Does anyone else find the absurdity of these statements to be hysterically funny? Like, after buying seven of them, he said he'd never buy another?
Maybe I just have a weird sense of humor.
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Apple Interested In Acquiring German Television Maker Loewe? [Updated: Company Denies]
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Does anyone else find the absurdity of these statements to be hysterically funny? Like, after buying seven of them, he said he'd never buy another?
Maybe I just have a weird sense of humor.
They will regret it later
Too bad... they will regret it later, just like T-Mobile for refusing to sell the iPhone.
Too bad... they will regret it later, just like T-Mobile for refusing to sell the iPhone.
I have a hard time believing this simply because Apple has all of the manufacturing, promotion and distribution connections it needs to effectively design, produce, promote and distribute an Apple branded television. The only thing I can imagine is if there's some kind of specialized licensing for distributing televisions that this company might already have that would allow Apple to avoid a long tedious process.
Please show me a tablet with a FULL up to date Android OS (not just an electronic shopping cart), a Retina quality display, and screen size and performance comparable to the iPad, and I will concede your point.
WRT Loewe and Apple TV, of course company execs have to downplay any rumored offer until it is presented to shareholders. So I'm taking a wait and see approach to this one.
Wow. I was one of the ones saying Apple wouldn't bring anything to the TV market that would be competitive. I argued that I would always rather buy an Apple TV box and connect it to the television of my choice. That way I could shop for the best in televisions.
Then I read this rumor, and...wow. Other than the Kuro, Loewe's televisions would have to be the most respected in high-end equipment. Picturing German technology and quality coupled with Apple's makes me giddy with excitement.
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Apple has no particular experience or capability when it comes to televisions. Major players like Samsung, Panasonic, Pioneer, and Loewe have many years of experience refining the specific performance characteristics of televisions. Ordering iPad panels from Samsung does not qualify Apple to be an expert in television engineering or production.
Then I read this rumor, and...wow. Other than the Kuro, Loewe's televisions would have to be the most respected in high-end equipment. Picturing German technology and quality coupled with Apple's makes me giddy with excitement.
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Apple has no particular experience or capability when it comes to televisions. Major players like Samsung, Panasonic, Pioneer, and Loewe have many years of experience refining the specific performance characteristics of televisions. Ordering iPad panels from Samsung does not qualify Apple to be an expert in television engineering or production.
Loewe share price up by a lot.
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LOE.DE
It's up by 26% now but was more than 30%.
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=LOE.DE
It's up by 26% now but was more than 30%.
I fell like a little kid with all these Apple Television news pieces
Hope you didn't get hurt too much
Google translation doesn't always do it, so let me help:
Du Dummscheißer...in welcher Welt lebst Du denn?
BTW: While this is in another language it still is not in line with what is acceptable in this forum.
Yes, some posters don't think before they post or are blinded by fanaticism one way or the other and are just plain too young and inexperienced to think things through. Always amazing to see how uneducated people can be and just spew out stuff.
Response 1: Well... maybe he would have bought an 8th Benz... but definitely absolutely not a 9th, no way.
Response 2: Slow learner?
Response 3: Because that's what they ordered him to do.
Response 4: It was all a mistake... he didn't realize he was buying so many.
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Loewe was actually never a big player in common German TV's, but smart enough to switch their product line to design driven TV's.
Many years ago WEGA was design leading, until bought up and only the name used.
If Apple were to get into the TV business it makes sense to buy some smaller company with a lot of expertise.
Cheaper than trying to learn that business by trial and error.
LOL, if it's ironic, it's a good one, otherwise, you have no idea what you're talking about.
Anyway, I doubt Apple will buy Loewe.
Tell that to my 1990 BMW325is with 300,000+ on the odo. Not really any more expensive to fix than any other car... Now Porsche, I'll give you that, those bastards are EXPENSIVE to fix... but then again probably not as expensive as a Ferrari. And I'll wager a guess as to which of those is more reliable.
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How would the new iPod, iPhone, or iPad fit into Apples product line? None of their new products fit into their product line at the time of introduction. Other products that didn't fit in included the Lisa, Newton, and Cube. Some make it and some don't. Just because they've had an occational flop and might have more of them doesn't mean they should stop coming up with and trying new ideas.
Nokia 3310 - Beggers belief how anyone using this forum has 'no need for any extra features' on a phone, if not only for synchronised email and web browsing
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Also experience handling legal issues related to TV manufacturing. Otherwise who knows how many patent hurdles you have to jump over.
No, German is not a race. Examples:
Race: Europid (white, caucasian), Mongoloid, Negroid (black)
Nationality (citizenship): German, Swiss, Austrian, American...
Ethnicity: German, Italian, Jewish, Kenyan...
In some languages the word 'nationality' is almost equal to ethnicity, but not in English
A TV isn't exactly a new idea.
Also, the TV business is stagnating. The iPhone and the iPad and the iPod were new products, an Apple TV would just be a TV with hand movements - nothing to write home about.
Just because Apple does it doesn't mean it's a great idea. Some time ago, everything what Sony did was a good idea. Today, Sony is fighting for its life.
Only exception that an Apple TV set would be highly interesting if you could use the same set as a computer monitor and a TV and have great quality in both. It could even be a 30" iMac with TV, and you can use it as a computer and a TV. This would be a great product if it worked - one clunky item does it all. Not sure if this is technically possible. TV is viewed from a greater distance, and the smaller pixels of a computer monitor needed to cluster to get the ideal resolution for a TV. Cameras do that, they reduce resolution for higher sensitivity. But we're talking Phase One here, a camera that costs as much as an E-Class Mercedes (it's the back that's so expensive, 80 MP for about $ 50 000).
And to call the bringing to market of a new TV set a "new idea" or "trying out new ideas" is a misconception of the term "idea".
The term "idea" is more suited to scientific and artistic exploration than coming up with a new consumer products.
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Not really, remember the Newton and Palm Pilot? The iPhone / iPad were revolutionary designs on the old concept of a PDA, so technically not new products either.