revenues for all. This is a panic plan...
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    • Fri Oct 3rd 14:21 PM
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      Steve Jobs' Fake Heart Attack, Courtesy of CNN
      The person that posted this false rumor was obviously a professional trader / short seller due to the way it was written. The SEC should hunt this person down and throw them in prison for a long long time. When are they going to start aggressively stopping this crap? They should ban all short selling! Period.
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    • Mon Sep 29th 12:49 PM
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      Apple Isn't Recession-Proof
      Who's post is nonsense, especially this quote - "Apple fans are being swayed by lower prices providing comparable if not better functioning toys". These lower priced products are NOT comparable which is proven time and time again by the experts. When you look at the total Apple system / ecosystem, including clearly superior operating system, significantly higher usability (ease of use and stability, lack of downtime, not having to buy / use and maintain virus and spyware software, superior bundled software included with purchase (iLife for music, photos, video etc.), better support/more uptime, significantly less downtime fixing problems, and full integration of Apple products across the ecosystem there is no comparison, and the superior value is clear. Yes, Apple doesn't build products at the low end, but clearly provides superior value and user experience. These are not just hardware issues.
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    • Mon Sep 29th 09:59 AM
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      iPhone Dev Problems: Whining or Real?
      It is Apple's system to protect. And developers should be focused on developing innovative programs that don't compete with Apple's own. Its that simple. Granted, there could be more transparency in the process, which should come over time. (It is still a system that is only a couple months old.) However, coming up with apps that merely tweak or replace what Apple is already providing is not innovation. Developers need to be thinking outside the box.
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    • Tue Sep 23rd 08:14 AM
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      Will SanDisk's New 'Slot Music' Make Sense for Consumers?
      Suggestion to music industry: Put out great music on all tracks. Have your bands actually know how to play music. Develop schools for them to start with classical training in music across all genres including jazz, blues, classical. Then help them write great songs. Consumers have voted - for the majority of bands / albums they are no longer willing to pay you to buy full albums of mediocre songs to get one or two good tracks. Its a combination of quality and consumer demand. What is it you are trying to do? Heck, why not put one hundred tracks on an album and charge $150. Do you think that might work? Slot Music will fail horribly... as it should. Digital distribution is the most efficient method for delivering content, and the most profitable. (The industry is just trying to get people to buy more at one time.) You just need to deliver what people actually want to pay for - what a concept!
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    • Fri Sep 19th 14:52 PM
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      Three New Microsoft Commercials Making PCs Cool(er)
      F.J. Taylor - great post. In particular your comments at the end regarding the passion of Mac users. There are significant reasons why Mac users are so happy with their experience. Its not just ease of use but much deeper than that. Macs are actually a lot more fun and engaging because of the incredible user interface, wonderful bundled software that is elegant and also easy to use, reliability and greatly diminished need for tech support. MS does indeed make buggy bloatware, crammed with features that 99% of users don't want or need. These new commercials are so mundane as to be laughable - they are not showing passionate users, but average everyday people talking about a very average product. It is indeed putting lipstick on the pig...
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    • Fri Sep 12th 09:26 AM
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      6 Things Apple's Not Doing Right
      This article is absurd. Apple's hardware has always been proprietary. It is one of Apple's core strengths! Controlling the ecosystem is what makes this such a powerful platform that continues to delight consumers who rank Apple with the highest satisfaction levels in the industry. And they are doing something wrong???? Get a real job fool! Sure they have made recent missteps but they are working aggressively to fix them and to prevent them in the future. Further, you have no clue regarding your statement about "sharing files" - sharing files has always been easy between Macs and PCs. As a stockholder, I would be mad as hell if in fact they weren't aggressively protecting their intellectual property and their brand franchise. Gee, why doesn't MS, or HP or IBM just let people duplicate/clone their intellectual property without approval???
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    • Fri Sep 5th 09:25 AM
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      Five Trends to Watch in Mobile Devices

      Gee, you just described the iPhone. A long article to say that everyone is going to try to copy the iPhone based on 5 of its unique features/benefits.
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