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Apple versus Apple: How Many iPhones Does It Take To Add $5 To A Stock Price?

Apple versus Apple: How Many iPhones Does It Take To Add $5 To A Stock Price?easyhow about my model: $7,50 a share in earnings * longtime average PE multiple of 30 + $40 a share in cash at 2010 = a shareprice of $265 in 2010.Don't mean to burst anyone's...

Tags: Sales strategy, Financial accounting, Tablets, Investment, Operational accounting, stock, Apple Inc., iPhones Does It Take, Add $5, Apple iPhone, stock price

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

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The iPhone is one of the best phones in the world, carriers with it are the problem

far from perfect indeedIt's a great gadget...until it freezes and you have to wait several minutes while you reboot it. That is if you know how to reboot it, the first time is always accompanied with panic because you think the thing went dead. Don't blame the carriers,...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Screen, BlackBerry Tour, Apple iPhone, phone, carrier, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

US-CERT warns about BlackBerry spyware app

Justification for Apple's model?It can't be said just yet, but it's looking like a pool of trusted applications may be a good idea after all, despite the level of control wielded by Apple.No....Gee, just because someone releases a spyware app doesn't mean we need to only let RIM distribute apps....

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Handhelds, spyware app, Apple Inc., BlackBerry spyware app, US-CERT Warns, spyware, US-CERT, RIM BlackBerry, phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Piracy and the Apple App Store

PiracyI'm curious as to how they discovered that 80%. I'm assuming (I know, bad idea) that they post the app on the app store (well, Apple does after reviewing it) and someone has to buy it in order to pirate it or is the App store itself broken into? If...

Tags: Games, piracy, game, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

How to jailbreak the iPhone 3GS

Why does Apple persistI am amazed the game of cat and mouse Apple users must play to get a phone that they can do with as they please. The same people who openly criticize Microsoft for all and sundry, but the beloved Steve Jobs whom it appears must own their...

Tags: Smart phones, Pwnage, Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., jailbreak

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Jailbreaking the iPhone is cool, piracy is not!

how about protecting the consumer?That whould be a nice change. the iphone and ipod touch is NOT a gaming console. Peoples should be able to run any program they want for the device they PAID FOR.Apple artificial crippling of the iPhone is outright CRIMINAL, Apple should be punish and FORCED...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS

hasince they used the work impossible i'll give them 1 month. That is, one month until the figure out how to jail break that sucker, may be 2.If people are able to figure out how to make their own hackintosh computer I'm pretty sure they will be able to...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Rumor: Apple to awaken dormant FM tuner in iPhone

I bet there will be an activation feeApple beat its M$ mentor when it comes to ripping cult members off.More BS from AppleWhat a scam they have running. Create a product with all kinds of disabled features, and then slowly enable them later one by one in lieu of real...

Tags: rationale, Apple Inc., car, Apple iPhone, FM Tuner

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Apple releases iPhone OS 3.1.2

Wow, you guys have been putting up with all those bugs?Yikes. Makes me glad I have a better phone.You mean one of those phones with near zero customer satisfaction levels By near zero I mean in comparison with iPhone satisfaction levels as recently reported by JD Power.Even with this handful...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, phone, Apple Inc., customer satisfaction

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Countdown to Google Voice on iPhone

It's going to be a while...I don't think Apple is ever going to approve Google Voice, unless pressured to. They know that when users install Google Voice, they are going to want to replace the phone icon with Google Voice. They will want to replace the Messages Icon with something...

Tags: Smart phones, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Five reasons Google Android smartphones will beat iPhone, BlackBerry, WinMo

Ultimately, the market decides. ntnt = no textI'm not surprisedAndroid has the right formula going forward. I think Blackberry will outsell winmo, though. I'm seeing more traction in RIM's direction in developing countries. Blackberry handsets are beginning to filter down to the everyday working class, thanks to the introduction of...

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Google Inc., Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Google Android, Apple Inc., smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Windows Marketplace for Mobile is late to the party, but pretty well dressed

Very few consumers seem to careWinMo share is constantly shrinking and with good reasons, it probably has the worst user experience out there.I'd pay more attention to Symbian, Android and iPhone Mac OS X instead. I think we have good reasons to believe these platforms will be the main three...

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, Microsoft Windows Mobile, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Can Apple replace and leapfrog Google Maps in the iPhone?

Or they could be offering choice......like Nokia do with Ovi maps, Google maps and any other GPS aware mapping software you care to use.Oh yeah, but this is Apple the control freaks not the open - and yet still utterly dominant - Nokia, isn't it?RE: Can Apple replace and leapfrog...

Tags: Smart phones, Google Maps, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Apple App Store apps top 2 billion; that's 6.6 million downloads per day

amazed with so much crap out therethis is not just for the iPhone, but the iTouch also for those kids who can afford any game, but not a monthly cellphone bill.When will ZDNet jump on the wagon?Where are you guys? Why no ZDNet app? You guys are supposed...

Tags: Smart phones, Zune HD, Apple Inc., Apple App Store app, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Microsoft Pink: 'Just a Sidekick' or more?

Easy decisionI had been agonizing over whether to get a new WinMo 6.5 phone or wait to see what the Pink/Purple phones were going to be like. Now that I know, it's an easy decision. I want an HTC Leo assuming it comes to the states, but after seeing the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Smartphones: Is image really everything?

Yeah, it's all imageTechnical excellence and outstanding UI design has nothing to do with it at all.RE: Smartphones: Is image really everything?You wouldn't call tens of millions of iPhones a commodity? It's just a cooler commodity than the Pre or Blackberry, et al. And aside from the 'coolness' of it,...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, larry, Apple iPhone, phone, smart phone, Pre

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Altec Lansing Mix iMT800

Back in the 1980s, when portable audio was synonymous with "cassette tapes," boom boxes were a mainstay of music culture. While luggable, battery-powered speaker systems still exist today, they tend to be somewhat dainty iPod speakers. Altec Lansing's $300 Mix iMT800, meanwhile, aims to mix and match the best of...

Tags: Engineering, Digital music, Digital media, Altec Lansing, battery, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone

Product reviews 2009-09-18

AT&T: No Balls, Just Bull

Buy a phone without a trackballn/tI like the title......and is so true.My fix to this situation is simple.I just buy the cheapest cell and don't worry about waranties when it is dirt cheap.It is not just saving money, but it is even more reliable and smaller because it is not...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., Sprint Communications, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Jobs responds to iPod touch video snub

More BS from Wonder Boy.If the price of the Nano DIDN'T increase with the addition of the video camera, FM radio, Pedometer, etc., then Stevie Boy is full of it when he says he needs to keep the price of the Touch down.RE: Jobs responds to iPod touch video snubSteve...

Tags: Digital music, Corporate communications, job, Apple iPod, camera, Apple iPod Touch, Apple Inc., video

Discussion threads 2009-09-10