Sep
07

iPhone Price Cut Followup

Posted by Brent under Gee Whiz Tech

Keep coming across some interesting ideas of why Apple cut the price of the iPhone. Obviously, I have some opinions. Frederick DH Kim at Welcome Back collected some thoughts as well in a post entitled “iPhone Price Cut: 10 Reasons Why Apple Did It.”
Some I agree with, especially No. 2 (”incoming competition”) and No. 5 […]

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Sep
07

iPod is dead: Long live iPod

Posted by Brent under Gee Whiz Tech, Music mmmBOP

So I promised you, my growing legion of fanpeeps, speculation: Apple’s forecast of its iPod line. Fortunately, if you’re a marketer, it’s pretty basic: The iPod is moving from the “growing” to the “maturing” column of its product lifecycle. 
In other words: The great majority of people willing to buy their first iPod? They already have. 
Soon, you shouldn’t expect Apple to trumpet dramatic […]

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