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Stats without footnotes are as useful as my anecdotal evidence. Moreover how big is that market?
They've sold 84 million iPads, 44 million of which were sold in the past 8-10 months. http://www.pcworld.com/article/259829/apple_earnings_disappo...
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They've sold 84 million iPads, 44 million of which were sold in the past 8-10 months. http://www.pcworld.com/article/259829/apple_earnings_disappo...
What does that have to do with 73%?
> Moreover how big is that market?
They sold 44 million in three quarters, and they have (at least) 73% market share. So, a total of 80 million in 2012. Probably 50% more in 2013.
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What does that have to do with 73%?
Two posts above: > Moreover how big is that market? They sold 44 million in three quarters, and they have (at least) 73% market share. So, a total of 80 million in 2012. Probably 50% more in 2013.
Two words: iPod Socks.
Actually this and that giant iPod Speaker was probably two of the most subtle yet genius decisions Apple ever made. They demonstrated to accessory manufacturers that there was a lucrative market for them to get participate in. Not to mention putting "facts on the ground" about expected sales, profit margins etc for them to build their product strategy around.
Apple adding HDMI and reverting the Apple TV UI, to me, are already signs of that. What's next? Blu-ray?
If you're talking about the new HDMI interface on the retina screen - I think it's a good move - DisplayPort will take years to appear on TVs and this was a serious feature that didn't compete with Apple's other products (unlike Blu-Ray - the entire Apple ecosystem relies on the fact that people are moving away from spinning media)... HDMI is not unlike the addition of the SD card slot in the MBP a couple years ago... a welcome addition.
I haven't bought any non-Apple computers or phones in ages, but I just succumbed to the lure of the Nexus 7. It's fantastic, and a great all-around device. It surfs the web, does Gmail, and hooks up to bluetooth, with a great battery life. As far as I'm concerned, that's near enough iPad functionality for half the cost.
(edit: it's also the reason why I prefer the Facebook mobile app over the web interface when I do need to use it, because it's not tainted by entities I don't care about)
The tablet looks okay but there's no appealing reason for me to want it when it won't do anything that I want of it - I can't Cmd-S in Pages and then lie in front of the TV while making edits on a document. I can't have all of my music with me at all times and I can't pull up my Photo Stream after a day out with friends. For me to even consider an Android device, there would need to be some way for it to integrate into an iCloud lifestyle and I really don't see that ever happening.
Apple has done some things that I don't think are wise since the death of Steve Jobs - the "new iPad" branding, the new Apple ads, the potential new form factors developer have to design for. However, they also made some decisions that I thought were stupid when Steve Jobs was there, such as releasing the iPad (which I thought would fail for sure). I'm just waiting to see how everything shakes out before I pass judgm…
What is wrong with their branding. Sure the genius ads didn't go off that well, but I didn't find the message to be that bad. And as for the "new iPad", I'd love to hear your thoughts.
The new iPad branding would be fine - if they weren't planning to make any new models of the iPad. It would forever remain the "new iPad". However, assuming they do release a new iPad, anyone who still uses the new iPad terminology will have to refer to the new iPad as the old new iPad, or, do what pretty much everyone else has done, and refer to it as the iPad 3. I noticed something similar to this the other day when I was comparing the 1998 VW Beetle (which was released under the name the Volkswagen New Beetle) with the 2012 VW Beetle (released under the name Volkswagen Beetle). In order to get which car I was talking about across I had to refer to the 1998 beetle as the old new beetle and the 2012 beetle as the new new beetle, which was awkward and felt counter-intuitive to everyone involved.
However, like I said, we'll see how this all shakes out. I've certainly been wrong about Apple's future success before, and I'm sure I'll be wrong about it again.
So tedious. Apple is extremely well positioned in front of almost every mass trend happening in consumer electronics. They are sitting on a tenth of a trillion dollars in cash. They have content deals with more companies in more places than almost anyone else on Earth. They are ending investment in unfruitful markets. They have a rapidly converging consumer platform that has essentially no identifiable competitive we…
> Their push for a tax holiday is going to go over extremely poorly in an election year. Apple is not the only company requesting this and most of the discussions have been behind closed door. It hasn't been an issue previously and won't be an issue in the future. >Their extremely slow iPhone hardware update cycle leaves them vulnerable to fast-evolving competitors and a single bad product will poison the well for ye…
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What is wrong with their branding. Sure the genius ads didn't go off that well, but I didn't find the message to be that bad. And as for the "new iPad", I'd love to hear your thoughts.
I, and many of my coworkers, found the ad series - especially the "Basically" ad painful to watch because it was so embarrassing to watch. Apple generally tries to make their products seem "cool", but this ad did just the opposite. Add that to the fact that no one that I'm aware of makes something that is "basically a Mac" and you get a really odd ad. The new iPad branding would be fine - if they weren't planning to…