Everyone wants to be an Apple

Now that Apple is this amazingly successful company several other companies want to emulate there success. Oracle's CEO said point blank that they are looking to copy Apple's strategy of designing all in one products and selling the computer systems as packages. They recently bought Sun as part of this strategy. I guess all the naysaying that was directed at Apple was wrong. The naysaying of how they try to control all of their system. This has actually benefited Apple by being able to design the entire system so that it works perfectly together. Nobody complains about a automotive company for designing all aspects of their cars (or at least the key aspects) to make the entire car experience a joy to own. Dell's CEO has also come out and said that they will no longer be driven only by price in the design of their products. Of course this comes after a considerable slowdown in the PC market which has hurt their business even when Apple continues to grow. "I have seen the light!!" I hope more companies realize that everything is not about cost alone but in value. People will pay a little bit more if the value is there. A race to the bottom is not a magnificent goal in and of itself. I have seen too many products be designed to last too short just to make them cheaper. The illusion of quality is still an illusion and the buying public is tired of finding out later that they bought junk. Let the games begin.

Mac Event Comments

I watched the Mac Event and there weren't too many Earth shattering surprises. Of course Apple is pushing ahead development of the next release of OSX, code name Lion. Incorporating many of the features learned from iPhone/iPad world. I think one of the coolest features is the new App store for OSX. This should help to push Mac apps into the limelight. And I like how the App store on the iPhone created a good competitive market to make Apps be reasonably priced. Hope this continues on the Mac App store. The iLife updates look cool especially the Garageband updates and iMovie updates. The iMovie movie trailer setup is amazing. The Mac software evolves at an amazing rate. I only wish they would open up some their iLife tools to allow for other developers to make new themes and trailer templates. Something along the lines of an Themes App store would be great. I am sure Apple is concerned about having a bunch of poorly made themes overwhelming the good ones. But with an App store type format, the best will rise to the top. Apple cannot think of everyone's choice of templates, please let other creative people have a shot at it too. The Apple templates can be more like examples. The MacBook air models with flash memory drives is the wave of the future as Jobs stated. And the prices are aggressively low for cutting edge hardware. I especially like Jobs' comment about touchscreen interfaces don't work because after a while you feel like your arm is going to fall off. The magic mouse is a good touch interface but it does have problems of getting your gesture wrong a lot. This was shown when the iMovie demo for iLife wasn't responding to the touch gestures by the presenter. All and all, a good step forward. I am sure the Umpa Loompas at Apple are hard at work making even more cool products!

Mac Event!!

Heard the news, Stitch? There will be a Mac event on October 20! With all the hoopla surrounding Apple's new mobile products, it sure is nice to hear a little bit about the Mac, which is where all this first started! It is assumed the new OS will be called "Lion", and I hope it satisfies the image if "King of the Jungle!"

I hope they also release the new version of iLife. I'm hooked on that software!

Windows 7 Phone Ad - Very very odd

Have you seen the new wave of ads for the new Windows 7 phone? The main message is that people are currently too preoccupied with their current smart phone ( aka iPhone ) that they miss out in the real things in life. So they show people in various situations overlooking the important things in life. And somehow the new Windows 7 phone simplifies all this so you can use it quick and get on with your life. But in reality the ads are just showing that the iPhone is so cool they don't want to put it down, and the Windows 7 phone is so basic you put it down immediately. Sort of follows along the lines of past Microsoft ads which after watching make you wonder, Huh? what is their point?. The ads have very little showing how cool the W7 phone is, which makes me wonder if the ad agency didn't have much to work with so they came up with this wild marketing strategy. Hmmm weird.

iPad in Walmart

Oh how times have changed, Stitch. I still remember the days when we had to search far and wide for the Comp USA store to get the latest Apple gear. Now, the iPad is in Walmart of all places!

Walmart

What do you think of picking up an iPad with your dog food?