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Apple Homepage Now Redirecting to Event Countdown Ahead of Tomorrow's Announcements
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Like many companies, it's not often easy to see what's going on, when you have bright and shiny things to look at:
As said earlier, PC's running windows have about 85% worldwide share.
Apple has about 7%
Whichever way you look at it, it's hard to consider that "Irrelevant"
Agree 100%. They're asking for all eyes on and they're going to get it.
They need to deliver or people will lose faith and the barbs about post-Jobs Apple will begin and it'll forever be signposted as the beginning of the end.
Now, to more important matters: How many jokes will Federighi try? I'm going 20+
And then of course there's how this plays out over the next 2-3 years: other companies play catch up with Apple; then they start to add a few genuinely useful features that Apple doesn't have; then the Apple haters start to point this out and finally the Apple haters call out the features that the Apple product has that were in existence beforehand as though their existence was all that mattered and not the fact that they were disparate and unuseable!!!!
Of course this is the MASSIVE test for Apple. It is the first time in 17 years that they attempt something groundbreaking without the input of SJ. This is, in many ways, Tim Cook's defining moment.
My 5S is waterproof. It has been an unlucky phone and has been completely submerged twice. On the second occassion I was poruring the water out (more space in there than I thought obviously. It's still going strong, although it went on a 24 hours strike the seond time around!!!
I know, just found out. Isn't it very early? Normally it goes down during the event doesn't it or am I wrong on that?
Looks like they have a lot of updating too do!
Offense taken. I'm not saying Apple shouldn't release other sizes, I just wish they'll keep 4" as an option with the same specs otherwise as the other new iPhones.
First, I did not say Microsoft was irrelevant. I said "Increasingly Irrelevant". Big difference, so please don't use only one word of my statement.
To your point: I really would never think to point to market share of desktop pc os as a gauge of how relevant a company is. There are many problems with this approach. The most glaring problem is the decreasing importance of desktop computers in most consumers lives. But lets use market valuation for an illustration. One of these companies has a current market value of 589 Billion. The other has a valuation of 382 Billion. Which has the higher value? Apple.
Let this sink in for a moment! The company many ridiculed and said would go out of business just a handful of years ago.. isn't far from DOUBLE Microsofts value. This is beyond astonishing. Apple has market dominating products.
Note: You can lose money and market share in an instant.
You don't lose market share in an instant.
Sure money is nice, but number of long term customers in the backbone.
Guess you missed that being my point. Monumental swing in customers away from Microsoft, towards Apple and other companies. Where is Microsoft in the smartphone market picture? Where is Microsoft in the tablet picture? What have they done to innovate on the OS platform lately. The entire industry is changing before their eyes. If all they or anyone can say in their defense is that there are still a lot of computers running windows xp, and 6, and 7... because a large portion of e install base wont pay a dime to upgrade... they got problems. The desktop marketplace has been drying up for quite a while. As I said... unless they come up with a new strategy... as i said... they are losing their relevance.
p.s. the Microsoft board agrees. They forced Balmer out the door.
Edit: Even Samsung is far far more relevant. People discuss them. People look forward to their products. They are actively involved in current marketplace trends. Seriously, what is the last Microsoft product anyone cared about? I mean, jesus... people give Apple such a hard time if they don' release an entirely new, marketplace shifting product every 4 years. Why does Microsoft get a pass for decades.
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Very well said: Tim's defining moment, indeed. And he nailed it. The relief on his face, his body language, was palpable. This is now officially Tim's Apple. And I think the company is in good hands. It's not like he's some new guy off the streets. He's been there though some very defining moment sin Apple's history.
I've been saying for months that their next keynote was the perfect time for Tim to break out the "One more thing..." Enough time had passed... The announcement of a new category worthy enough... And I also predicted the overwhelming cheers from the crowd. I thought it was a pitch perfectly placed moment that simultaneously honored Steve and took the reigns from Steve. A moment we'll look back on and say "that was the day Apple became Tim's."
While Steve wore shoes no one can fill, that i snot my expectation of Tim. I'm genuinely impressed with the way Tim appears to approach all things Apple. The future looks bright.