I don’t need, nor do I want, to hack my iPhone: I don’t need a book reader, a graphing calculator or a wi-fi detector (uh, the iPhone is already is a wi-fi detector). This does not mean that I don’t want other things, such as Gmail instant messaging. But I am patient, patient as any […]
Joseph Avila’s story, “Why Some Apple Fans Won’t Buy an iPhone,” is well written and interesting. If nothing else, it illustrates how, no matter how much you might trust a company like Apple, it may not be enough to invest in a new, unproven and expensive product.
And, as Avila points out, Apple is one thing: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Apple slashed $200 off the price of the 8GB iPhone yesterday — now you can grab one for $399. So what have I learned?
Apple sees the iPhone as its major growth initiative
As iPods become ubiquitous, Apple expects iPod sales to flatten
Apple is banking on making money off AT&T
Apple is forecasting the competition
Oh, and now I […]