The Great Tech War Of 2012
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The Great Tech War Of 2012
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#2And while these 4 duke it out a new competitor will emerge and change the game completely.
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#3And while these 4 duke it out a new competitor will emerge and change the game completely.
It looks like Microsoft is trying hard to pivot and be that competitor
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#4And while these 4 duke it out a new competitor will emerge and change the game completely.
And that's the reason, reading story after story about the big 4 on HN is getting so boring to me. No doubt they make amazing products, but these are giant corporations now. Siri, G+, Timeline, Kindle Fire are all fascinating products, but they don't excite me nearly as much as a simple app made by a fledgling two person startup.
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#5Guess the launch of Android 4.0 in two days will show us where we're going.
It basically decides the future for 3 major products: Smartphones Tablets Google TV (this could be a LARGE market if they find the right partners)
Add to that the fact that big G will probably try to push Google+ even further with this new generation and this makes the event more important than any previous Google Keynote.
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#6I'm I the only one who doesn't place Facebook in the class as Amazon/Google/Apple?
Maybe, someday, but not quite yet.
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#7I'm I the only one who doesn't place Facebook in the class as Amazon/Google/Apple? Maybe, someday, but not quite yet.
Agreed. For all the hype, pre-IPO valuation and talent draining, Facebook has done surprisingly little worthy of attention for several years now.
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#8Why is Steve Jobs's face in the first pic? Sorry if this is too insensitive, but he won't be involved in the 'Great Tech War of 2012'.
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#9I'm I the only one who doesn't place Facebook in the class as Amazon/Google/Apple? Maybe, someday, but not quite yet.
Agreed. For all the hype, pre-IPO valuation and talent draining, Facebook has done surprisingly little worthy of attention for several years now.
They have detailed personal information on 700m+ people. How is that not "worthy of attention"?
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#10Apple doesn't believe that niche exists [the 7" tablet], but you can bet it will if the Kindle Fire succeeds.
I hear this a lot, and I always think it discredits the authors analysis of Apple. Apple doesn't think there is a product worth making at 7", which is far different than there not being a market.
Apple also thought Netbooks weren't worth making (worst of both worlds). That didn't mean there wasn't a market or a niche, but that Apple doesn't rush to fill a void because other people have a product that is selling there.
Apple doesn't think about marketing like other companies. And they don't create products to "counter" other products. They create the products that they think are perfect.
That said, i do think there is a market. There are times I wish I had a 7" iPad. Not often, but occasionally. I would probably buy two of them to keep around the house for the kids to use.