Monday, January 17, 2011
Jobs on Medical Leave
Well, Stitch, I hope Jobs' medical issues can be dealt with. I'm a little concerned, because Steve Jobs wants nothing more than to be on the job with Apple. So I admit this makes me uneasy!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Verizon iPhone to expand market
I think with the new Verizon iPhone, Apple's cell phone market has expanded tremendously. Some had suggested that there may just be a shift of disgruntled AT&T users to Verizon because of the poor network performance of AT&T. But I believe this will be a small percentage. Most people are locked into two year contracts already and they have already invested in an iPhone with AT&T. Verizon's iPhone is a new model which require a new agreement and investment. If this change occurred at a change in new iPhone models then people may switch networks. Plus cell phone networks are like cafeteria food, people will always complain about it. All it takes is one bad experience. But is this experience really bad enough to make you switch networks? More likely there is a large group of current Verizon customers who have been waiting for the iPhone because they did not want to switch to AT&T. The market gets bigger. Now if Apple can release some lower end phones to compete with the low priced Android phones, it would be a checkmate to Google.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
My Aunt has an iPad!
I am thrilled to announce that my aunt bought an iPad (under my supervision) and is now using it for internet connectivity! She is the first one in our family to have a tablet device (although my parents have kindles, I don't think it's the same thing). It really is a thing of beauty! Everything just works!
$50 Billion in cash
Apple has been stock piling the money. It has over $50 billion in cash. More than MS, Goolgle, or Amazon. I saw an article making fun of the rate of return Apple has on this cash is only 0.7%. Of course Jobs defended this by saying, "we don't make having cash drive our acquisition strategies". Or something to that effect. What would Apple buy for $50 Billion? Maybe Sprint? It may not be enough for that though.
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