the "problem" is that they dont have to and make no mistake that the only thing any company cares about is making profit. Even as much as i love Apple there are shareholders to be pleased..
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the "problem" is that they dont have to and make no mistake that the only thing any company cares about is making profit. Even as much as i love Apple there are shareholders to be pleased..
It's not me it's the dying man that makes the OS comparisons at every keynote. Well actually he only did when iOS was in a leading position...
The last Android vs. iOS comparison he made was something like: "We have 350k apps!". Well Android now has about 325k apps and grows by about 35k apps per month. I guess that comparison won't make it into his June keynote....
I imagine the millions of apps, and the fact that people actually buy apps on iOS (and almost not at all on Android) will be a large part of the keynote..
Go ahead an miss-quote the rovio ad revenue statement now, that is the next line on the list of Android talking points.
P.S. You are pretty classes, even for an Android fan.
Reply 1: Who cares? How many Netflix downloads are free movies? BFD.
Reply 2: Nonsense. You can adjust the font, the size, the background color and the brightness. I'm surprised you didn't trot out the "backlit screen hurts your eyes" myth as well.
You just keep trying. Maybe one day, many years from now when information is streamed to our brain implants and displayed on our artificial corneas, Apple will fail to sell a single iPad and you will declare "I told you it was going to be a massive FAIL."
I do not feel any eye strain and I have read a good 5000 book pages or so in the Kindle app on the iPad. The only downside is the screen glare outside, the kindle is still better for that.
I have also ready a dozen novels or so on my iPhone, so maybe I have unusually strong eyes
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True...and Apple can do as they wish. But sooner or later their high priced Mac line will have to drop a bit in price if they wish to attract the "I ain't paying more than $900 for a bleeping computer" crowd.
iPads may attract some of these people but for those of us who want a true computer that includes printing, USB ports, lots of storage, network sharing, VPN access, ability to create/author cds/dvds or code, a true keyboard, etc. the iPad will just never work.I am waiting to see what the next iMac lineup will be...I own a 2007 Mini and it's great (but used literally 48 hours a year) but would be a nice treat to get a Mac that is much newer and more powerful. The Minis just aren't worth it anymore especially after Apple RAISED the price $100 the last time around. The $1199 iMac is all we need.
Apple isn't a charity. They only have profits because they don't lower the prices.
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1)The who cares line...love it...great reply.
2)The nonsense you speak of is why Amazon is killing the iPad as an e-reader. Don't believe me? Go read the tens of thousands of comments about how hard it is to read a book (not a website....not an email...a book) on an iPad.
We have both an iPad 1 and Kindle. Absolutely no comparison for reading books...iPad just stinks.
Who said anything about fail? You need to ease up and stick to the comments otherwise you look like a fool. Too late I guess.
True...and Apple can do as they wish. But sooner or later their high priced Mac line will have to drop a bit in price if they wish to attract the "I ain't paying more than $900 for a bleeping computer" crowd.
I am waiting to see what the next iMac lineup will be...I own a 2007 Mini and it's great (but used literally 48 hours a year) but would be a nice treat to get a Mac that is much newer and more powerful. The Minis just aren't worth it anymore especially after Apple RAISED the price $100 the last time around. The $1199 iMac is all we need.
I went to buy a mini last year and walked out with the $1199 iMac , the value proposition on the mini seems to be off a bit now. If I could run a media server with full ATV functionality on the mini, I would still buy one. Front row does not cut it. Especially when they add thunderbolt.
I would not say the iPad stinks as an ereader, but the kindle is certainly better for reading books. I have read 15 to 20 full length books on my iPad, about the same on my phone, and hundreds on my kindle.
I travel a lot , so since I got my iPad, I do not bring the kindle (I have a DX). I am actually considering buying a little one just for novels, I got the DX for PDFs, a function the iPAD is 1000000 times better suited for.
All three devices are better than a PC for reading books. The order is clearly Kindle, iPad, iPhone.
Would be nice if Amazon could get the kindle to support some of the multimedia book features they do in the iOS and desktop apps. I am not even sure of the kindle itself supports the real page numbers the other apps support.
I know, right? And my telephone makes calls much easier than my iPad.
As for reading on the iPad, I love it. I didn't read a book on my iPad for the first 6 months I owned it. Now I don't ever want to pick up a real book again.
True...and Apple can do as they wish. But sooner or later their high priced Mac line will have to drop a bit in price if they wish to attract the "I ain't paying more than $900 for a bleeping computer" crowd.
Why?
They've held this strategy for over two decades and the only time they were in trouble, financially, was when they abandoned it.
Methinks you know tech a whole lot better than you do how to run a business.
I never thought I'd ever hear this many people justifying a premium on a product. Apple has so much money right now they can pretty much do anything. If you think this is such a noble goal then when you buy your next apple product pay another hundred dollars to help their profit margins. Or so they can build better products.
And don't go looking for discounts or coupons, those hurt profit margins. Lets just raise prices.
this is directed at this whole idea of paying more and not just at the quoted post.
So many people start buying apple after their first product, if they lower the price so that more do this then in the end they may end up with more business.
You're right..."stinks" is a bad choice of words....but clearly the iPad is nowhere near the same ballpark of a reading experience when it comes to reading books...sitting in front of the screen for 1-3 hours at a time.
Reading restaurant menus as PDFs or emails or blogs or websites...the iPad is great and definitely better than the Kindle...the Kindle needs to either put a 10000x better web browser on the product or kill it...it's terrible...especially just typing in a URL. Keyboard could use a major overhaul, too.
I am not sure that your premise is correct btw. Amazon has never told anyone if they sell more books on the hardware kindle or the iOS apps..Not even sure how they can measure since I have a kindle, 2 macs, a pc, an iPad, and an iPhone all on my kindle account.
One more point on this subject, I have never purchased an a book from Apple
The Kindle store is obviously a better choice, no matter what device you have.
I wasn't talking about the iGadgets, because they are actually competitively priced.
I'm talking about the Mac line.
I think that's a false conclusion from the data. People have been saying what you've been saying for the last 20 years, but the times they've been in the most trouble has been when they've strayed from their classic business strategy.
The numbers make it clear that consumers are willing to buy the Mac line at their current prices.