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Why the iPhone doesn't do high-speed mobile phone networks
Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:46 AM EST
One of my colleagues in the ex-Forrester Mafia is Paul Callahan, who rightfully questions why Apple's iPhone doesn't support high speed, third generation (3G) phone networks and/or High Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA; who comes up with these absurd and untypable acronymns?).
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Dissecting Steve Jobs' reality distortion field
Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:09 AM EST
As of this instant, Google News is showing 2,152 stories today about the iPhone. Any way you slice it, that is serious buzz about a product that isn't even shipping yet.
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Nine ways Apple, Inc. changed the landscape of consumer electronics
Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:43 AM EST
Steve Jobs heralded Tuesday's Macworld keynote address with the words, "We are going to make some history today." While the introduction of Apple TV and the multifunction iPhone certainly are a new direction for Apple, we believe that Apple's marketing muscle will have a big eff …
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Apple reinvents TV and phones -- and itself
Tue Jan 9, 2007 6:41 PM EST
Quickly, today's Macworld keynote can be summarized as follows: Apple has reinvented itself into a consumer electronics companies, reaching beyond computers to introduce Mac OS X-powered TV content media centers and cell phones.
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Why flat-panel TV retailers need Apple to turn the tide in the HDTV war
Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:40 AM EST
Blackfriars noted in November that new competition in selling flat-panel displays would hurt retailers this Christmas. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that widespread discounting of flat-screen TVs has wounded retailers this holiday season.
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Do the math: iTunes sales aren't collapsing
Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:20 PM EST
I always enjoy Forrester's Josh Bernoff's writing and analysis, but we often don't see the same data the same ways. So when I read yesterday's New York Times quick article claiming that iPods aren't driving iTunes sales, I decided that they must have misquoted him.
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Fun with Microsoft press releases, or why XBox 360 may not be posting as big a lead as you think.
Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:52 PM EST
We have a game we play around the office here with Microsoft press releases. The game is, "Find the words that make the headline true." It's not always easy.
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Zune Marketplace pricing: too cute by half
Tue Oct 3, 2006 7:19 PM EDT
Writing articles about Zune marketing is about as challenging nowadays as writing about Republican political scandals. In the military, it would be called a target-rich environment. That said, here's another one.
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The real target market for Zune
Sat Sep 16, 2006 6:59 PM EDT
In following the reaction to Microsoft's Zune announcement today, I came across this piece from Reuters claiming that Zune's wireless connection is one of the characteristics that make it an "iPod killer".
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Microsoft's Zune pre-announcement throws away its hope to steal Christmas from Apple
Thu Sep 14, 2006 1:39 PM EDT
Two days after Apple refreshed and lowered the prices on its iPod line (and thereby wrought havoc on Microsoft's launch plans), Microsoft today announced its own 30 Gigabyte Zune music player. This first product in the Zune line is, in fact, a re-badged Toshiba Gigabeat.
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Apple goes to the movies -- and more
Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:41 PM EDT
Apple's invitations to today's event read, "It's Showtime". And what a show it was.
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Today's land grab for branded content
Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:13 AM EDT
As of today, SeekingAlpha.com is now providing financial content to Yahoo Finance. Just as Newsvine has changed how news is gathered and reported with a community approach, I believe this deal will cause signficant changes in financial analysis; here is why.
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When should we expect Dell's NASDAQ delisting notice?
Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:09 AM EDT
The wires are abuzz this morning about Dell's announcement that it will delay its Q2 financial filing its second quarter report.
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Why an Apple Internet HDTV is crazy -- like a fox
Wed Sep 6, 2006 11:00 AM EDT
I got a few questions as the result of my speculation yesterday about Apple's new 23-inch iMac being the company's entry into consumer HDTV. Well, today, we got the official announcement that the iMac is actually a 24-inch one with Core 2 Duo upgrades.
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What Apple update is happening today?
Tue Sep 5, 2006 9:51 AM EDT
As of 9:40 am today EDT, the Apple Store is offline. That usually indicates that Apple is updating its products. The question today is, what are they adding or subtracting?
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Apple's first all-in-one HDTV: the 23-inch iMac
Tue Sep 5, 2006 9:49 AM EDT
We've been speculating for about a year that Apple would roll out both an all-in-one HDTV and an on-demand, Internet-based TV/Movie network. Well, rumors from AppleInsider say that the wait may be over:
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Microsoft and Toshiba line up against Apple's iPod
Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:58 AM EDT
Crunchgear.com confirmed from FCC filings that the first Microsoft Zune music players will actually be rebadged Toshiba Gigabeat..
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Forget terror plots: you're more likely to die of a car accident, drowning, fire, or murder
Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:01 PM EDT
Who said that the US government doesn't understand marketing?
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Three tantalizing bits of Apple news foreshadowing future growth
Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:57 PM EDT
My Web reading this week produced three tantalizing bits of Apple news that may have big implications for where Apple is going in the not-so-distant future. Check these out:
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Fun project for summer vacation: have your kids build their own Linux PCs
Wed Aug 9, 2006 3:41 PM EDT
Today, I'm taking a break from marketing topics to blog about a fun project my kids, aged 13 and 10, and I have been engaged with this summer. They decided not to go to summer camp, so I suggested they do something else educational: build their own computers.
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Ramp down your expectations for Apple's Developer's Conference
Thu Aug 3, 2006 9:38 AM EDT
With Apple's World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC) bearing down on us next week, it's good to start thinking about what we're going to see. Just about everyone is expecting Core 2 Duo and Xeon-based Mac Pro computers, probably in both two and four core configurations.
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The attack of the unstoppable toys -- and why Microsoft won't bounce back
Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:42 PM EDT
A flurry of stories about Microsoft recently got me thinking today about computer history. First was the story today in the Wall Street Journal about Is It Time to Dump Your Desktop?.
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Expect some upside on Apple earnings today
Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:52 PM EDT
Apple Computer reports earnings at the close of business today. Overall consensus analyst estimates are for the company to earn about $0.44 a share on revenue of $4.4 billion for its fiscal Q3.
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Why is Pirates of the Caribbean a hit in a long tail economy?
Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:48 PM EDT
Stephen Bryant over at Publish.com asks the question of whether the stunning box office success of the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie disproves the thesis of Chris Andersen's book released yesterday, The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.
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Fantastic presentations and provocative ideas at TEDTalks
Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:46 PM EDT
Regular readers know we are huge fans of great presentations. Yesterday, someone pointed me to the BMW-sponsored videos of the Technology, Education, and Design (TED) conference from February 2006.
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